# Chełm <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Hebrew</td><td dir="rtl">חלם</td></tr> <tr><td>Yiddish</td><td dir="rtl">כעלם (Khelm)</td></tr> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Chełm (Polish)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Lublin Voivodeship, Poland (city county)</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>51°08′N 23°29′E</td></tr> </table> <table class="place-meta place-eras"> <tr><th>Era</th><th>Town name</th><th>Country / jurisdiction</th></tr> <tr><td>to 1795</td><td>Chełm</td><td>Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth — Ruthenian Voivodeship (Chełm Land)</td></tr> <tr><td>1795–1809</td><td>Chełm</td><td>Austrian Empire — West Galicia</td></tr> <tr><td>1809–1815</td><td>Chełm</td><td>Duchy of Warsaw</td></tr> <tr><td>1815–1912</td><td>Chełm</td><td>Congress Poland / Russian Empire — Lublin Governorate</td></tr> <tr><td>1912–1918</td><td>Kholm (Chełm)</td><td>Russian Empire — capital of the Chełm (Kholm) Governorate</td></tr> <tr><td>1918–1939</td><td>Chełm</td><td>Second Polish Republic — Lublin Voivodeship</td></tr> <tr><td>1939–1945</td><td>Chełm</td><td>German occupation — General Government</td></tr> <tr><td>present</td><td>Chełm</td><td>Poland — Lublin Voivodeship, city county</td></tr> </table> ## Overview Chełm grew from an early medieval fortified settlement and received Magdeburg town rights (charter from Daniel of Galicia, 1235; confirmed 1392). It became a major Jewish center, famous in folklore as the home of the 'wise men of Chelm'; on the eve of WWII roughly 15,000–18,000 Jews lived there (≈40–60%). Under Russian rule it was part of Lublin Governorate until 1912, when it became capital of the new Chełm Governorate. The community was destroyed in the Holocaust, most deported to Sobibór in 1942. <small>Sources: Wikipedia — Chełm, JewishGen Yizkor — Chełm, Virtual Shtetl — Chełm</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Szloma Fromel (b.1805)]] | Born ~1805, Died 04/09/1837 | | [[Szepsel Fajgenbaum (b.1807)]] | Born ~1807 | | [[Lejzor Ruben Korenblit (b.1814)]] | Born ~1814 | | [[Dawid Fajgenbaum (d.1833)]] | Died bef 1833 | | [[Rywka (d.1833)]] | Died bef 1833 | | [[Naftula Hersz Chaim Teper (b.1841)]] | Born ~10/19/1841 | | [[Michel Mitelman (b.1846)]] | Born 1846, Died 1847 | | [[Frajda Mitelman (b.1848)]] | Born 1848, Died 1848 | | [[Cal Lejzor Mitelman (b.1849)]] | Born 1849, Died 12/04/1902 | | [[Liba Mitelman (b.1852)]] | Born ~1852 | | [[Moszek Joel Globen (b.1854)]] | Born 1854 | | [[Nusyn Nuta Perlmutter (b.1861)]] | Born 1861 | | [[Frajda Spitz (b.1864)]] | Born 1864, Died 11/20/1903 | | [[Chana Blatsztajn (b.1866)]] | Born ~1866 | | [[Rubin Felhendler (b.1867)]] | Born 1867 | | [[Srul Moszko Mitelman (b.1867)]] | Born 1867, Died 1868 | | [[Genendla Spitz (b.1867)]] | Born ~1867 | | [[Pinchas Katz (b.1868)]] | Born ~1868 | | [[Chaja Blima Mitelman (b.1868)]] | Born ~1868, Died 11/29/1894 | | [[Ryfka Wabyer (b.1825)]] | Died 04/09/1870 | | [[Aron Spitz (b.1870)]] | Born ~07/05/1870, Died 03/17/1897 | | [[Rykla Mitelman (b.1871)]] | Born 06/20/1871, Died 1871 | | [[Chaja Spitz (b.1876)]] | Born ~1876, Died 03/09/1885 | | [[Pinkwas Fromel (b.1803)]] | Died 03/09/1876 | | [[Raca Blumenfeld (b.1876)]] | Born 07/17/1876 | | [[Gecel Spitz (b.1876)]] | Born 09/13/1876 | | [[Azryl Josef Spitz (b.1877)]] | Born ~1877, Died 07/01/1915 | | [[Dwojra Ita Brafman (b.1877)]] | Born 02/25/1877 | | [[Chana Sura Spitz (b.1878)]] | Born 12/21/1878 | | [[Jankiel Lejb Brafman (b.1879)]] | Born ~1879, Died 02/24/1884 | | [[Cipojra Zajdenberg (b.1879)]] | Born ~1879 | | [[Estera Spitz (b.1880)]] | Born 1880 | | [[Chaja Lewenberg (b.1882)]] | Born ~1882, Died 08/22/1883 | | [[Benjamin Szterenberg (b.1882)]] | Born 10/10/1882 | | [[Fajga Brafman (b.1883)]] | Born ~1883, Died 12/22/1887 | | [[Azryl Josef Spitz (b.1883)]] | Born 03/07/1883 | | [[Rechla Spitz (b.1883)]] | Born 08/05/1883, Died 1942 | | [[Nuchym Josef Brafman (b.1883)]] | Born 10/14/1883 | | [[Chaim Szterenberg (b.1883)]] | Born 10/19/1883 | | [[Szimon Jakub Liberman (b.1884)]] | Born ~02/03/1884 | | [[Ryfka Spitz (b.1885)]] | Born ~1885, Died 10/26/1887 | | [[Bina Szterenberg (b.1885)]] | Born 02/05/1885 | | [[Chana Spitz (b.1876)]] | Died 03/18/1885 | | [[Sura Fajga Katz (b.1885)]] | Born 06/08/1885, Died 10/18/1887 | | [[Elka Brafman (b.1885)]] | Born 12/06/1885, Died 06/29/1887 | | [[Marya Spitz (b.1885)]] | Born 12/18/1885 | | [[Chaja Rosa Kamer (b.1886)]] | Born ~1886 | | [[Blima Roitman (b.1886)]] | Born ~1886 | | [[Gerszon Zysman (b.1887)]] | Born ~1887 | | [[Hinda Glikla Brafman (d.1887)]] | Died 01/21/1887 | | [[Icek Manasza Felhendler (b.1887)]] | Born 03/25/1887 | | [[Hil Szterenberg (b.1887)]] | Born 09/04/1887 | | [[Szmul Lazer (b.1822)]] | Died 10/07/1887 | | [[Szmul Mordka Brafman (b.1887)]] | Born ~12/1887, Died 03/13/1888 | | [[Srul Perlmutter (b.1887)]] | Born 12/03/1887 | | [[Chaja Spitz (b.1888)]] | Born 04/20/1888 | | [[Blima Bajla Chaia (b.1889)]] | Born ~03/09/1889 | | [[Alter Brafman (b.1889)]] | Born 11/15/1889, Died 06/14/1894 | | [[Jankiel Lejb Spitz (b.1890)]] | Born 12/11/1890 | | [[Genendel Sprynca Katz (b.1892)]] | Born 06/23/1892, Died 10/12/1895 | | [[Josef Mendel Szterenberg (b.1894)]] | Born 03/25/1894 | | [[Srul Aron Ehrlich (b.1894)]] | Born 04/20/1894 | | [[Herszko Perlmutter (b.1894)]] | Born 06/01/1894 | | [[Szloma Perlmutter (b.1894)]] | Born 06/01/1894 | | [[Chaim Beniamin Katz (b.1894)]] | Born 11/14/1894, Died 06/09/1895 | | [[Abram Hersz Brafman (b.1854)]] | Died 12/27/1894 | | [[Gerszon Cytryn (b.1895)]] | Born 1895, Died 02/19/1896 | | [[Israel Joseph Mittelman (b.1895)]] | Born 06/01/1895 | | [[Majer Szterenberg (b.1895)]] | Born 06/04/1895, Died 02/06/1897 | | [[Dwojra Laja Spitz (b.1895)]] | Born 09/03/1895, Died bef 1911 | | [[Ryfka Spitz (d.1896)]] | Died 1896 | | [[Estera Malka Perlmutter (b.1896)]] | Born 04/24/1896 | | [[Ides Perlmutter (b.1896)]] | Born 04/24/1896 | | [[Sura Cytryn (b.1896)]] | Born 07/03/1896 | | [[Szandla Szterenberg (b.1896)]] | Born 07/23/1896 | | [[Perla Pesla (b.1849)]] | Died 10/23/1897 | | [[Szija Spitz (b.1898)]] | Born 01/17/1898 | | [[Jakob Zelman Birenbaum (b.1898)]] | Born 08/20/1898 | | [[Jona Szterenberg (b.1898)]] | Born 09/23/1898 | | [[Azryl Spitz (d.1899)]] | Died 1899 | | [[Ryfka Frajnd (b.1900)]] | Born ~1900 | | [[Mordko Josef Liberman (b.1894)]] | Died 1900 | | [[Dawid Cytryn (b.1900)]] | Born 01/06/1900, Died 06/27/1902 | | [[Malka Spitz (b.1900)]] | Born 01/08/1900 | | [[Mordko Hersz Perlmutter (b.1900)]] | Born 05/13/1900 | | [[Frajda Birenbaum (b.1900)]] | Born 12/26/1900, Died 02/13/1916 | | [[Malka Spitz (b.1901)]] | Born 01/19/1901 | | [[Jankiel Kopel Balter (b.1902)]] | Died 1902 | | [[Szyia Zysman (b.1902)]] | Born 02/28/1902 | | [[Cipa Cytryn (b.1902)]] | Born 05/11/1902 | | [[Rechla Spitz (b.1902)]] | Born 09/16/1902 | | [[Szymon Perlmutter (b.1902)]] | Born 10/20/1902 | | [[Szaja Nissenbaum (b.1903)]] | Born 03/01/1903 | | [[Laja Teper (b.1903)]] | Born 07/17/1903 | | [[Chaja Tauba Teper (b.1903)]] | Born 08/16/1903 | | [[Szloma Fruchtman (b.1903)]] | Born 09/22/1903, Died 1905 | | [[Chil Perlmutter (b.1904)]] | Born 12/05/1904 | | [[Jakow Fruchtman (b.1905)]] | Born 1905 | | [[Jakob Szterenberg (b.1905)]] | Born 01/25/1905 | | [[Moszek Judka Nissenbaum (b.1905)]] | Born 11/27/1905 | | [[Icko Jakob Rozenbaum (b.1905)]] | Born 12/06/1905 | | [[Malka Wizenberg (b.1906)]] | Born 1906, Died 1942 | | [[Yitzchak Spitz (b.1906)]] | Born 10/09/1906 | | [[Gecel Wizenberg (b.1907)]] | Born ~1907, Died ~1942 | | [[Moszek Perlmutter (b.1907)]] | Born 01/15/1907 | | [[Hinda Teper (b.1907)]] | Born 06/15/1907 | | [[Szloma Mendlewicz (b.1907)]] | Born 09/20/1907 | | [[Shmuel Avraham Szargel (b.1907)]] | Born 09/26/1907 | | [[Szandla Dwojra Liberman (b.1909)]] | Born 01/03/1909, Died 1913 | | [[Zyndel Spitz (b.1909)]] | Born 04/16/1909 | | [[Srul Lejb Spitz (b.1909)]] | Born 09/17/1909 | | [[Chaja Spitz (b.1910)]] | Born ~1910 | | [[Sura Birenbaum (b.1910)]] | Born 04/20/1910 | | [[Froim Liberman (b.1910)]] | Born 09/01/1910, Died 1911 | | [[Matla Spitz (b.1911)]] | Born 1911 | | [[Azryl Josef Spitz (b.1911)]] | Born 03/10/1911 | | [[Dwojra Laja Fruchtman (b.1911)]] | Born 04/13/1911 | | [[Dwojra Laja Spitz (b.1911)]] | Born 04/13/1911 | | [[Chaim Szija Felhendler (b.1911)]] | Born 06/12/1911 | | [[Jankiel Zysman (b.1911)]] | Born 09/15/1911 | | [[Chana Teper (b.1911)]] | Born 12/28/1911 | | [[Fajga Ruchla Ajzen (b.1827)]] | Died 1912 | | [[Ruwin Liberman (b.1912)]] | Born 08/01/1912 | | [[Genendel Spitz (b.1912)]] | Born 11/25/1912 | | [[Estera Milka Spitz (b.1913)]] | Born 1913 | | [[Genendel Spitz (b.1913)]] | Born 1913 | | [[Szyia Zysman (b.1913)]] | Born 11/27/1913 | | [[Sura Spitz (b.1914)]] | Born 1914 | | [[Cywia Spitz (b.1917)]] | Born 1917, Died 1920 | | [[Perla Spitz (b.1917)]] | Born 1917 | | [[Dwojra Zysman (b.1917)]] | Born 02/02/1917 | | [[Hena Zysman (b.1918)]] | Born 09/13/1918 | | [[Perla Spitz (b.1919)]] | Born 1919 | | [[Szmul Spitz (b.1919)]] | Born 1919 | | [[Israel Fruchtman (b.1921)]] | Born 01/15/1921 | | [[Motel Edelsztein (b.1921)]] | Born 09/12/1921 | | [[Szmul Hersz Zysman (b.1921)]] | Born 12/04/1921 | | [[Chaja Pesa Zysman (b.1923)]] | Born 06/08/1923 | | [[Chawa Gitla Lazer (b.1842)]] | Died 1924 | | [[Azryl Gecel Spitz (b.1924)]] | Born 08/26/1924 | | [[Nute Edelsztein (b.1924)]] | Born 12/15/1924 | | [[Nusyn Perlmutter (b.1925)]] | Born 1925 | | [[Aharon Zysman (b.1925)]] | Born 09/04/1925 | | [[Josef Globen (b.1883)]] | Died 1927 | | [[Golda Edelsztein (b.1927)]] | Born 03/20/1927 | | [[Icek Dawid Zysman (b.1928)]] | Born 02/08/1928 | | [[Mojzesz Rozenbaum (b.1928)]] | Born 07/11/1928 | | [[Basza Rozenbaum (b.1929)]] | Born 02/03/1929 | | [[Hirsz Kornszecher (b.1933)]] | Born 02/06/1933 | | [[Azryl Gecel Spitz (b.1934)]] | Born 1934 | | [[Bilha Szargel (b.1934)]] | Born 06/04/1934 | | [[Mendel Zysman (b.1863)]] | Died 1937 | | [[Tzivia Szargel (b.1937)]] | Born 04/08/1937 | | [[Abram Frajnd (b.1938)]] | Born 1938 | | [[Chaim Hersz Globen (d.1938)]] | Died 1938 | | [[Malka Hena Goldberg (b.1879)]] | Died 1938 | | [[Szajndla Lewenberg (b.1877)]] | Died 1941 | | [[Estera Wizenberg (b.1915)]] | Died ~1942 | | [[Moszko Wizenberg (b.1884)]] | Died 1942 | | [[Shraga Fajwel Wizenberg (b.1913)]] | Died ~1942 | | [[Aron Rotkier (b.1895)]] | Died ~1944 | | [[Wolf Hersz Rotkier (b.1932)]] | Died ~1944 | | [[Meril (b.1896)]] | Died ~1944 |