# Giełczew <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Giełczew (Polish)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Lublin County (gmina Wysokie), Lublin Voivodeship, Poland</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>50.9569 22.6789</td></tr> </table> <table class="place-meta place-eras"> <tr><th>Era</th><th>Town name</th><th>Country / jurisdiction</th></tr> <tr><td>15th c.–1795</td><td>Giełczew</td><td>Kingdom of Poland / Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth</td></tr> <tr><td>1815–1915</td><td>Giełczew</td><td>Congress Poland (Russian Empire)</td></tr> <tr><td>1918–1939</td><td>Giełczew</td><td>Second Polish Republic (Lublin Voivodeship)</td></tr> <tr><td>1944–present</td><td>Giełczew</td><td>Poland (Lublin Voivodeship)</td></tr> </table> ## Overview No organized Jewish community of its own is documented for Giełczew, a noble-founded village in gmina Wysokie, Lublin County (the name also attaches to the Giełczew River and historically to the village that became Piaski). The 1921 census recorded only 19 Jews in Giełczew village — far too few for a separate kehilla; local Jews would have belonged to the community of Wysokie or another nearby town. Hebrew, Yiddish and a community-specific narrative are deliberately left empty. <small>Sources: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gie%C5%82czew_(powiat_lubelski)</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Fayga Marya Herszkowicz (b.1824)]] | Born ~1824 | | [[Berko Lejba Brandt (b.1835)]] | Born ~1835 | | [[Kiwa Lejzor Brandt (b.1844)]] | Born 1844 | | [[Aron Brandt (b.1856)]] | Born 1856 | | [[Josef Gersztenblit (b.1857) (2)]] | Born 1857 | | [[Perla Brandt (b.1863)]] | Born 1863 | | [[Aron Brandt (b.1864)]] | Born 1864 |