# Kraśnik <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Kraśnik (Polish)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Lublin Voivodeship, Kraśnik County, Poland</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>50°55′N 22°13′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>Kraśnik</td><td>Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth — chartered 1377, Sandomierz Voivodeship (Lesser Poland)</td></tr> <tr><td>1795–1809</td><td>Kraśnik</td><td>Austrian Empire — West Galicia</td></tr> <tr><td>1809–1815</td><td>Kraśnik</td><td>Duchy of Warsaw</td></tr> <tr><td>1815–1918</td><td>Kraśnik</td><td>Congress Poland / Russian Empire — Lublin Governorate</td></tr> <tr><td>1918–1939</td><td>Kraśnik</td><td>Second Polish Republic — Lublin Voivodeship</td></tr> <tr><td>1939–1945</td><td>Kraśnik</td><td>German occupation — General Government</td></tr> <tr><td>present</td><td>Kraśnik</td><td>Poland — Lublin Voivodeship, Kraśnik County</td></tr> </table> ## Overview Kraśnik received its town charter in 1377 from King Louis I of Hungary and lay on the trade road from Silesia to Kyiv; it was owned successively by the Gorajski, Tęczyński, Radziwiłł and (1604–1866) Zamoyski families. Jews are first documented in 1530–31, and after the de non tolerandis Judaeis ban was lifted in 1584 the community grew, building a synagogue, hospital and cemetery by ~1600. On the eve of WWII ~5,000 Jews lived there (about half the population); the community was ghettoized and destroyed, with only ~350 surviving; a Yizkor book, Sefer Krasnik, was published. <small>Sources: Wikipedia — Kraśnik, Virtual Shtetl — Kraśnik, JewishGen Yizkor — Sefer Krasnik</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Chana Abramowiczow (b.1797)]] | Born 1797–1800 | | [[Herszek Blecher (b.1826)]] | Born 01/11/1826 | | [[Icek Mortko Hofman (b.1826)]] | Born 11/24/1826, Died 05/31/1850 | | [[Abram Icek Maler (b.1827)]] | Born 11/01/1827 | | [[Izrael Ber Hochman (b.1829)]] | Born 05/10/1829, Died 07/25/1834 | | [[Rywka Hochman (b.1831)]] | Born 11/28/1831, Died 10/16/1832 | | [[Ryfka Czarna Szayczraben (b.1833)]] | Born 09/24/1833 | | [[Szajndla Rywka Hochman (b.1833)]] | Born 11/28/1833 | | [[Dwojra Hochman (b.1836)]] | Born 03/20/1836, Died 12/10/1837 | | [[Malka Laja Fiszhendler (d.1836)]] | Died 04/13/1836 | | [[Eta Chuma Winer (b.1837)]] | Born ~1837, Died 03/26/1839 | | [[Zysla Hochman (b.1838)]] | Born 07/27/1838, Died 10/12/1848 | | [[Frimet Winer (b.1839)]] | Born 04/18/1839, Died 08/03/1839 | | [[Chana Blecher (d.1839)]] | Died 05/27/1839 | | [[Fajga Blecher (b.1840)]] | Born 07/01/1840, Died 04/17/1841 | | [[Zlota Basia Winer (b.1840)]] | Born 07/20/1840, Died 10/11/1847 | | [[Rachmil Hersz Hochman (b.1841)]] | Born 04/20/1841, Died 01/18/1842 | | [[Herszek Blecher (b.1842)]] | Born 04/26/1842, Died 03/05/1843 | | [[Blima Hochman (b.1842)]] | Born 11/19/1842 | | [[Chana Chaja Winer (b.1842)]] | Born 12/14/1842, Died 10/15/1848 | | [[Elka Winer (b.1844)]] | Born 12/18/1844, Died 10/12/1849 | | [[Hendla Hochman (b.1845)]] | Born 02/09/1845, Died 10/11/1848 | | [[Mordka Blecher (b.1845)]] | Born 02/10/1845 | | [[Szlama Gierszon Blecher (b.1792)]] | Died 03/24/1845 | | [[PLACEHOLDER Szloma Susman (b.1802)]] | Died 04/12/1846 | | [[Alter Chaim Morgensztern (b.1847)]] | Born 03/02/1847 | | [[Chawa Winer (b.1847)]] | Born 04/02/1847 | | [[Szmul Hochman (b.1847)]] | Born 08/23/1847, Died 11/28/1849 | | [[Rywka (b.1790)]] | Died 11/08/1847 | | [[Ryfka Chana Blecher (b.1848)]] | Born 04/22/1848, Died 05/02/1860 | | [[Szloma Herszberg (b.1848)]] | Born 07/01/1848 | | [[Tauba Morgensztern (b.1849)]] | Born 12/04/1849, Died 12/11/1849 | | [[Berek Abram Szafran (b.1850)]] | Born 02/20/1850 | | [[Marjem Winer (b.1850)]] | Born 03/31/1850 | | [[Ruchla Hochman (b.1850)]] | Born 09/23/1850 | | [[Chaim Herszberg (b.1850)]] | Born 10/07/1850 | | [[Sanel Morgensztern (b.1851)]] | Born 06/06/1851 | | [[Abram Mendel Blecher (b.1851)]] | Born 12/14/1851 | | [[Jakob Tanchym Hochman (b.1852)]] | Born 09/01/1852, Died 07/24/1855 | | [[Ester Gitla Herszberg (b.1853)]] | Born 07/24/1853 | | [[Szajndla Winer (b.1853)]] | Born 08/02/1853, Died 1868 | | [[Laja Blecher (b.1854)]] | Born 04/30/1854 | | [[Aron Nachamiasz Hochman (b.1854)]] | Born 11/27/1854, Died 01/05/1856 | | [[Szmul Dawid Herszsohn (b.1855)]] | Born 01/09/1855 | | [[Unknown Maler (b.1855)]] | Born 10/16/1855, Died 10/18/1855 | | [[Moszek Chaim Winer (b.1856)]] | Born 06/10/1856, Died 04/27/1860 | | [[Gitla Blecher (b.1817)]] | Died 07/03/1856 | | [[Hessa Blecher (d.1856)]] | Died 12/14/1856 | | [[Gitla Blecher (b.1857)]] | Born 04/20/1857 | | [[Frajda Laja Hochman (b.1857)]] | Born 05/25/1857 | | [[Necha Faszynk (b.1857)]] | Born 07/19/1857 | | [[Raysa Perla Herszberg (b.1857)]] | Born 12/10/1857, Died 06/16/1860 | | [[Pesia Faszynk (b.1859)]] | Born 03/30/1859 | | [[Szloma Gierszon Blecher (b.1859)]] | Born 11/06/1859 | | [[Josek Winer (b.1814)]] | Died 02/07/1860 | | [[Zelda Faszynk (b.1861)]] | Born 09/17/1861, Died 1877 | | [[Josek Szulim Werthajm (b.1862)]] | Born 04/24/1862 | | [[Szmul Moszek Faifenmicher (d.1877)]] | Died 1877 | | [[Malka Ruchla (b.1878)]] | Born 03/04/1878 | | [[Benjamin Harrison (b.1879)]] | Born 10/27/1879 | | [[J Abram Harrison (b.1880)]] | Born ~1880 | | [[Jankiel Lejba Hirszman (b.1884)]] | Born ~1884 | | [[Zelik Herszsohn (b.1895)]] | Born ~1895 | | [[Max Harrison (b.1898)]] | Born 05/03/1898 | | [[Bajla Frajda Herszsohn (b.1901)]] | Born 04/01/1901 | | [[Jack Harrison (b.1906)]] | Born ~1906 | | [[Joseph W Harrison (b.1906)]] | Born 05/17/1906 | | [[Irving Harrison (b.1909)]] | Born 06/09/1909 | | [[Lejzor Nachman Mandelajl (b.1910)]] | Born 03/30/1910 | | [[Bajla (b.1911)]] | Born 1911 | | [[Tauba Gersztenblit (b.1911)]] | Born 12/20/1911 | | [[Boruch Mandelajl (b.1913)]] | Born ~01/09/1913 | | [[Charles Harrison (b.1913)]] | Born 05/09/1913 | | [[Louis Harrison (b.1916)]] | Born 10/01/1916 | | [[Sally Esther Harrison (b.1917)]] | Born 12/06/1917 | | [[Joseph Harrison (b.1918)]] | Born 07/14/1918 |