# Krasnystaw <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Krasnystaw (Polish)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Lublin Voivodeship, Krasnystaw County, Poland</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>51.000 23.167</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>Krasnystaw</td><td>Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth — royal town, held by the Bishops of Chełm</td></tr> <tr><td>1795–1815</td><td>Krasnystaw</td><td>Austrian partition, then Duchy of Warsaw</td></tr> <tr><td>1815–1918</td><td>Krasnystaw</td><td>Congress Poland / Russian Empire — Lublin Governorate (county seat)</td></tr> <tr><td>1918–1939</td><td>Krasnystaw</td><td>Second Polish Republic — Lublin Voiv.</td></tr> <tr><td>1939–1945</td><td>Krasnystaw</td><td>German occupation — Lublin District</td></tr> <tr><td>present</td><td>Krasnystaw</td><td>Poland — Lublin Voiv., Krasnystaw County</td></tr> </table> ## Overview Krasnystaw received its charter from Władysław II Jagiełło in 1394 and was long a property of the Bishops of Chełm. A 1554 royal privilege banned Jewish settlement until 1824; by 1921 the community numbered 1,754 (~19.6%), with a synagogue, prayer house and mikvah. Under occupation a ghetto was established in the Grobla neighbourhood (Aug 1940) and the community was almost entirely murdered, only ~100 who had fled surviving. <small>Sources: Wikipedia — Krasnystaw, Virtual Shtetl, JewishGen Pinkas Poland, Holocaust Historical Society</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Szaindla Helferman (b.1790)]] | Born ~1790 | | [[Abram Fawel Lewkowicz (b.1853)]] | Born 1853 | | [[Tauba Sura Lewkowicz (b.1856)]] | Born 1856 | | [[Gierszon Lewkowicz (b.1858)]] | Born 1858 | | [[Mordko Balter (b.1890)]] | Born 1890 | | [[Jankiel Josif Rubin (b.1870)]] | Died 1891 | | [[Judka Lejb Balter (b.1892)]] | Born 1892, Died 1893 | | [[Joel Rywen Lewkowicz (d.1892)]] | Died 1892 | | [[Sura Fajga Balter (b.1893)]] | Born 1893 | | [[Estera Malia Balter (b.1902)]] | Born 1902 | | [[Jankiel Kopel Balter (b.1902)]] | Born 1902 | | [[Ryfka Balter (b.1902)]] | Born 1902 | | [[Brucha Balter (b.1904)]] | Born 1904 |