# Opatów <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Yiddish</td><td dir="rtl">אַפּט (Apt)</td></tr> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Opatów (Polish), Apt / Apta (Yiddish)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Opatów County, Poland</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>50.8050 21.4247</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>Opatów</td><td>Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth — Sandomierz Voivodeship</td></tr> <tr><td>1795–1815</td><td>Opatów</td><td>Austrian partition, then Duchy of Warsaw (Radom Dept.)</td></tr> <tr><td>1815–1918</td><td>Opatów</td><td>Congress Poland / Russian Empire — Radom Governorate</td></tr> <tr><td>1918–1939</td><td>Opatów</td><td>Second Polish Republic — Kielce Voiv.</td></tr> <tr><td>1939–1945</td><td>Opatów</td><td>German occupation — Radom District</td></tr> <tr><td>present</td><td>Opatów</td><td>Poland — Świętokrzyskie Voiv., Opatów County</td></tr> </table> ## Overview Opatów was first documented in 1189 and received town rights in 1282. Jewish settlement is recorded from the 16th century (privileges 1545); by 1765 the community numbered ~2,000, and Opatów became the seat of the Hasidic Apter Rebbe, Avraham Yehoshua Heshel. On the eve of WWII ~5,000–6,000 Jews lived there; the Opatów Ghetto was liquidated on 20–22 Oct 1942 with ~7,000 deported to Treblinka. <small>Sources: Wikipedia — Opatów, YIVO Encyclopedia, JewishGen Yizkor</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Chaja Morgensztern (b.1832)]] | Born ~1832 | | [[Chana Nechama Wallersztejn (b.1845)]] | Born ~1845, Died 1881 | | [[Aron Morgensztern (b.1875)]] | Born ~1875 | | [[Sana Morgensztern (b.1875)]] | Born 1875 | | [[Abram Morgensztern (b.1879)]] | Born 1879 | | [[Sura Szandlja Morgensztern (b.1884)]] | Born 1884, Died 1887 | | [[Jakob Ber Balter (b.1888)]] | Born ~1888 | | [[Srul Icek Morgensztern (b.1889)]] | Born 12/19/1889 | | [[Majer Balter (b.1893)]] | Born 1893 | | [[Nuta Morgensztern (b.1894)]] | Born 08/27/1894 | | [[Fajtel Morgensztern (b.1897)]] | Born 08/07/1897 | | [[Beniamin Lejzor Morgensztern (b.1899)]] | Born 12/22/1899 | | [[Berek Morgensztern (b.1902)]] | Born 10/10/1902 | | [[Israel Pinkwas Hofman (b.1906)]] | Born ~1906 | | [[Hinda Feivelson (b.1867)]] | Died 04/25/1907 | | [[Jonasen Gerszon Balter (b.1924)]] | Born 1924 | | [[Edward Balter (b.1928)]] | Born 12/26/1928 | | [[Chawa Balter (b.1929)]] | Born 1929 |