# Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (Polish), Ostrowiec (historical)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Ostrowiec County, Poland</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>50.933 21.400</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>Ostrowiec</td><td>Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth — Sandomierz Voivodeship</td></tr> <tr><td>1795–1815</td><td>Ostrowiec</td><td>Austrian partition, then Duchy of Warsaw</td></tr> <tr><td>1815–1918</td><td>Ostrowiec</td><td>Congress Poland / Russian Empire — Radom Governorate</td></tr> <tr><td>1918–1939</td><td>Ostrowiec</td><td>Second Polish Republic — Kielce Voiv.</td></tr> <tr><td>1939–1945</td><td>Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski</td><td>German occupation — Radom District</td></tr> <tr><td>present</td><td>Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski</td><td>Poland — Świętokrzyskie Voiv., Ostrowiec County</td></tr> </table> ## Overview Ostrowiec, on the Kamienna River, was founded ~1597 and granted town privileges in 1613, becoming a major 19th-century industrial center. Jews settled from the early 17th century (first mention 1631), growing to 6,146 (~63%) by 1897 and ~10,095 (~51%) by 1921, with four synagogues. A ghetto was established in spring 1941; ~11,000 Jews were deported to Treblinka on 11–12 Oct 1942. <small>Sources: Wikipedia — Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Virtual Shtetl, Britannica</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Yehoshua Yehezkiel Feivel Frankel-Teomim (b.1735)]] | Born ~1735, Died 04/20/1771 | | [[Baruch Frankel-Teomim (b.1760)]] | Born 1760 | | [[Pinkwas Hofman (b.1833)]] | Born ~1833, Died 1896 | | [[Sura Hofman (b.1852)]] | Born 1852, Died 1852 | | [[Abram Lejba Hofman (b.1858)]] | Born 1858 | | [[Sura Malka Hofman (b.1860)]] | Born 1860 | | [[Srul Balter (b.1892)]] | Born 05/26/1892 | | [[Chaja Morgensztern (b.1832)]] | Died 1899 | | [[Yitzchak David Katz (b.1901)]] | Born 1901 | | [[Rachel Szerman (b.1901)]] | Born 1901 | | [[Rachmil Moszek Wakszol (b.1910)]] | Born 07/01/1910 | | [[Tauba Borensztejn (b.1919)]] | Born 10/06/1919 | | [[Herschel Balter (b.1919)]] | Born 10/16/1919 | | [[Jonathan Gershon Balter (b.1921)]] | Born 11/28/1921 | | [[Shamai Katz (b.1923)]] | Born 1923 | | [[Israel Yaacov Katz (b.1924)]] | Born 06/26/1924 | | [[Chaja Balter (b.1925)]] | Born 1925 | | [[Chana Balter (b.1927)]] | Born 1927 | | [[Yoske Bartal (b.1928)]] | Born 04/26/1928 | | [[Chana Katz (b.1928)]] | Born 12/12/1928 | | [[Tziporah Katz (b.1932)]] | Born 05/13/1932 | | [[Zozana Balter]] | Born |