# Pińczów <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Yiddish</td><td dir="rtl">פינצ'וב</td></tr> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Pińczów (Polish), Pinchev (Yiddish romanized)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Pińczów County, Poland</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>50.533 20.533</td></tr> </table> <table class="place-meta place-eras"> <tr><th>Era</th><th>Town name</th><th>Country / jurisdiction</th></tr> <tr><td>1428–1795</td><td>Pińczów</td><td>Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth — Sandomierz Province (chartered 1428)</td></tr> <tr><td>1795–1809</td><td>Pińczów</td><td>Habsburg (Austrian) Empire (Third Partition)</td></tr> <tr><td>1809–1815</td><td>Pińczów</td><td>Duchy of Warsaw</td></tr> <tr><td>1815–1915</td><td>Pińczów</td><td>Congress Poland / Russian Empire — Kielce Governorate (Pińczów County from 1867)</td></tr> <tr><td>1918–1939</td><td>Pińczów</td><td>Second Polish Republic — Kielce Voivodeship</td></tr> <tr><td>1939–1945</td><td>Pińczów</td><td>German occupation (General Government)</td></tr> <tr><td>1945–present</td><td>Pińczów</td><td>Poland — Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Pińczów County</td></tr> </table> ## Overview Jews settled in Pińczów from the 16th century, and the community grew significant enough to send representatives to the Council of the Four Lands, attesting to its importance by the 17th century. The town had about 3,000 Jews by the mid-19th century, rising to a peak of roughly 5,000 by 1900, when Jews made up around 70% of the population. At the outbreak of World War II about 3,500 Jews lived there. In October 1942 the Germans deported approximately 3,000 of Pińczów's Jews to the Treblinka extermination camp, where most were murdered; only a small number survived in hiding. <small>Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pińczów, https://cdp.jewishgen.org/eastern-europe/poland/pinczow, https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/pinczow</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Shlomo Bochner (b.1680)]] | Died 1761 | | [[Chaya Fraenkel-Teomim תאומים (b.1687)]] | Died ~1761 | | [[Chaim Fajwel Erenrajch (b.1836)]] | Born ~1836 | | [[Abram Szmul Erenrajch (b.1887)]] | Born 1887 | | [[Szyia Erenrajch (b.1892)]] | Born 11/26/1892 | | [[Judka Arja Lejb Erenrajch (b.1919)]] | Born ~07/1919, Died 10/27/1919 | | [[Chaja Erenrajch (b.1925)]] | Born ~07/1925, Died 01/16/1927 | | [[Zysla Erenrajch (b.1928)]] | Born ~1928, Died 09/06/1931 |