# Radom <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Yiddish</td><td dir="rtl">ראָדעם (Rodem)</td></tr> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Radom (Polish)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Masovian Voivodeship, Poland (city with county rights)</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>51.40361 21.15667</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>Radom</td><td>Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth — Sandomierz Voivodeship</td></tr> <tr><td>1795–1807</td><td>Radom</td><td>Austrian partition — West Galicia</td></tr> <tr><td>1807–1815</td><td>Radom</td><td>Duchy of Warsaw (capital of the Radom Department)</td></tr> <tr><td>1815–1918</td><td>Radom</td><td>Congress Poland / Russian Empire — Radom Governorate (capital from 1844)</td></tr> <tr><td>1918–1939</td><td>Radom</td><td>Second Polish Republic — Kielce Voivodeship</td></tr> <tr><td>1939–1945</td><td>Radom</td><td>German occupation — capital of the Radom District (General Government)</td></tr> <tr><td>present</td><td>Radom</td><td>Poland — Masovian Voivodeship</td></tr> </table> ## Overview Radom was first documented in 1155 and received Magdeburg town rights in 1364. By the 1897 census Jews were ~39% of the ~28,700 residents, and in the interwar period the community (~30–32%) formed one of the largest kahals in central Poland, with Hasidic ties to Góra Kalwaria, Aleksandrów and Kozienice. Under occupation the Radom Ghetto was sealed on 7 April 1941 (~34,000 people); in August 1942 the ghettos were liquidated and ~30,000 Radom Jews deported to Treblinka. <small>Sources: Wikipedia — Radom, Wikipedia — Radom Ghetto, Virtual Shtetl — Radom</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Yetta Cebulsky (b.1858)]] | Born 03/17/1858 | | [[Sura Kierszenbaum (b.1862)]] | Born 08/02/1862 | | [[Chana Idessa Rajszer (b.1883)]] | Born 03/28/1883 | | [[Syma Gnendla Rajszer (b.1884)]] | Born 05/15/1884 | | [[Dyna Rajszer (b.1886)]] | Born 02/13/1886, Died 11/03/1886 | | [[Szamszon Berek Rajszer (b.1888)]] | Born 10/05/1888 | | [[Serka Kaufman (b.1889)]] | Born 05/13/1889 | | [[Chaja Rajszer (b.1890)]] | Born 05/20/1890 | | [[Mendel Rajszer (b.1892)]] | Born 08/29/1892 | | [[Mordka Majlich Rajszer (b.1893)]] | Born 05/18/1893 | | [[Blima Kaufman (b.1893)]] | Born 11/27/1893 | | [[Jakub Tejwel Rajszer (b.1894)]] | Born 12/21/1894, Died 06/16/1895 | | [[Frajda Marja Kaufman (b.1896)]] | Born 04/01/1896 | | [[Chaja Mandelsberg (b.1898)]] | Born 05/16/1898 | | [[Mordko Majer Kaufman (b.1898)]] | Born 07/11/1898 | | [[Laja (b.1899)]] | Born 01/27/1899 | | [[Jankiel Moszek Brenman (b.1855)]] | Died 05/23/1899 | | [[Chaja Perla Kaufman (b.1900)]] | Born 01/13/1900 | | [[Abram Chaskiel Rajszer (b.1900)]] | Born 01/17/1900 | | [[Szamaj Rajszer (b.1901)]] | Born 1901 | | [[Chaim Pinkus Mandelsberg (b.1901)]] | Born 07/13/1901 | | [[Chaja Blima Kaufman (b.1901)]] | Born 07/17/1901 | | [[Icek Ajzyk Tyrangiel (b.1902)]] | Born 04/02/1902, Died 03/05/1904 | | [[Enta Rajszer (b.1902)]] | Born 05/16/1902 | | [[Gerszon Henoch Kaufman (b.1903)]] | Born 01/12/1903 | | [[Icek Ajzyk Kaufman (b.1903)]] | Born 01/14/1903 | | [[Chana Rywka Kaufman (b.1904)]] | Born 11/22/1904 | | [[Jenta Rajszer (b.1907)]] | Born 05/16/1907 | | [[Szimon Majer Margules (b.1908)]] | Born 03/11/1908 | | [[Flimeta Cywja Kaufman (b.1908)]] | Born 04/24/1908 | | [[Abram Tyrangiel (b.1883)]] | Died 12/10/1908 | | [[Jakub Ajzyk Kaufman (b.1909)]] | Born 08/03/1909 | | [[Mordka Josef Kaufman (b.1911)]] | Born 09/12/1911 | | [[Rywka Margules (b.1911)]] | Born 12/28/1911 | | [[Aron Tejwel Margules (b.1913)]] | Born 04/08/1913 | | [[Chaim Kaufman (b.1914)]] | Born 1914 | | [[Nachman Kaufman (b.1916)]] | Born 1916 | | [[Enta Frajda Margules (b.1916)]] | Born 09/27/1916 | | [[Frajda Sura Kaufman (b.1899)]] | Died 1943 | | [[Chaim Zawacky (d.1942)]] | Born |