# Szczebrzeszyn <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Yiddish</td><td dir="rtl">שעברעשין</td></tr> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Szczebrzeszyn (Polish), Shebreshin (Yiddish)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Lublin Voivodeship, Zamość County, Poland</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>50.6831 22.9794</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>Szczebrzeszyn</td><td>Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth — Ruthenian Voivodeship</td></tr> <tr><td>1795–1815</td><td>Szczebrzeszyn</td><td>Austrian partition (West Galicia), then Duchy of Warsaw</td></tr> <tr><td>1815–1918</td><td>Szczebrzeszyn</td><td>Congress Poland / Russian Empire — Lublin (Chełm from 1912) Governorate</td></tr> <tr><td>1918–1939</td><td>Szczebrzeszyn</td><td>Second Polish Republic — Lublin Voiv.</td></tr> <tr><td>1939–1945</td><td>Szczebrzeszyn</td><td>German occupation — General Government</td></tr> <tr><td>present</td><td>Szczebrzeszyn</td><td>Poland — Lublin Voiv., Zamość County</td></tr> </table> ## Overview Szczebrzeszyn was first documented in 1352 under Casimir III. An organized Jewish community existed by the early 16th century, with a Renaissance synagogue built in the late 1500s; Jews were 2,644 (~42%) by 1921. During the Holocaust over 5,500 Jews were deported in six transports (May–Nov 1942) to the Bełżec extermination camp. <small>Sources: Wikipedia — Szczebrzeszyn, Jewish Virtual Library, Holocaust Historical Society</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Hinda Falkenheim (b.1775)]] | Born ~1775, Died 12/11/1880 | | [[Rubin Cukier (b.1793)]] | Born 1793 | | [[Abram Hersz Cukier (b.1830)]] | Born ~1830 | | [[Ejle Cukier (b.1839)]] | Born 1839 | | [[Icek Falkenheim (b.1849)]] | Born 1849 | | [[Zelman Falkenheim (b.1849)]] | Born ~1849, Died 06/06/1851 | | [[Ryfka Falkenheim (b.1851)]] | Born 1851 | | [[Fajga Ruchla Falkenheim (b.1852)]] | Born 1852 | | [[Hudes Cukier (d.1857)]] | Died 1857 | | [[Dwojra Falkenheim (b.1857)]] | Born 1857, Died 11/21/1857 | | [[Chana Chuma Falkenheim (b.1875)]] | Born ~1875 | | [[Chaja Zimmerman (b.1876)]] | Born ~1876 | | [[Chaja Sura (b.1854)]] | Died 09/30/1878 | | [[Hena Laja Griner (b.1882)]] | Born 1882 | | [[Ethel Greene (b.1884)]] | Born 1884 | | [[Jacob Greene (b.1888)]] | Born 04/05/1888 | | [[Anna Drier (b.1891)]] | Born ~1891 | | [[Anna Greene (b.1891)]] | Born 1891 | | [[Majer Falkenheim (b.1829)]] | Died 06/05/1893 | | [[Sura Spitz (b.1904) (2)]] | Born 1904 | | [[Sura Spitz (b.1904) (3)]] | Born 1904 | | [[Sala Bajczer (b.1910)]] | Born 04/29/1910 |