# Warsaw <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Hebrew</td><td dir="rtl">ורשה</td></tr> <tr><td>Yiddish</td><td dir="rtl">ווארשע (Varshe)</td></tr> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Warszawa (Polish)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Masovian Voivodeship, Poland (capital; city with county rights)</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>52.23000 21.01111</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>Warszawa</td><td>Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth — Masovian Voivodeship</td></tr> <tr><td>1795–1807</td><td>Warschau</td><td>Kingdom of Prussia — capital of South Prussia</td></tr> <tr><td>1807–1815</td><td>Warszawa</td><td>Duchy of Warsaw (capital)</td></tr> <tr><td>1815–1918</td><td>Warszawa</td><td>Congress Poland / Russian Empire — Warsaw Governorate</td></tr> <tr><td>1918–1939</td><td>Warszawa</td><td>Second Polish Republic (capital)</td></tr> <tr><td>1939–1945</td><td>Warschau</td><td>German occupation — General Government (seat of the Warsaw District)</td></tr> <tr><td>present</td><td>Warszawa</td><td>Poland — Masovian Voivodeship</td></tr> </table> ## Overview Jews are first recorded in Warsaw in 1414, and by the early 20th century the community was one of the largest in the world (363,400, ≈41%, in 1917), a leading center of Yiddish and Hebrew culture. In Oct–Nov 1940 the Germans established and sealed the Warsaw Ghetto, confining over 400,000 Jews; roughly 265,000 were deported to Treblinka between July and September 1942. The April–May 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, led by the Jewish Combat Organization, ended in the ghetto's destruction. <small>Sources: Wikipedia — Warsaw, Virtual Shtetl — Warsaw, USHMM — Warsaw</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Julia Golda Brody de Hauke (b.1825)]] | Born 11/12/1825 | | [[Judka Arjie Lejb Alter (b.1847)]] | Born 04/15/1847 | | [[Sura Frajda Cukier (b.1861)]] | Born 1861 | | [[Jankiel Dawid Biderman (b.1808)]] | Died 08/14/1863 | | [[Morris Cohn (b.1871)]] | Born Abt. 1871 | | [[Srul Iser Abram Bria Biderman (d.1874)]] | Died 05/27/1874 | | [[Jennie Schaler Rosenberg (b.1880)]] | Born 1880 | | [[Fajga Doba Stolcman (b.1881)]] | Born 03/15/1881 | | [[Abram Rechtdiner (b.1885)]] | Born 02/28/1885 | | [[Chaja Tauba Grunwald (b.1810)]] | Died 03/09/1886 | | [[Gerszon Randoniski (b.1891)]] | Born 03/14/1891 | | [[Mordko Hersz Zinger (b.1892)]] | Born 1892 | | [[Moszek Balter (b.1897)]] | Born 1897 | | [[Froim Fiszel Balter (b.1904)]] | Born 1904 | | [[Lejzor Szulfryd (b.1906)]] | Born 05/23/1906 | | [[Pinchas Szama Janowsky (b.1857)]] | Died 01/24/1907 | | [[Jankiel Sowy (b.1908)]] | Born 1908, Died ~1940 | | [[Arnold Szulfryd (b.1908)]] | Born 09/15/1908 | | [[Pessa (b.1909)]] | Born 1909 | | [[Solomon Aron Ellegant (b.1909)]] | Born 05/16/1909 | | [[Brucha Rechtdiner (b.1910)]] | Born 10/13/1910 | | [[Gitl Blatt (b.1911)]] | Born 1911 | | [[Majer Wolf Friedman (b.1830)]] | Died 10/28/1911 | | [[Samuel Barbanel (b.1911)]] | Born 11/20/1911 | | [[Hadassah Zilberman (b.1912)]] | Born 03/12/1912 | | [[Izrail Aaron Rechtdiner (b.1912)]] | Born 06/25/1912 | | [[Shaindel Balter (b.1912)]] | Born 10/27/1912 | | [[Henri Barbanel (b.1914)]] | Born 09/15/1914 | | [[Mojsze Gingold (b.1914)]] | Born 09/18/1914 | | [[Jochweta Gersztenkorn (b.1918)]] | Born 1918 | | [[Golda Zinger (b.1918)]] | Born 1918 | | [[Meir Fruchtman (b.1919)]] | Born 1919, Died ~1940 | | [[Israel Itzhok Randoniski (b.1920)]] | Born 04/19/1920 | | [[Gella Laja Gaby Bergman (b.1920)]] | Born 11/08/1920 | | [[Naftuli Zvi Randel (b.1922)]] | Born 02/18/1922 | | [[Chaja Ruchla Mandel (d.1928)]] | Died 02/06/1928 | | [[Miriam Bloom (b.1929)]] | Born 1929 | | [[Hejnoch Dawid Grynglas (b.1874)]] | Died 12/22/1929 | | [[Zeev Sowy (b.1930)]] | Born 1930, Died ~1941 | | [[Moshe Motzny (b.1931)]] | Born 11/07/1931 | | [[Abram Szulfryd (b.1877)]] | Died 01/27/1932 | | [[Jankiel Icek Balter (b.1876)]] | Died 10/25/1933 | | [[Hannah Gottesdiner (b.1935)]] | Born 03/27/1935 | | [[Yosef Zvi Zilberman (b.1877)]] | Died 11/03/1935 | | [[Sura Sowy (b.1938)]] | Born 1938, Died ~1941 | | [[Frajda Chaja Fruchtman (b.1907)]] | Died ~1941 | | [[Abram Lauderblat (b.1881)]] | Died ~1941 | | [[Jankiel Majer Biderman (b.1869)]] | Died 01/08/1941 | | [[Estera Alter (b.1869)]] | Died 09/1942 | | [[Dawid Borensztejn (b.1876)]] | Died 11/17/1942 | | [[Helena Balter (b.1924)]] | Died 1943 | | [[Moses Biberstein (d.1943)]] | Died ~1943 | | [[Abram Chaim Halbersberg (b.1907)]] | Died 1943 | | [[Ester Halbersberg (b.1927)]] | Died 1943 | | [[Gershon Halbersberg (b.1932)]] | Died 1943 | | [[Rebecca Sara Rolnik (b.1884)]] | Died 1943 | | [[Dyna Szulzyngier (b.1910)]] | Died 1943 | | [[Tsirl Tzila (b.1922)]] | Died 1943 | | [[Nutta Cholodenko Iserov (b.1886)]] | Died 01/19/1943 | | [[Jakow Josef Rajzman]] | Born |