# Kurima <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Kurima (Slovak)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Bardejov District, Prešov Region, Slovakia</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>49.23000 21.45000</td></tr> </table> <table class="place-meta place-eras"> <tr><th>Era</th><th>Town name</th><th>Country / jurisdiction</th></tr> <tr><td>before 1918</td><td>Kurima</td><td>Sáros County, Kingdom of Hungary (Austria-Hungary)</td></tr> <tr><td>1918–1938</td><td>Kurima</td><td>Czechoslovakia</td></tr> <tr><td>1939–1945</td><td>Kurima</td><td>Slovak State</td></tr> <tr><td>1945–present</td><td>Kurima</td><td>Slovakia (Czechoslovakia until 1993)</td></tr> </table> ## Overview Kurima (Bardejov District, Prešov Region), first mentioned in 1270, had an established Jewish community; it is named alongside Zborov, Raslavice and Lukov among the early Jewish communities of the Bardejov area and is documented in surveys of Slovak synagogue architecture. The community's most noted connection is to Rabbi Nissen Mangel, whose maternal grandparents (the Sterns) were prominent members. The village synagogue no longer survives and the Jewish cemetery was largely destroyed; the community was annihilated during the Slovak State deportations. <small>Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurima, https://chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/3927412/jewish/Two-Holocaust-Miracles-in-Slovakia.htm</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Sara (b.1818)]] | Born ~1818 | | [[Szruly Friedmann (b.1836)]] | Born ~1836 | | [[Mihaly Friedmann (b.1840)]] | Born ~1840 | | [[Moses Friedmann (b.1842)]] | Born ~1842 | | [[Rafael Friedmann (b.1844)]] | Born ~1844 | | [[Jakab Friedmann (b.1848)]] | Born ~1848 |