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Kraków Province: Lesser Poland (Małopolskie)
County: Kraków (Krakowski)

Also see the former village of Podgórze which was incorporated into Kraków in 1915, and the former town of Kazimierz which is now a district of Kraków.

Archival Records

There are 7 listings from the Polish State Archives for Kraków.
There are 25 listings from FamilySearch for Kraków.
For details on these records, go to Archival Records for Kraków.

General

Source Resource Language Comments
Official Town Web Site Kraków
Polish
0
Wikipedia Kraków
Polish
English
0

Genealogy

Source Resource Language Comments
Academia.edu Jewish Genealogy for Kraków, Jewish Genealogy and History for Krakow between the Two World Wars
1790-1918; Sources of Information
English
0
Eilat Gordin Levitan
(Links to newsletters of the Association of Cracowians in Israel)
Krakow
English
0
Geni Jewish Families of Kraków (Poland) - קהילת יהודי קראקוב
English
0
Gesher Galicia Kraków
English
0
Jewish Krakow genealogical documents Web Site
English
0
JewishGen Communities Database Kraków
English
0
JewishGen Family Finder Kraków
English
0
JewishGen KehilaLinks Kraków
English
0
JewishGen Yizkor Book Project Kraków
English
0
JRI-Poland Kraków
English
0
Routes to Roots Foundation Kraków
English
0

History

Source Resource Language Comments
Jewish Roots in Poland
(Book excerpt published online by JRI-Poland)
Kraków
English
0
Wirtualny Sztetl
(Virtual Shtetl)
Kraków
Polish
English
0
YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe Kraków
English
0

Diaspora

Source Resource Language Comments
ארגון יוצאי קרקוב בישראל
(Association of Cracowians in Israel)
Web Site, Facebook
Hebrew
Polish
0
Museum of Family History Cemetery Surnames, Holocaust Memorial, Society Gates
English
0
New Cracow Friendship Society Web Site
English
0

Cemeteries

Source Resource Language Comments
IAJGS International Jewish Cemetery Project KRAKOW: Małopolskie)
English
0
cmentarze-zydowskie.pl Kraków  (local), Kraków - Cmentarz średniowieczny  (local), Kraków - Cmentarz przy ul. Abrahama  (local), Kraków - Cmentarz przy ul. Jerozolimskiej  (local), Kraków - Cmentarz Remuh  (local), Kraków - Cmentarz przy ul. Miodowej  (local)
Polish
0
Lo Tishkach
(European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative)
Krakow Jewish Cemetery I, Krakow Jewish Cemetery V, Krakow Jewish Cemetery II, Krakow Jewish Cemetery III, Krakow Jewish Cemetery IV, Krakow Mass Grave I, Krakow Mass Grave II
English
0
Wirtualny Sztetl
(Virtual Shtetl)
Cmentarz żydowski na Podgórzu w Krakowie (ul. Jerozolimska 25)
Jewish cemetery in Podgórze in Kraków (25 Jerozolimska St.)
Polish
English
0
Wirtualny Sztetl
(Virtual Shtetl)
Cmentarz żydowski Remu w Krakowie (ul. Szeroka 40)
Rema Jewish cemetery in Kraków (40 Szeroka St.)
Polish
English
0
Wirtualny Sztetl
(Virtual Shtetl)
Cmentarz żydowski w Krakowie (ul. Jerozolimska 14)
Jewish cemetery in Kraków (14 Jerozolimska St.)
Polish
English
0
Wirtualny Sztetl
(Virtual Shtetl)
Cmentarz żydowski w Krakowie (ul. Miodowa 55)
Jewish cemetery in Kraków (55 Miodowa St.)
Polish
English
0

Holocaust

Source Resource Language Comments
האנציקלופדיה של הגטאות
(Yad Vashem Encyclopedia of the Ghettos)
קרקוב (Craców)
Hebrew
0
H.E.A.R.T. Kraków Ghetto
English
0
JDC Archives
(Warsaw 1939-1941 Localities)
Kraków: Correspondence with local organizations, December 26, 1939-April 30, 1940, Prokocim: Correspondence with the Jewish Council, Kraków: Correspondence with local organizations, May 1, 1940-November 20, 1941, Sawin: Correspondence with the Jewish Council
Includes Assistance Committee financial report.
Polish, German
0
Yad Vashem Shoah Names Database Krakow, Poland
English
0

Newspapers

Source Resource Language Comments
Historical Jewish Press B’nai B’rith - Krakow
Polish monthly
Polish
0
Historical Jewish Press Der yud
Yiddish weekly, edited in Warsaw, printed in Krakow
Yiddish
0
Historical Jewish Press Di Jidisze Sztime (Krakow)
Yiddish weekly, covering Krakow and Galicia
Yiddish
0
Historical Jewish Press Diwrej Akiba
Official paper of the Akiba youth movement
Polish
0
Historical Jewish Press Ha-Magid
Hebrew weekly
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Ha-Micpe
Unofficial paper of the Mizrachi movement
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Inwalida Żydowski
Monthly journal published by the union of widows and orphans of Jewish deceased soldiers
Polish
0
Historical Jewish Press Rękodzieło i przemysł
Industry and handicraft focused
Polish
0
Historical Jewish Press Trybuna Narodowa
Revisionist-Zionist weekly
Polish
0

Contemporary

Source Resource Language Comments
Czulent Jewish Association
(Organization for young Jews in Krakow)
Web Site, Facebook
Polish
0
Gmina Wyznaniowa Żydowska w Krakowie
(Jewish Religious Community in Krakow)
Web Site, Facebook
Polish
0
Jews of Krakow Web Site, Facebook
Polish
0

Books

Cover Title Language Comments
Jewish Life in Cracow 1918-1939
English
0
Polin Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 23: Jews in Krakow
English
0
A Guide to Jewish Genealogy – Kraków
English
0
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2 thoughts on “Kraków

  1. You may wish to mention ‘my’ book ‘Krakow; A Guide to Jewish Genealogy and History’ 3rd edition published by Gesher Galicia in 2017

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