B&F Compendium of Jewish Genealogy
    > Poland
    > Pomeranian
    > Gdańsk
Gdańsk Province: Pomeranian (Pomorskie)
County: This city is its own county (Miasto na prawach powiatu)

In 1919 the German port city of Danzig became the Free City of Danzig, a semi-autonomous state under the League of Nations. After WWII, the city became part of Poland, and was renamed Gdańsk. German residents who had not already fled during the war were deported from the city.

Archival Records

There are 3 listings from the Polish State Archives for Gdańsk.
There are 26 listings from FamilySearch for Gdańsk.
For details on these records, go to Archival Records for Gdańsk.

General

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

Genealogy

Source Resource Language Comments
JewishGen Communities Database Gdańsk
English
0
JewishGen Danzig/Gdańsk SIG
English
0
JewishGen Family Finder Gdańsk
English
0
JewishGen The Danzig Database
English
0
JewishGen Yizkor Book Project Gdańsk
English
0
JRI-Poland Gdańsk
English
0
Routes to Roots Foundation Gdańsk
English
0

History

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

Cemeteries

Source Resource Language Comments
IAJGS International Jewish Cemetery Project GDANSK: Pomerania
English
0
IAJGS International Jewish Cemetery Project WRZESZCZ: Gdansk
English
0
cmentarze-zydowskie.pl Gdańsk  (local)
Polish
0
Lo Tishkach
(European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative)
Gdansk-Wrzeszcz Jewish Cemetery, Gdansk-Chelm Jewish Cemetery, Gdansk-Sopot Jewish Cemetery
English
0
Lo Tishkach Wrzeszcz Jewish Cemetery
English
0
Wirtualny Sztetl
(Virtual Shtetl)
Cmentarz żydowski w Gdańsku na Chełmie
Jewish cemetery in Gdańsk (Chełm district)
Polish
English
0
Wirtualny Sztetl
(Virtual Shtetl)
Cmentarz żydowski w Gdańsku-Wrzeszczu (ul. Romualda Traugutta)
Jewish cemetery in Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz (Romualda Traugutta St.)
Polish
English
0

Holocaust

Source Resource Language Comments
Yad Vashem Shoah Names Database Gdansk, Poland
English
0
The icon indicates that accessing that resource requires free membership to the site where the resource exists. In the case of Facebook groups, it indicates that the group is a Closed Group and you need to request access. The icon indicates that accessing that resource requires a paid membership to the site where the resource exists. The icon indicates that the resource was added or updated in the last 3 months.

If you would like to add a resource to this list, please submit the information to the Add a Resource form. If you have a comment about a specific resource, you should go to the specific page for that resource (click on the comment number on the right side of the resource line) and enter a comment there.

Leave a Reply