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Katowice Province: Silesian (Śląskie)
County: This city is its own county (Miasto na prawach powiatu)

After WWI, the German town of Kattowitz was transferred to Poland as part of the Treaty of Versailles, and was renamed Katowice.

Archival Records

There are 3 listings from the Polish State Archives for Katowice.
There are 5 listings from FamilySearch for Katowice.
For details on these records, go to Archival Records for Katowice.

General

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

Genealogy

Source Resource Language Comments
JewishGen Communities Database Katowice
English
0
JewishGen Family Finder Katowice
English
0
JewishGen Yizkor Book Project Katowice
English
0
JRI-Poland Katowice
English
0
Routes to Roots Foundation Katowice
English
0

History

Source Resource Language Comments
Wirtualny Sztetl
(Virtual Shtetl)
Katowice
Polish
English
0

Cemeteries

Source Resource Language Comments
Foundation for Documentation of Jewish Cemeteries in Poland
(Photos and transcriptions of tombstones)
Katowice
English/Polish
0
IAJGS International Jewish Cemetery Project KATOWICE IStalinograd): śląskie
English
0
cmentarze-zydowskie.pl Katowice  (local)
Polish
0
Lo Tishkach
(European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative)
Katowice Jewish Cemetery
English
0
Wirtualny Sztetl
(Virtual Shtetl)
Cmentarz żydowski w Katowicach (ul. Kozielska 16)
Jewish cemetery in Katowice (16 Kozielska St.)
Polish
English
0

Holocaust

Source Resource Language Comments
JDC Archives
(Warsaw 1939-1941 Localities)
Katowice: Correspondence with the Jewish Community
German
0
Yad Vashem Shoah Names Database Katowice, Poland
English
0
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