Overview
History of Zychlin’s Jewish Community
Source: Pinkas Hakehillot Polin: Zychlin
The community of Zychlin was first mentioned in a document from 1332. It gained city status in 1450 as a private aristocratic city. In 1764/65, there were 311 Jews living in Zychlin. The community’s first synagogue was constructed in 1780, and about one hundred years later was replaced by a stone building. Throughout most of the 1800s, Jewish families made up more than half of the town’s population. The Jewish community had a vibrant religious life, and political, social and athletic organizations flourished in the early 20th Century. In 1939, there were approximately 2,800 Jews in Zychlin. Of the Jews who lived in Zychlin at the outbreak of the war, only 68 survived. READ MORE
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Zychlin Resources
- Memorial Book of Zychlin
- Uncovering Jewish Heritage, blog of ADJCP President Marysia Galbraith, about the 2025 cemetery restoration project:
- Uncovering Jewish Heritage blog posts about Zychlin: Part 1 and Part 2; reports about cemetery restoration 2024: Day 1; Day 2; Days 3 & 4
- Jewish Cemetery in Zychlin page on www.cmentarze-zydowskie.pl , including translation of matzevot fragments found on lapidaria in the cemetery
- Mapio.net Zychlin photos
- TPZK article In Memory of Thousands of Jewish Residents of Zychlin
- Historia Zychlina Facebook page and website
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