Historical aspects of the shtetl  

	The Plontch Wooden Synagogue
	The Plontch Talmud Torah Includes a 1939 portrait of the students of the Plontch Yeshiva
	Beth Hatefutsoth Article on the history of Plontch
	Yad VaShem's  "Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and After the Holocaust" -  Polaniec Entry
	Population Trends in Polaniec, 1827-1942
	The Jewish Cemetary in Plontch, current status (After clicking above, page down the document, or search for “POLANIEC”)
	A Study of Polaniec,  with its Jewish History A History of Polaniec ("Polaniec - Urban-historicalstudy",  Lublin, 1987, written by Andrew Wojciechowski),  describes the historical and urban development of Polaniec from the early years through 1987.  It includes information on Jewish history and landmarks in Plontch
	Great Fire In Polaniec !         Translation of an article in "Heynt" (Yiddish newspaper in Poland), from May 14, 1929
	Thaddeus Kosciusko and the "Polaniec Manifesto" of 1794
	Miscellaneous Information
	Some basic information on present-day Polaniec

This web site is authored and maintained by Michael Gottlieb, whose paternal ancestors lived in Plontch since at least the middle of the 18th century.  The site is dedicated to memory of those ancestors, many of whom were  slaughtered during the Nazi Holocaust. 

                             
Last updated on Monday, November 06, 2006
                   

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