we start the day at the old cemetery in Tarnow |
a branch of Witek's family is buried here |
hmmm; time for some maintenance |
Witek translates an ancestor's inscription for us |
then a walk thru the lovely cemetery |
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in town, a former manor house, now ethnographic museum |
the steeple of Tarnow cathedral |
today is the Feast of Corpus Christi; there are multiple processions in town |
the main square and old town hall |
not unlike this old postcard! |
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quite a few old buildings in town |
at another square in town... |
...we find the remains of the synagogue destroyed by Germans in WWII... |
...but the past Jewish presence in Tarnow is memorialized everywhere here |
one of many local poets |
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the history here is long and rich |
and the architecture quite varied |
back to the cathedral |
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Witek explains to us about the fad of sleeping figures on tombs... |
...which extended even to infants |
back on the streets, we wrap around the cathedral |
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this school is named for inventor Jan Szczepanik... |
...who experimented with photography and image projection |
under this scaffolding is a building designed by Witek's ancestor... |
...who also designed this church... |
...and the associated school complex |
it's a beautiful way to part from Tarnow |
now we're a bit north, in Marla's ancestors' town of Sokolow Malopolski |
the town is small but with a large park in the center |
here's the former synagogue |
and at the edge of town, a Jewish cemetery |
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Marla probably has ancestors here, somewhere... |
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panorama of the Sokolow Maloposki Jewish cemetery |
now a quick stop in Lezajsk, home to a Bernadine basilica and monastery |
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the church is famous for its Baroque decoration and its pipe organ |
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the grounds are quite attractive as well |
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then on to Ulanow, another of Marla's towns |
it's a lovely setting, on the San and Tanew rivers |
we find a helpful man who brings us to the Jewish cemetery |
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quite a few stones are still standing |
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the man tells us that when he was a boy here, there were no trees in the cemetery |
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Marla finds her g-g-g-grandfather's headstone! |
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the man who helped us suggests we visit with the town historian... |
...so here we are (with Witek translating), looking at a 1930's index of residents |
unfortunately, the index stops at "H" |
then crossing town to the museum, we pass some historic wooden houses |
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Mr. Dambek lets us into the museum he created... |
...which has an impressive collection of Jewish artifacts as part of the town history |
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there are a large number of papers in Hebrew and Yiddish... |
...with which the museum could use help in translation |
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elsewhere in the museum, the town's working history is celebrated |
many of the townspeople have worked in timber and transportation on the river |
this has been a day of very interesting finds! |