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| nuthatch | profile | all galleries >> Poland >> Tarnow, Sokolow Mlp. and Ulanow | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 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! |