ZMIDEK FAMILY
Chmielnik
Chmielnik synagogue
Photo: Thomas / Sue
Plaque on the wall of the Synagogue
Photo: Thomas / Sue
The synagogue before restoration
Photo: Thomas / Sue (from film exhibit)
The original bimah
Photo: Thomas / Sue
The restored interior of the synagogue, with a glass bimah
Lois reciting kaddish from the bimah
Back wall of the synagogue
Gabrielle
Susan
Jon and Harry
Synagogue exhibits
Sefer Torah
Gabrielle
Womens' gallery
Womens' gallery
Photo: Thomas / Sue
Chmielnik school children
Photo: Thomas / Sue
Memorial on the site of the old Jewish cemetery
Site of the old Jewish cemetery
Main square in Chmielnik
The Jewish cemetery
Chmielnik residents, members of a socialist group
Jewish tradesman from Chmielnik
Photo: Thomas / Sue
Plan of Chmielnik from 1874
Photo: Thomas / Sue
Girls from the Hashomer Hatzair movement in Chmielnik
Photo: Thomas / Sue
School girls from Chmilenik
Surnames include Gorliki (Gerlis) and Lewkowicz (connected to Zmideks)
Photo: Thomas / Sue
Photo: Thomas / Sue
The synagogue in the 1920s
Photo: Thomas / Sue
Chmielnik residents and the Rabbi
The last Rabbi of Chmielnik, Rabbi Eliezer Jehoszua Helewi Epsztajn
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The last Rabbi of Chmielnik, Rabbi Eliezer Jehoszua Helewi Epsztajn
Photo: Gabrielle
Jewish policeman and Chmielnik residents, 1942
Liquidation of the ghetto in Chmielnik, 1st October, 1942
Deportation of the Jews from Jedrzejow to Treblinka
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Chmielnik residents who joined the Polish army
Chmielnik residents on the Day of Cooperation, 1929
Photo: Thomas / Sue
Chmielnik residents
In the main square with Piotr Krawczyk
Piotr Krawczyk, co-author of The Story of Jewish Chmielnik
Photo: Thomas / Sue
Photo: Thomas / Sue
in the main square with Piotr Krawczyk , co author , the story of Jewish Chmielnik
Photo: Thomas / Sue
Main square in Chmielnik
Left to right:
Thomas, Susan, David, Jon, Harry, Patricia, Marq, Gabrielle, Steve, Lois, Jeff, Alex, Anton
Thomas, Susan, David, Jon, Harry, Patricia, Marq, Gabrielle, Steve, Lois, Jeff, Alex, Anton
Street in Chmielnik
A street where the Zmideks possibly lived
Photo: Gabrielle
Photo: Gabrielle
Entrance to the cemetery
Photo: Thomas / Sue
Gates to the Jewish cemetery
Jewish cemetery
Jewish cemetery
Gravestones at the Jewish cemetery
DS Smith factory. Kielce
In an extraordinary coincidence, D S Smith now has a factory in Kielce, the administrative district for Chmielnik.
Left to right:
David, Jeff, Lois, Alex, Gabrielle, Steve, Marq, Anton, Jon, Patricia, Harry, Susan, Thomas
Left to right:
David, Jeff, Lois, Alex, Gabrielle, Steve, Marq, Anton, Jon, Patricia, Harry, Susan, Thomas