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
Photo: Thomas / Sue

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