This CRARG database of Holocaust-era material includes more than 300 finished projects, with more than 400,000 records.
Search advice: Surname
- Goldberg Zylberberg finds records that include both names. Goldberg/Zylberberg finds records that include either name.
- Note regarding name spellings: In Polish documents, some letters can be interchangeable: i and j (e.g., Fraiman / Frajman), h and ch (e.g., Horowicz / Chorowicz), y and i, and others. In Russian (Cyrillic) documents, the letter g that may appear in place of h (e.g., Gofman instead of Hofman).
Search advice: Any text
- tailor butcher finds records that list both professions. tailor OR butcher finds records that list either profession. (tailor OR butcher) Radomsko finds records that list either profession, but only in Radomsko. "Izrael Kifer" finds that exact phrase.
- table_name:Zarki finds material for which the table (project) name includes Zarki.
- When searching “is exactly”: Zylber* finds any name beginning with Zylber. *berg finds any name ending with berg. Z*lber finds Zolberg, Zylberberg, etc. (* represents any number of characters).
- 1862 finds only records that list that year. -1862 finds anything before and including 1862. 1862- finds anything including and after 1862. 1840-1890 finds anything in that range of years.
- {butcher} searches for the exact spelling butcher, even when doing a “sounds like” search.
What next?
- Approximately 20% CRARG’s data is comprised of Holocaust-era records.
- To access CRARG’s huge collection of pre-Holocaust records (and to receive personal research assistance), you may want to consider joining CRARG.
CRARG’s core towns include Częstochowa, Gidle, Gowarczów, Janów, Kamieńsk, Kielce, Kłobuck, Koniecpol, Końskie, Kromołów, Krzepice, Lelów, Mstów, Nowa Brzeźnica, Opoczno, Pilica, Piotrków Trybunalski, Pławno, Praszka, Przedbórz, Przyrów, Radomsko, Rozprza, Secemin, Sulmierzyce, Szczekociny, Włoszczowa, Wodzisław, and Żarki, and many smaller towns nearby.