DRAWER SIGNATURES AND DESCRIPTIONS

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DRAWER 1 – RELIGIOUS DRAWER

  1. A glass used for religious purposes. It comes from Nowy Sącz.
  2. Tefillin belonging to Jacob Müller. The leather boxes were made from a single piece of kosher animal skin. They contain four fragments of the Torah, hand-written in Hebrew by a sofer.
  3. Religious books found in the chimney of a Jewish house in Wronowice near Łososina Dolna. They belonged to a Jewish family, who in this way secured them from leaving for the ghetto – they were found in the 1970s/1980s.

DRAWER 2 – GHETTO DRAWER

  1. Ashtray with the Star of David, which was found in the former ghetto by the castle – in the area of ​​today’s City Library.
  2. Unique prescription issued during the war in the Jewish hospital located at 44 Kraszewskiego Street. The caretaker of the pharmacy located in this place was the Polish pharmacist Albin Burz, who during the occupation provided selfless help to Jews imprisoned in the ghetto.
  3. Certificate of vaccination against typhus. During the war, the Germans feared this disease and frightened the Polish population by saying that its sources were in the ghettos.
  4. View of the Jewish cemetery after the war. In the years 1939-1945, it was gradually destroyed by German Nazis, who paved the streets of Nowy Sącz with tombstones. The matzevot visible in the photo are cut off, they were extracted from the sidewalks of the city center.
  5. A letter from the Nowy Sącz ghetto asking for help – authored by Leib Farber. The souvenir was donated by Jakub Müller.
  6. A pendant found in the ghetto.

DRAWER 3 – DRAWER OCCUPATION

  1. Chocolate box – a portable underground printing house. Inside the box there are stamps, a place to pour ink and loosely arranged letters. The letters attached to the stamp were dipped in ink and then the text was stamped on the sheet.
  2. Kennkarte belonging to Władysław Fryze. Documents of this type were issued to the Polish population. Fryze is the author of all the projects presented in the House of Jacob. He was the brother and son of Prof. Stanisław Fryze, co-creator of the foundations of theoretical electrical engineering, professor at the Lviv Polytechnic and the Silesian Polytechnic. Władysław also designed electrical devices.
  3. Postcard sent from Kraków to Jadwiga Wolska (1907-1949), who organized help for the needy residents of Nowy Sącz during the war. She organized help for the ghetto many times. In 1992, she was awarded the Righteous Among the Nations medal.
  4. Document from the occupation period issued for Joanna Barbacka.

DRAWER 4 – first in the middle row – ZIONIST DRAWER

  1. A photograph showing one of the Zionist organizations in Nowy Sącz. The photograph was given to us by one of the surviving Jews from Nowy Sącz – Beno Keil.
  2. A book from the Zionist library named after Nachman Syrykin (stamp). It was one of dozens of Jewish libraries operating in Nowy Sącz. It was founded in 1930 and its services were used by as many as 1,000 readers.
  3. A book from Palestine that belonged to Jews from Nowy Sącz (early 20th century). It contains places important for religion and dried plants next to it. The cover is made of rosewood.
  4. A company letter belonging to Leon Stern – the owner of a building materials factory.
  5. The book of Jizikor comes from the Jewish library in Łącko.
  6. A company letter belonging to Leon Stern – the owner of a building materials factory.

DRAWER 5 – DRAWER OF EVERYDAY LIFE

  1. A newspaper showing a photo of Rabbi Teitelbaum from Limanowa welcoming the President of the Republic of Poland Ignacy Mościcki.
  2. A prescription written by Dr. Maurycy Ameisen (1872–1942) – doctor of medicine, graduate of the Jagiellonian University (1894). Captain of the Polish Army. A doctor in Nowy Sącz, involved in the activities of the Red Cross. Owner of real estate at 30 Jagiellońska Street, father of Prof. Zofia Ameisen. During the next war he found himself in the Przemyśl ghetto, where he died.
  3. A unique postcard from the end of the 19th century written in Yiddish, sent to Stropków in Slovakia (then Hungary), where a large Hasidic community lived.
  4. A card written in Yiddish – Hersz Kunzler was a well-known industrialist in Nowy Sącz, his family produced candles, among other things.
  5. A book that was a gift for Libka from a high school friend.
  6. 6. Class photos from the Girls’ High School (turn of the 1920s/1930s). The photos include Wisia Beckerman and Rozalia Grunwald.

DRAWER 6 – INDUSTRIAL DRAWER

  1. First page of a document addressed to Szulim Tenzer (1870–1942) – social activist, city councilor (1927–1939), grain trader. He was one of the richest Jews, owner of a tenement house at Jagiellońska 7. Associated with the Orthodox, he headed the Nowy Sącz kehilla just before the war. Thanks to his efforts, the Jewish hospital in Piekło was rebuilt. In 1938, the Committee for Aid to Jewish Refugees was established, which he chaired. Member of the board of the Savings Bank.
  2. Envelope from 1906 addressed to Leib Silber.
  3. Company cards and a bill from the Wolf Nattel company, a merchant from Romanowskiego Street.
  4. Company cards from the shop of Szyi Horowitz, a construction entrepreneur. His main shop was located at Rynek 16.
  5. Correspondence regarding the opening of a sawmill in Ochotnica, but also the sale of wood, among others in Rożnów (1936).
  6. Invoice from Salomon Zwick’s Tarnów plantfor Krynica pharmacist H. Nitribitt.

DRAWER 7 – DESIGN DRAWER:

  1. Design of the interior and electrical installation in the Greek Catholic Church of St. Nicholas on Kunegundy Street. The design was developed by engineer Władysław Fryze.
  2. Situation plan of the Englander refinery in Dąbrówka Niemiecka. It was the largest plant in Nowy Sącz involved in the production of alcohol (wine, vodka and others).

DRAWER 8 – first from the wall – POST-WAR DRAWER

  1. Letters written by Nusyn Lustig’s granddaughter – Żanna – to her friend Krystyna Bodziony (1960s).
  2. Photos from Nowy Sącz and Krynica show Nusyn Lustig’s family. Among the photos is a unique photograph taken in the Planty park in Nowy Sącz in the post-war years.
  3. After the war, over 100 survivors returned to Nowy Sącz. They renovated Jewish monuments, the cemetery, and took care of the synagogue. Jewish tailors founded a cooperative, which later took the name „Pokój” (pictured). Jews gradually left. After 1970, only a few people remained.

DRAWER 9 – JAKUB’S DRAWER

  1. Jakub Müller’s identity card.
  2. The 700th Anniversary Medal awarded to Jakub Müller in 1992.
  3. The Coat of Arms „For Merit to the City of Nowy Sącz”, which was awarded to Jakub Müller in the 1990s.

DRAWER 10 – BRICK DRAWER

The brick with the signature „7” comes from Krynica Zdrój and is one of the few preserved from the local synagogue on Polna Street. The synagogue building was demolished by the Germans in 1940. The Jews of Krynica were driven to the ghettos in Nowy Sącz and Grybów. They died in Bełżec.

The brick with the signature „RS” came from the brickyard of Wolf Reibscheid, who ran his business together with his partners in Załubińcze. „SL” is the signature of Samuel Lichtaman (1839-1904), one of the most important industrialists in the brick industry. The entrepreneur came from Sędziszów near Ropczyce. From 1863, he ran a brickyard in Nowy Sącz, which was later taken over by his son Benjamin (born 1865). In their office on Jagiellońska Street, they also ran a store for roof tiles, drains, paints and varnishes. Many houses were built from Lichtman bricks, including barracks. Samuel Lichtman was a long-time city councilor (from 1887 to the beginning of the 20th century). Benjamin began medical studies at the Jagiellonian University (1885), but did not complete them. He was also a member of the City Council and the board of the Credit Union for Small Trade and Industry.

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