1. Tylmanowa and its society before 1939.

2. Tylmanowa is a little village in the southern part of Poland
Tylmanowa is a little village in the southern part of Poland. Here are about 2600 inhabitants. The village is located along the Dunajec river. It is famous for beautiful lanscape, hills covered with green forests and friendly people.

3. Tylmanowa in photos.

4. Jews in Tylmanowa
According to the monography „Tylmanowa” by Franciszek Janc before nine Jewish families (about 48 people) lived in Tylmanowa.

5. We know their surnames:
Isaac Jakubowicz’s family(10 people)
Efraim Weis’ family (8 pople)
Naftali Weinberger’s (nickname Schabse) family (4 people)
Englender Haskel’s family (6 people)
Chaim Herschel’s family (5 people)
Chaim Apel’s family (4 people)
Josek’s family (2 people)
Icek Furman’s family(9 people)
Załek’s family (?)

6. Jews and their work
Jews from Tylmanowa owned four shops, one inn, a sawmill and a mill. In their shops they usually sold all the necessities like: sugar, salt, matches, pepper, kerosene. They also bought calves, poultry, dairy products and fruits from the peasants.

7. Peaceful life stopped 1st September 1939 when the II WW broke out
Peaceful life stopped 1st September 1939 when the II WW broke out. According to Germans’ policy all Jews were to be exterminated. The same happened to Jews from Tylmanowa - nearly no one survived. Jews were shot in front of their houses or sent to the concentration camps.

8. Polish heros
Not all Jews from Tylmanowa died from Nazis. Fortunately there were brave Poles who, risking their lives, helped and hidden 2 Jewish men Josek and Romek Furmans (brothers). There was also a history of 10-year-old boy who escaped from ghetto in New Sącz and found a safe place at a Polish owner of a sawmill. He wasn’t recognized by Germans, who often visited the sawmill buying the boards, and survived the war. Then he left Poland and settled down in Israel.

9. Today in Tylmanowa thera are no Jewish properties no wooden cottages, no stables, no shops. Only one house still remembers Jewish owners.

10. The participants of the project recorded some interviews with the elderly inhabitants of Tylmanowa. Nowadays they are all over 80 years old. But they still remember their neighbours Jews, who were good, hardworking and honest people.

11. Thank you.