The Live
1. Mszana Dolna marked on the Hebrew Map of Galicia and Bukovina, 1877, Jewish Museum Vienna collections; published in Tygodnik Powszechny, 41/2014 in extra “Mit Galicji” (The Myth of Galicia), cities and towns were marked in yellow and black by the Editors of Tygodnik Powszechny
2. “Transfer of the one fourth of the ploughland Rabszkówka to Jędrzej Biłek”, 1780, Kubowicz family’s private archive
3. Shulem Geller, one of the first house owners in Mszana Dolna; photograph from the family collection of Saul Chapnick
4. Zdólna inn on the corner of Kościelna street and Piłsudskiego street; photograph from the private collection of A. Knapczyk
6. Szmidtówka – a guesthouse and inn, placed between Mszana Dolna and Kasinka Mała; a postcard from the private archive of Jadwiga Stożek
7. Town market in Mszana Dolna, the beginning of 20th century. Buchsbaums’ house and so-called ‘town hall’ where a few Jewish families used to live.
8. A postcard with a view of Mszana Dolna, 1915. Synagogue building can be seen on the left side of the school, partially obscured by trees
9. The only surviving book from the Jewish Library in Mszana Dolna. The library was funded by David Langsam in 1926. Town Library of Mszana Dolna collections.
10. A book with the seal of Gemilut Chasidim Association, Mszana Dolna branch. Gemilut Chasidim was a Jewish charity association, the name means literally “giving away kindness”
11. Mszana Dolna marked as a town which was one of the Jewish centers in Galicia, 1925; Jerzy Michalewicz i Wiesław Tyburowski, Żydowskie obwody metrykalne i gminy wyznaniowe w Galicji
12. The distribution of political forces in Małopolska region in the Jewish religious commnes during the years 1928-29; Jerzy Michalewicz i Wiesław Tyburowski, Żydowskie obwody metrykalne i gminy wyznaniowe w Galicji
14. Excerpt from the Jakub Weissberger’s letter to Anna Kadłubek covering the participation of the Jewish community in the patriotic events in Mszana Dolna; Letter from the private archive of Anna Kadłubek, drawing by Rachela Antosz-Rekucka
15. Zins family, Jewish bakers from the market: Rywa, Mindl and Nuftali Zins; photograph from the archive of Dora Appel née Zins.
16. Town market in Mszana Dolna, the white building on the corner is the house and bakery of Zins and Grünberg family; photo from the archive of Anna Kadłubek
18. Jurek Streimer, son of the lawyer Maurycy Streimer, during his teenage years; photo from the archive of Streimer family
19. The house of Maurycy Streimer, during the occupation the seat of municipal authorities and the place of execution of many Jews; current view.
20. Fragment of the correspondence of the Jewish Self-Help (Samopomoc Żydowska) from the occupation, containing data on the pre-war number of Jewish residents of Mszana Dolna, estimated at 782 people.
21. A slaughterhouse in Mszana Dolna, 1936. Turner and Sztamberger families used to work there; photo from the archive of Anna Kadłubek
22. This building, now Matejki Street no 1, before the Word war II belonged to the Turner family who traded in fish.
23. Mszana Dolna, 1938, a view of St Michael Church, in the bottom-left there is the house and bakery of the Beldegrün family
25. Jewish family of the unknown name in front of a house in Mszana Dolna; photo from the Town Hall archive
26. Piłsudskiego Street, to the right of the pillar there is Kieślówka – a house of judge Kisiel built thanks to a loan from Samuel Weissberger; 1938.
28. A postcard with a general view of Mszana Dolna from the end of 19th century; there is no synagogue yet but Zdólna inn can be seen below the church and presbytery