Częstochowa

# The Częstochowa Book — Summary

*Czenstochov; A new Supplement to the Book “Czenstochover Yidn”*, is the memorial (yizkor) book of the Jewish community of Częstochowa, edited by S. D. Singer, published in New York, 1958, (Y,), running to 336 pages ^[1].

The English translation is hosted by JewishGen ^[1]. The summary below is the book's own table of contents, organised as the book is. Each chapter entry links to its English translation page on JewishGen and gives the book's own page reference. Where the book is silent, this page is silent too — no statement about the community is inferred or invented.

Table of contents

### Buildup and Destruction

- ^[2] "The Rise of the Jewish Settlement in Czestochowa (1700 –1939)" (p. 5) - ^[3] "A. The Jewish Community in Czestochov (Its Composition and Activities)" (p. 11) - ^[4] "Czestochowa Jews in the Nazi Era (1939–1945)" (p. 39) - ^[5] "A. The Hunger Strike in Czestochowa Ghetto" (p. 47)

### Figures, Remembrances and Pictures

- ^[6] "A. Jacob Frank in Czenstochow (A Chapter of Stories)" (p. 110)

### Czestochowers in America and in Other Countries

- ^[7] "The East Bronx Czestochower Society in New York" (p. 241)