Radzilow

Radzilow, also known as "Rajalov" in Yiddish to its Jewish citizens, was located in the Tsarist province of Lomza. Radzilow pop. 671, 62 km WNW of Bialystock, 53°24 N, 22°24 E; part of the Sczuczyn district area in the Lomza gubernia

Click here to see Radzilow on a map, circa 1888. Radzilow is located in the Lomza gubernia, in the narrow area between the Grodno gubernia on the east, and Prussia on the west. The next largest town, Bialystock, is located in the Grodno gubernia, and Radzilow is to the northwest of it.

Here is an description of the wartime activity of the town from a Polish-language source.

RADZILOW, in the LOMZA district, N of JEDWABNY

3861-SS Prison

Open August 1941, closed at the end of 1944.

In the prison were held (for a short time) townspeople of RADZILOW and surrounding villages, then they were transported to other prisons, [concentration] camps,and forced labor.

Additional information from the Internet:

Information about Radzilow and Lomza gubernia can be found in "Landsmen", the quarterly publication of the Suwalk-Lomza Special Interest Group for Jewish Genealogists:

http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/landsmen.txt

I extracted and transcribed all Jewish marriages in Radzilow, 1826-1841, and they were published in "Landsmen" V:2-3,67-70. I have also completed Births 1826-1847, and they should be published in a future issue, possibly this summer.

A few additional record indexes are available via REIPP.

Click here to see a modern-day map of the Lomza district.

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