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Góra Kalwaria (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɡura kalˈvarja]; "Calvary Mountain", Yiddish: גער, Ger) is a town on the Vistula River in the Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is situated approximately 35 kilometres (22 miles) southeast of Warsaw and has a population of around 12,109 (as of 2019). [ 1 ]
gora kalwaria (yid. Ger ; Heb. Gur ), town 19 mi. (30 km.) S.E. of Warsaw, Poland. The town, known popularly as Nowy Jeruzalem, obtained a charter in 1670 which included a clause prohibiting the settlement of Jews there.
Jun 19, 2023 · Góra Kalwaria - Heritage and history, synagogues, museums and areas - Jew began settling in Góra Kalwaria (Calvary Mountain) in 1795, and by a century later they had attained more than 50% of the city's population.
Góra Kalwaria (jid. גער Ger) – miasto w Polsce w województwie mazowieckim, w powiecie piaseczyńskim, w gminie Góra Kalwaria, położone nad rzeką Wisłą, 34 km od centrum Warszawy. Góra Kalwaria uzyskała lokację miejską w 1670 roku, zdegradowana w 1883 roku, ponowne nadanie praw miejskich w 1919 roku.
Góra Kalwaria is a town on the Vistula River in the Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is situated approximately 35 kilometres southeast of Warsaw and has a population of around 12,109.
Nov 8, 2023 · Góra Kalwaria was one of many shtetls in Poland whose Jewish life disappeared in the wake of WW II. Also goods of Jewish culture suffered immense losses. Particularly interesting is the wartime fate of library owned by tzaddik's family Alter.
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Gora Kalwaria - Village Life Under the Germans. Gora Kalwaria is located 20 miles south –southeast of Warsaw and on the eve of the Second World War the population of Gora Kalwaria was 7,000 people, including approximately 3,300 Jews. However, since the Ger rabbi Abraham Mordecai Alter, resided in Gora Kalwaria, the number of Jews generally ...
