bircza online images and photos

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The images below have been collected from various individuals and researchers who have obtained (or taken) photographs of the Bircza area, or images relating to the community. At the right of the page, you will find an index for the photographs, separating them by category. Large pictures have been reduced in size to fit below; to view the full size, click on the photo. Information about the origin of the pictures (such as the photographer) is included below each one; these individuals own the rights to these images and must be contacted if you intend to distribute or reproduce them. If you have any images of this region, please contribute them to the website by contacting me. By pooling our resources, we can keep the spirit of qehīllat Bircza alive.

other noted buildings

the bircza manor, c. 1911 The large manor in Bircza, c. 1911. The oldest and most prestigious family in Bircza lived there for hundreds of years. Jonas Lewental recalls that the manor owner died, succeeded by his son who was shortly killed in a riding accident. The heir had many half-brothers through his father’s nurse, but he had been the only true-blood heir. Postcard owner: Chris Wozniak, [1911]	bircza manor entrance The entrance to the Bircza manor’s access road. Credit: Lilli Rubenov, 2005
school The Bircza school. Credit: Lilli Rubenov, 2005	bircza castle postcard Postcard of the neo-Gothic castle in Bircza, after the Second World War. Credit: Joanna Zientek, 2000
bircza castle (painting) Painting of the Bircza Castle by Antoni Rudawski. For more information about this remarkable Bircza teacher and painter, click here. Painted: Antoni Rudawski, undated Credit: Joanna Zientek, 2001	krasiczyn castle (painting) Painting of the Krasiczyn Castle by Antoni Rudawski. For more information about this remarkable Bircza teacher and painter, click here. Painted: Antoni Rudawski, 1960 Credit: Joanna Zientek, 2001

people

19th-c. bircza townsfolk (painting) Painting of 19th-Century Bircza townsfolk in holiday dress by Antoni Rudawski. For more information about this remarkable Bircza teacher and painter, click here. Painted: Antoni Rudawski, undated Credit: Joanna Zientek, 2000	löwenthal family, late 1920s The Löwenthal family outside their home in the late 1920s. From left to right: Mindl and Dawid (back row); Matilda, Jonas, and Sara (front row). Credit: Jonas Lewental, late 1920s
	pre-war schoolboard This photo depicts the Bircza school board (prior to the Second World War), which included the former head master (who was killed by the Russians at Katyń), the Rabbi, the Polish and Ukrainian priests, and the teachers with Antoni Rudawski among them (second from the right, bottom). Credit: Joanna Zientek
school play, c. 1934 Picture of Bircza school children of Polish, Jewish, and Ukrainian nationalities performing a well-known fairy tale, around 1934. Credit: Joanna Zientek, 1934	school faculty, late 1940s Photo of the Bircza school teachers, including Antoni Rudawski (left, at top), taken shortly after the Second World War. Credit: Joanna Zientek, late 1940s
teachers in the market place Antoni Rudawski and some of his colleagues at the Bircza market place, after the Second World War. Credit: Joanna Zientek	antoni rudawski, 1960s Antoni Rudawski, in his 60s (during the 1960s). Credit: Joanna Zientek, 1960s