- Bobowa
Infobox Settlement
name = Bobowa
image_caption = Jewish Cemetery
image_shield = POL Bobowa COA.svg
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lesser Poland
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 =Gorlice County
subdivision_type3 =Gmina
subdivision_name3 =Gmina Bobowa
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leader_name =
established_title =
established_date =
established_title3 =
established_date3 =
area_total_km2 =
population_as_of = 2007
population_total = 3018
population_density_km2 =
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 49 | latm = 42 | lats = 31 | latNS = N | longd = 20 | longm = 56 | longs = 41 | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 38-350
area_code = +48 18
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = KGR
website =Bobowa is a town (formerly village) in the
Gorlice County ,Poland . Administratively attached to theLesser Polish Voivodeship , it is located 18kilometre s fromGorlice , atBiała Tarnowska River . It was formerly a village, being granted a town status since 1 January 2009.History
The village was home to a "
yeshiva ", notable as a historic centre of Hasidism, created and led by thetsadik of Bobov. In 1900 the Jewish population of Bobowa numbered 749.It was also the home of
Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski who became "President of Poland for a day" in 1939. During the Second World War it became a "concentration village" where theJew s from the surrounding area were imprisoned. The general's brother Kazek was the mayor and was able to save at least one Jew. Almost all were finally killed. This is described by one of the few survivors Professor Samuel P. Oliner of Humbolt State University, California. He describes these events in his autobiography, "Restless Memories". He devoted his academic career to the study of Altruism, having himself been rescued by a Polish peasant woman called Balwina.After the war Grand Rabbi
Shlomo Halberstam (The Second) (1907 – August 2, 2000) re-established theBobov (Hasidic dynasty) in America. He was the son of Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam (1874-1941) of Bobov (Bobowa), who died in theHolocaust . Initially based in the neighbourhood of Borough Park in Brooklyn, New York, it now has branches in the Williamsburg section ofBrooklyn ;Monsey , New York;Miami ;Montreal ;Toronto ;Antwerp ;London andIsrael .Bobowa is also one of two (besides
Koniaków ) villages in Poland famous for traditional art oflace-making . Since 2000 it houses an annualBobbin lace Festival.Tourist attractions
Among the tourist attractions of Bobowa is the All Saints Church (14th century) and the St. Sophia Church at the local
cemetery , built in late 15th century and surrounded by a picturesque wall built in the 17th century. In addition, there is a 17th-centuryszlachta manor house (commonly referred to as "the castle" by the locals). This wasBolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski 's house. There are also remnants of fortifications from the same period. The village's Jewish heritage is represented by a 1778 synagogue and aJewish cemetery .People
* Bobov Hasidic dynasty
*Wojciech Bobowski
*Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski References
* Oliner S, Oliner P. "The altruistic personality: Rescuers of Jews in Nazi Europe". New York: The Free Press; 1988.
* Oliner S. "Restless Memories", Berkeley, California: Judah L. Magnes Museum; 1979.
* Gilbert M. "The Boys; triumph over adversity". London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson; 1996.
* "Szuflada Generała Wieniawa", edited by Elżbieta Grabska and Marek Pitasz, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, Warsaw 1998
* Testimony held atYad Vashem about Bobowa during the German occupation
* [http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Pinkas_poland/pol3_00063.html Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, Volume III (Poland)]
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