Jewish people in Pińczów

Jewish people have lived in Pińczów since sixteen the century. For many years they could live freely, work and built houses. They have recived prenissions to build temples or Jewish schools.

Almost every shop in the city's marketplace was owned by the Jews. They were mainly engaged with the trade and sold horses, cattle, wood, dairy products and shoes. People could also use the services of gifted Jewish craftmens and small shops. The biggest advantage of such shops was a huge varienty of goods, it was possible to buy there almost everything you could dream of. A important pary in local society played two doctors, a dentist, school teachers and printers

Jewish people also owned

-a printing company

-a soda water company

-a mill

-and a tannery

According with census from 1921 in Pińczów lived 4324 Jewish, a 2397 from them were Polish.

Polish people have a possitive and frendly relation with Jewish people. In 1928 in the city council in Pińczów were seventeen Jewish people. The chairman of the council was priest Konstanty Aksamitowski who was popular with the Jewish people.