Pilzno, powiat Dębicki, województwo Podkarpackie, Polska
| City | Pilzno |
| County | powiat Dębicki |
| State/Province | województwo Podkarpackie |
| Country | Polska |
| Latitude | 49°58'55″N |
| Longitude | 21°17'18″E |
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Pilzno coat of arms
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Pilzno
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Narrative
In 1354, King Kazimierz the Great decreed the founding of Pilzno.
In 1560.was thought to be the date when the first arrival of the Jews in Pilzno, as there were no records up to 1560. Records of 1564 mention three Jewish farm-owners, and two Jewish tenant farmers.
Official records of 1576, indicate that three Jews lived in Pilzno.
In 1577, King Stefan Batory ordered the Jews evicted from Pilzno, and forbade them to settle in the town or vicinity.
In 1635, the Pilzno city council issued a decree prohibiting Jews from selling in the town's market.
In 1830, the Austrian government created a local council in Pilzno, and admitted Jews to the town.
Narrative
On September 13, 1939, erev Rosh Hashanah. the Nazis killed the first Jew killed in Pilzno, Aron Chilowicz, age 25; his brother Maurice Chilowicz reported: "Aron was shot in the synagogue.
That night, the Nazis burned the synagogue and Talmud Torah, and the sexton, Moses Beer, age 50.
He was shot when he tried to carry the Torah out of the burning synagogue, and thrown back into the flames by the German soldiers.
Iin June 1942, the Germans organized the Pilzno ghetto.
In July 1942, the Jews were taken to Belzec, those who remained were taken to the ghetto in Dembitz.
By the end of July, Pilzno was cleansed of Jews, except for those few in hiding.
In November 1944, the German area commander posted a decree that any Jews found would be shot, and if anybody helps them they too will be shot.
On February 19, 1943, the German police shot four Poles for offering shelter to Jews and shot the six Jews whom they had sheltered.
On October 9, 1943, the Germans shot 5 members of the Rebisiow family and the 12 Jews they had been hiding, and burned down the farm.
Josef Bobrowskiego was discovered hiding Jews; he was shot as were the two Jews.
Josefa Rysinska was awarded a medal by Yad Vashem for her role in helping Jews during the occupation.
From August 1942 to Summer 1944, deczyslaw Ryba of Slotiwej hid 3 Jews on his father’s farm: Benjamin Deresiewicz, Abraham Einspruch, and Israel Hamel.
In the Spring of 1943, two more came, brothers Hyman and Mendel Reiner of Pilzno.
All five were later moved to another farm, and survived.