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1. I am trying to find information on the town (village) of Pedembits also known as Poddebice which was in the Lodz Province. Please assist if you can. My grandfather Henry (Hanoch) also Heinich Bailey ( not sure of the original surname but could have been Bajle came from the town.

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   1. http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~community~-522499
      Poddębice, Poland

      Alternate names: Poddębice [Pol], Podembitza [Yid], Poddembitze [Rus], Podembice, Wandalenbrück [Ger, 1943-45]

      Region: Kalisz

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      Yizkor Books (1):
      Pinkas ha-kehilot; entsiklopediya shel ha-yishuvim le-min hivasdam ve-ad le-aher shoat milhemet ha-olam ha-sheniya: Poland vol. 1: The communities of Lodz and its region (Jerusalem, 1976)
      Town District Province Country
      Before WWI (c. 1900): Poddębice Łęczyca Kalisz Russian Empire
      Between the wars (c. 1930): Poddębice Łęczyca Łódż Poland
      After WWII (c. 1950): Poddębice Poland
      Today (c. 2000): Poddębice Poland
      Jewish Population in 1900: 1,333
      Notes: Russian: Поддембице. Hebrew: פודדמביצה
      24 miles WNW of Łódź, 17 miles SW of Łęczyca (Lintshitz).
      Poddębice, Poland: 51°53′ N, 18°57′ E

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      the JewishGen Poland Database for Poddębice.
      the JewishGen website for Poddębice.
      Additional information for Poddębice:

      Museum of the
      History of Polish Jews
      Jewish Records Indexing Poland
      Town Page
      Pinkas HaKehilot, Poland, Vol. 1 (1976), p. 184-186: “Poddebice”

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   2. Hi! I live in Poddębice and graduated from Jewish history and culture. I wrote my masterpiece about Jews in Poddębice (now I’m a PhD student). You can contact me: uaniaa@gmail.com

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