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    village of Starachowice Górne. At first, the new town was named Starachowice-Wierzbnik, and in 1952 the name was changed into Starachowice. During the...
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    and later grew up in Wierzbnik. His parents were Jewish Holocaust survivors from Poland who had survived the ghetto in Starachowice (where they met), followed...
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    Ciepielów, Skaryszew, Iłża, Szydłowiec, Zwoleń, Przytyk, Wierzbnik (now a district of Starachowice), Jedlińsk (Jedleńsko), Odechów, Jastrząb, Nieznamierowice...
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    north-east, Zwoleń County to the east, Lipsko County to the south-east, Starachowice County to the south, Szydłowiec County to the south-west and Przysucha...
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    Wąchock (category Starachowice County)
    In 1624, Benedictines from Święty Krzyż founded the town of Wierzbnik (later: Starachowice), which emerged as a competition to Wąchock. Nevertheless, Wąchock...
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    century. Some of his mother's family were Polish Jews from Wierzbnik (after 1952 called Starachowice), Poland, who were murdered in the Holocaust. In his younger...
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  • October 15, 1942 7,000 Tarłów 629,741 86 Thursday October 15, 1942 4,000 Wierzbnik, German Reich 633,741 86 Thursday October 15, 1942 1,600 Iwaniska 635...
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