Biecz lies in the hills of the Ropa River, near the Carpathian Mountains. The town suffered heavy losses of population during WWII. Many young Jews were deported to Plaszow. On August 14, 1942, the Gestapo surrounded Biecz and murdered a third of the Jewish population on the market square. The remaining Jews were sent to Belzec. Only a handful survived the Holocaust.
Traveling shot of Biecz, Poland (near Krakow). CUs, Grandmother and Grandfather Jacoby. Family portrait: Mark Jacoby (donor) stands at the left with his Grandmother and Grandfather seated, and his cousin, Ciela (12), next to his brother, Willis. Cousin playing. CU, Ciela and her mother. Family poses again. Various shots of Biecz homes and establishments. A small train station in Siepietnica village, sign reading"Siepietnic". More family portraits. Children play on horse; Mark with local boys. Group shot of a family in the neighboring Polish village of Raclawice, cow, fields, farmland. 00:09:21 Mark's Uncle Joel, the only member of the family to survive the Holocaust. Mark on his Grandfather's horse and cart.
Jacoby family in Biecz and other small towns in SE Poland