Alternate names: Cîrlibaba [Rom], Kirlibaba [Ger], Radnalajosfalva [Hun], Cîrlibaba Veche, Cârlibaba. 47°35' N, 25°08' E, W Bukovina, 20 miles W of Câmpulung Moldovenesc (Kimpolung). 1930 Jewish population: 154.
- JewishGen Romania SIG
- Pinkas HaKehilot, Romania, Vol. 2 (1980), p. 513: "Carlibaba"
- Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 233: "Carlibaba".
- JOWBR: Jewish Cemetery
Holocaust: Population was sent to Auschwitz. Some young men fought in Ukraine. [July 2014]
Travel Story: "known as Kirlibaba under Austrian rule (1774-1918), when it stood at the border between Transylvania and Bukovina, was a prosperous shtetlthanks to its activities in the field of manganese and wood extraction. After the end of WWII, most of the surviving Jews emigrated. Not a single Jew lives today in Cârlibaba. The synagogue was demolished, the ritual butchery is in ruins and the old cemetery (picture) can be hardly kept by a Christian neighbor who takes care of it out of pity." . [July 2014]
CEMETERY:
1 cemetery, 36 burials visible [July 2014]
Photos courtesy Gabi Kerner and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [July 2014]
[UPDATE] Photos by Charles Burns [June 2016]