22 January 1935, Tuesday

Lviv. A ceremonious funeral of Izydor Schulz.

The funeral ceremony of Izydor Schulz begins in the ceremonial hall of the Jewish cemetery1 at ul. Pilichowska. People associated with industry and trade, representatives of oil institutions and Jewish communities, as well as members of the Union of Jewish Engineers in Lviv bid the engineer goodbye. In the beginning, the supercantor Schneider sings mourning psalms with the choir, and rabbi Dr Lewi Freund says a prayer for the deceased. The first speech, devoted to the life and activities of engineer Schulz, is delivered by Rabbi Dr. Jecheskiel Lewin. On behalf of the Supervisory Board of Galicja SA, former Minister Dr Twardowskiacting as President, speaks. In addition, Wit Sulimirski, vice president of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Lviv, as well as engineer Wiktor Hłasko, president of the Małopolska oil company, and engineer Noskiewicz – speaking on behalf of all employees of Galicja SA, also speak. As reported by “The Oil Industry”: “The speakers emphasized the righteousness of his character and the universal sympathy and trust that all those who came into close contact with him had for the deceased”2. Schulz’s farewell is also attended by: vice-president of Lviv Wiktor Chajes, director of Polmin, engineer Dażwański, director of Polish Oil Export, engineer Wandycz, director of the National Oil Society, Dr Schätzel, and representatives of many other institutions, including directors of almost all Lviv banks. 

Around 2 p.m. the corpse of Izydor Schulz is taken out of the ceremonial hall of the Jewish cemetery. Behind the coffin, a funeral procession is formed “in which endless crowds participated”3. When the procession arrives at the Main Railway Station in Lviv, the coffin with the body of Izydor Schulz is placed in a funeral carriage. Then the body is taken to Stanisławów4, where the funeral is to take place the next day. 

In connection with the death of Izydor Schulz, three obituaries appear in the daily “Chwila”. One signed by the children and the family, the second by the Oil Refinery and Machine Oils Factory “Bracia Haber”, and the third by the Galician Oil Society “Galicja”5.

See also: January 20, 1935. (ts) (transl. mw)

  • 1
    For more about the cemetery, see https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/miejscowosci/l/703-lwow/114-cmentarza/20134-nowy-cmentarz-zydowski-we-lwowie-wul-kyryliwska-11.
  • 2
    Bł. p. Dyr. inż. Izydor Schulz, “Przemysł Naftowy” 1935, z. 3, pp. 81.
  • 3
    Pogrzeb błp. dyr. inż. Izydora Schulza, “Chwila” 1935, no. 5689, pp. 10.
  • 4
    The transport of corpses is also entered in the death record book: Central Archives of Historical Records, Record books of Jewish communes from the area “behind the Bug River”, 1789–1943, reference number 1/300/0/-/3549, sheet 17.
  • 5
    “Chwila” 1935, no. 5688, pp. 4.