a wealth of documentation exists about the atrocities committed in this town, beginning already in 1935, before world war ii, by the local population and government, and ending with the total annihilation of the jewish population by 1943. a book, "" by daniel mendelsohn, tells the story of the town and the demise of its jews, according to testimony, most of which was found at the yad vashem holocaust museum in jerusalem. a survivor, shlomo adler, published a book "i am a jew again" about the town in hebrew, and a german writer anatol regnier who married an israeli singer the daughter of a jewish bolechov survivor, wrote another version of the town story "damals in bolechów: eine jüdische odyssee".