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Alternate/former name of town or village: (Hungarian) Tot Yablonka. Jablon is in Zemplen county at 49º04' 21º59' lat., 9.7 miles NNE of Humenne.

In 1926, Joseph Klein, a well-known American tax lawyer, came to Jablon where his mother Esther Eichler was born. He had a "totenhaus" built in the cemetery (a house where the dead are cleansed before burial. He also visited the Humenne cemetery where he had an inscription made on the gravestone of his grandfather (Joseph Eichler). Bert Gross was unable to find the stone in 1998. [Source name and address unknown] Information supplied by Cherie Korer, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. who has pictures of the cemetery taken in 1926 by a professional photographer contracted by Joseph Klein.

 

January 2009:

Map of Village

Village Jabloň


Address: Phone:
00 421 57 779 75 47
Obecný úrad

Jabloň 75

067 13 Rokytov pri Humennom
SLOVAKIA



Region: Prešovský
District: Humenné
Micro region: Zemplín
Inhabitants: 446
Area: 1186 ha
First paper reference: in year 1405
Mayor: Albert Bazár