Rachov-Annopol;
Testimony and Remembrance
(Poland)

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Translation of
Rachov-Annopol; Pirkei Edut Ve-Zikaron

Edited by: Shmuel Nitzan, Rachov/Annopol and surrounding region society

Published in Tel Aviv, 1978



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Translations
James Feldman
Izrael Taslitt
 

This is a translation from: Pirkei Edut Ve-Zikaron (Rachov-Annopol; testimony and remembrance),
ed. Shmuel Nitzan, Rachov/Annopol and surrounding region society, Tel Aviv, 1978. (H, Y, E 627 pages)

Note: The original book can be seen online at the NY Public Library site: Annopol

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Rachov - Annopol

Testimony and Remembrance

Editor: Shmuel Nitzan


Published by the Townspeople Association of Rachov-Annopol (Lublin District) and
Vicinity and the "OZ" Commemoration Fund


Editorial Board:

Editor Shmuel Nitzan  
Associate Editor Yitzhak Bin-Nun
Editorial Assistants David Stockfish Translator and Editor, Yiddish section
Israel l. Taslitt Translator, English section
Arye Brauner Translator into Hebrew
Administration and Finance Y. Bin-Nun
Sh. Nitzan
Y. Fishman (Israel) 		 
Z. Wagman (U.S.A.)
J. Crystal (Canada)

© Printed in Israel, 1978

5738 – 30th year of the State of Israel

35th year of the destruction of the Community and the deportation of its Jews

Technosdar Ltd., Tel-Aviv

Preface  
Introduction   2
Jews in Rachov-Annopol   6
The "Rachov" Farm – a Jewish Estate   8
The Important Role of Rachov's Jews   9
Community Life and Institutions 15
Toward Community Reorganization 17
Free Loan Fund: Plan and Principles 18
Youth Activities: Political and Social 19
Growth of Zionist-Pioneer Activity 23
Early Youth Activities Endeavors 25
The Youth Pioneer Groups 26
My Pathways to the Pioneering Movement 29
The Education and School System 32
The "Tarbut" School in a Struggle for Survival 33
The General Talmud Torah and the Yeshiva 34
Our Town: Landscapes and Faces Down the Generations 36
How the Plague Was Halted 37
A Wedding in Town 37
"On Both Sides of the Wisla" 38
The Rescue Arrived Too Late 38
Memories of Home 39
Grandma Sheindl-Dvoire and Mother Chayeh Dinneh 40
The Splendid Passover 42
The Water Carriers and the Blue Box 43
"The Goats of Rachov" 44
A Hot Summer Day Before the Storm 45
  

Death and Annihilation

The Final Road for Rachov's Jews 49
Polish Prison Camp Became Torture Camp for Jews 50
"Jews, Save Yourselves!" 51
Decrees, Maltreatment and Illusions 52
Operation in Yanishov 53
Who Murdered the Survivors of Yanishov and Their Partisan Rescuers 56
On the Brink of Auschwitz 59
Saved by the French 61
We Shall Remember
Necrology



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