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Project Notes

Also, the Table of Contents in the original book does not list all the articles. I have taken the liberty of adding the missing ones.

Transliterations of Yiddish and Hebrew words remain scattered throughout the writings. The first time each of those words is used, the English translation appears after the word in parentheses. We have used Polish spelling for proper names of people and towns.

Though the town name is currently Czyzew-Osada, we have kept the same spelling used in Sefer Zikaron Czyzewo to honor the Czyzewo our families knew.

Please feel free to contact me for any reason.

Jennifer L. Mohr
Project Coordinator

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Article Title Author Page Title Pages   5 Preface to the Book   17 Song Of The Murdered Jewish People Icchok Kacenelson 21 Introduction Szymon Kanc 29 Let Us Remember!   37 Remember What Amalek Did To You The Editorial Board 45 So We Started Czyzewer landsmanschaft 49   The History of the Town Once, Once…   69 A Tear For A Generous Friend I. Dawidowicz 74 An Overview of the Development and Growth of the Jewish Community in Czyzewo Dow Gorzalczany 76 A Small Detail Arthur Szrajer 107 The Development and Growth of Czyzewo Dow Gorzalczany 109   Community Life The Jewish Kehila Dow Gorzalczany 129 The Cooperative Bank Dow Gorzalczany 143 Gmiles Khsodim (loans without interest) Dow Gorzalczany 149 Linat Hazedek, Bikur Holim, Hakhnasas Orhim Dow Brucarz 153 “Centos” – The Organization That Helped Jewish Children Dow Abu Szmuel 157   Hasidim Hasidic Shtiblach (prayer houses) Dow Brucarz 181 My Great Father Fradl Lewinson 193 The Ger Shtibl Gerszon Gora 215 My Aleksander Shtibl Berl Szajes 225 The Amszynower Congreation in Shtetl Pinchus Frydman 237 The Fire Brigade Icchok Bursztyn 241 The Daf-Yomi Ended Icchok Bursztyn 243 A Day in Czyzewo Shmuel Abarbanel 245 A Maskil (enlightened man) Among Hasidim Gad Zaklilowski 253 The Great Quarrel Hyman (Anshel) Kowadlo 259 The Great Peace A. Wiewiurka 265 Hassidim in the Town Aron Jablonka 273 The Gaon Reb Szmuel Dawid of Holy Blessed Memory Rabbi Lewinson 281 Rabbi Szmuel Dawid Zabludower of Holy Blessed Memory Gerszon Gora 285 The Rabbinate of Czyzewo Gerszon Gora 293 My Grandfather … Gerszon Gora 303 One of the Five Gerszon Gora 307 Reb Zebulon Grosbard Aron Tapuchy 313 The Admor Rabbi Boruch of Czyzewo Rabbi Tankhum Rubinsztejn 317   Youth Movements and Political Parties Youth Organizations and the Zionist Movement Icchok Szlaski 329 The Mizrachi Organization in Czyzewo Eliahu Gora 355 Memories from the Hachsharah Kibbutz in Czyzewo Aryeh Porat 361 The Zionist Organziations Icchok Szlaski 367 The Movement “For A Working Eretz Israel” Malka Szejman 371 Freedom Leja Dymentman 379 My Father's Agony and Ecstasy When Organizing the Mizrakhi Matisyahu Prawda 383 Agudas Israel Gerszon Gora 387 I Say Goodbye to the Shtetl Gerszon Gora 395 The First Buds of Communism Icchok Gora 400 Communits Dow Gorzalczany 405 Bundists Dow Gorzalczany 411   Theater The First Flash of the Yiddish Theater in Czyzewo Dow Brukarz 421 Days and Nights on the Magic Stage Symcha Gromadzyn 425 Third and Last Period Dow Gorzalczany 433 The Library “Beit Am” Dow Gorzalczany 437   Way of Life Jewish Towns in Polnad Chaim Grade 457 Our Guards, They Come and Collect Aron Jablonka 461 I Remember the First Strike Dow Brukarz 469 Hederim, Schools, Teachers and Melamdim Dow Brukarz 473 A Ray of Light from Past Years Dow Brukarz 477 New Winds Dow Brukarz 483 A Regular Market Day Dow Brukarz 489 My Melamdim Dow Brukarz 503 Types in the Shtetl Dow Brukarz 511 Czyzewo's Tzitzis Maker Dow Brukarz 517 Reb Benjamin the Tailor Dow Brukarz 531 Icchok Aron Dow Brukarz 535 The Purim Shpiler Dow Brukarz 537 A Visit to the Shtetl After Thirteen Years Dow Brukarz 539 The Days of the Polish-Bolshevik War Dwojra Brukarz 545 How the Cossacks arrested me Symcha Galina (New York) 553 My Good Father Symcha Prawda 559 My Homily Symcha Prawda 567 The Holy Billy Goat Symcha Prawda 571 Klezmorim (musicians) A. Ritholc 579 Gentle Souls and Kind Hearts of My Little Town Czyzewo Chaikeh Cikrovich (Prawda) 587 Hevra Mishnayes Sz. Gromadzyn 593 The Bridge Eliahu Gora 597 Bright and Dark Days M. Szczupakiewicz 599 My Shtetl Arja Gorzalczany 611 Chaim Judel Troc Arja Gorzalczany 613 Judel Wapniak Arja Gorzalczany 615 Bunim's Icchok Arja Gorzalczany 623 Lejzor Josel's Testatment Arja Gorzalczany 629 The Nightmare Malka Lubelczyk 633 My Grandfather Tells a Story Malka Lubelczyk 636 Nuske Szejman Icchok Szlaski 637 My Mother Icchok Szlaski 641 The Light From Our Home Berl and Chana 649 The Pogrom   667 The Scroll of Blood Gerszon Gur 695 Once Upon A Time There Was A Shtetl Icchok Bursztyn 699 A Walk Through Czyzewo's Streets Gerszon Góra 713 Water-Carrier Dow Brukarz 751 Water-Carrier Aron Jablonka 755   People and Personalities Mejer Richter Yisrael Weintraub 763 Reb Jechiel Oszer Prawda D. Gorzalczany 765 Alter Hasofer I. Szlaski 769 The Shofar (ram's horn) Blower G. Gora 776 Reb Alter Walmer Dow Gorzalczany 781 Reb Szmuel Zeev and Lea Kandel Kandel sons 785 The Lithuanian G. Gora 786 The Waker G. Gora 789 The Cantor of the Town G. Gora 795 Sukes at Reb Icl's G. Gora 798 Prayer Leader G. Gora 804 The Walker G. Gora 809 Flocks of Holy Ones G. Gora 812 My Parents Isachar Okon 817 Our Parents Ch. Kirszenbojm 821 Israel-Szlama's, Mendel D. Gorzalczany 825 Fiszel Lubelczyk Bat-Szewa and Szlama 829   Memories The Jewish Shtetl Jeruchem Halewi 833 Czyzewo – One Among Many P. Frydman 836 The Shtetl During Holidays A. Jablonka 837 The Bridge Eliahu Gora 845 The Footsteps of Our Ancestors Jerachmiel Eliasz 847 My Small Shtetl Dalia Sznajderman 849 Father! Rochel Wengosz 852   Destruction and Holocaust The Death of the Jewish Population in Czyzewo Shimon Kanc 855 During the “Quiet” Days Yitzhak Wrona 859 Desolate Days and Nights Jentl Kitaj 863 The Walk Through Every Hell M. Kitaj 891 The Road of Suffering I. Nowinsztern 913 In the Valley of Lament and Fear E. Cukerman 967 How I Smuggled Food I. Wyprawnik 977 In the Circle of Death's Agony Sz. Monczarz 979 On The Way to Auschwitz Sz. Ben-Zahabi 989 I Escaped From Auschwitz Sara Ben-Ari 995 In the Abyss of the Appalling Holocaust M. Rejczyk 999 Across Rivers of Tears and Seas of Blood I. Fencter 1017 The First Days of Burning Hate A. Kandel & Ch. Belfer 1021 My Experiences during the Years of the Second World War Mirl Walmer-Biderman 1029 Through Flames and Smoke B. Bolender 1039 Czyzewo – Siberia – Canada M. Blajwajs 1049 Propelled by Fear of the Swastika F. Lewinson 1063 Years of Banishment Sz. Lubelczyk 1079 Blind Destiny D. Saba 1089 Majdanek Gerszone 1095   After the Deluge A Look at My Destroyed Shtetl Ch. Gromadzyn 1099 In The Ruins of Czyzewo D. Daba 1103 In The Footprints of a Disappeared Jewish Life I. Dawidowicz 1121 Czyzewo Jews – Where Are They? I. Dawidowicz 1135 We Will Guard Your Sacred Memory D. Gorzalczany 1141 Acitivites of the Czyzewo Landsmanschaftn in America and Israel   1147 Dedicated to the Anonymous Donor Editorial Board 1155 Memorial Candles   1157

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