Memorial book of Jezierna
(Ozerna, Ukraine)

49°38' / 25°20'

Translation of
Sefer Jezierna

Edited by: J. Sigelman

Published in Haifa, 1971



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This is a translation from: Sefer Jezierna (Memorial book of Jezierna),
Editors: J. Sigelman, Haifa, Committee of Former Residents of Jezierna in Israel, 1971 (H,Y, 354 pages)

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Translated by Yocheved Klausner

H = Hebrew
    Page
 
There Once was a Town
 
With the publication of the book [H] The Editor 7
With the publication of the book The Editor 8
Jezierna Jews Yehoshua Fuchs 11
The Tzadik from Ozernyany Gavriel Herman Green 13
From Ozernyany to Eretz Israel [H] Chana Merder-Yardeni 15
The last will and testament of our martyrs Menachem Doll 20
 
The Way of Life
 
Shadow-Dances (poem) S. I. Imber 27
Ozernyany Jews Dr. Nachman Blumenthal 28
Since I saw… (poem) S. I. Imber 64
My town as I remember it Shimon Kritz 66
Where we spent our childhood years Zvi Zmora 72
My shtetl A. M. Fuchs 77
The Jewish song (poem) I. A. Laski 88
The development of the town Lipa Fischer 89
Craftsmen and small businesses in Ozernyany Godel Fuchs 91
Commerce in Ozernyany 98
Merchants and other occupations Lipa Fischer, Pesach Altman, Azriel Zmora,
Yitzhak Kharp, Shimon Kritz		 100
Zionist activities after First World War Yona Fuchs 108
Jewish organizations in Ozernyany Lipa Fischer 111
Zionist diversity Azriel Zmora 117
The Halutz [pioneer] movement Azriel Zmora 124
Schools in Ozernyany Yitzhak Kharp 126
Some memories from our town Ozernyany [H] Devora Gil'ad 129
The Ozernyany Jewish youth strives for education Lipa Fischer 131
Our theater Yitzhak Kharp 132
Rebuilding the Ozernyany synagogue Lipa Fischer 134
Poets, writers, thinkers and actors [H] M. D. 137
One episode I. A. Liski 143
Community and religious leaders in Ozernyany Pesach Altman 144
To those arriving after I am gone (poem) S. I. Imber 145
A page from a memorial book on Ozernyany [H] Lote Frenkel 146
A page from a memorial book on Ozernyany Lote Frenkel 148
 
At Home and in the Vicinity
 
A few memories Yoel Schwamm 151
Peretz the Melamed [Torah teacher] M. D. 152
In the surrounding villages Israel Shapira 154
Ozernyany Jews in the various armies Lipa Fischer, Yitzhak Kharp, Azriel Zmora 155
In the battle against the Nazis David Korchak 160
Edward Gruber z”l M. D. 162
A Jewish family M. D. 165
In town Shlomo Warhaftig 167
The Silberman (Kaspi) family [H] Sarah Klein 169
Yakov Kaspi the fisherman [H] Anshel Yiska 171
The Fischer family in Ozernyany Lipa Fischer 172
David Blaustein Rivka Blaustein-Schwalb 173
The Kharp family [H] Yitzhak Kharp 174
Homesickness and longing for my town [H] Azriel Zmora 175
The Katz family [H] Dina Katz 178
The Kharp family and its descendants 179
A call for contributions (December 1928) 180
 
Holocaust
 
The Second World War [H] Menachem Doll 183
The Second World War Menachem Doll 192
The Ozernyany Holocaust [H] Dora Mantel-Lampert 205
A chapter from the Ozernyany destruction Dora Mantel-Lampert 213
From Krakow to Ozernyany S. Ch. 226
One year in Ozernyany Menachem Doll 230
Our road to prison Menachem Doll 254
My private hell Dr. Nachum Koloper 265
The same fate everywhere [H] Jack Katz 266
Wandering in foreign lands Lipa Fischer 268
Returning to Ozernyany [H] Lipa Fischer 277
S.I. Imber in Ozernyany under the Nazis Dozye Blaustein 289
The nurse Dara Menachem Doll 290
The fate of some watches and a photograph Menachem Doll 293
 
Yizkor   304
 
On the life of Ozernyany Jews in America   305
Yad Vashem [Memorial]   311
Documents and a poem   337

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