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Translation from Sefer yizkor le-hantsahat kedoshei kehilat Czortkow
Editors: Dr. Yeshayahu Austri-Dunn
Published by the Former residents of Czortkow in Israel, (H,Y,E, 471 pages)
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This is a translation from:
Sefer yizkor le-hantsahat kedoshei kehilat
Czortkow
(Memorial book of Czortkow),
Editors: Dr. Yeshayahu Austri-Dunn,
Tel Aviv, Former residents of Czortkow in Israel, 1967 (H,Y,E, 36
pages).
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| 3 | Foreword | |
| 4 | We Will Never Forget | |
| 5 | Document of Privileges Granted to the Jews of Czortkov by Graf Potocki in the year 1722 (Polish) | |
| 7 | History of the Jews of Czortkov | Mordechay Silberg |
| 15 | The Destruction of Czortkov | Dov (Berl) Seidenberg |
| 21 | The First "Action" in Czortkov | Zonka Berkowitz (Pollak) |
| 24 | Marvelously I Escaped Death | Gerta Hollaender |
| 33 | Supplement | Yona Freiman |
| 35 | Impressions of a Visit | Joseph Achselrad |
Hebrew - Yiddish Section |
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| 7 | List of Pictures | |
| 9 | With the Creation of the Book. | The Association Book Committee. |
| 12 | Introduction | Yeshayahu Ostridan |
| 19 | Preface | Yeshayahu Ostridan |
| 23 | A letter | Meir Halevi Steinberg - Rabbi and ? Chortkov |
| History of Chortkov | Rabbi Dr. Efraim Zonenshien | |
| 27 | Introduction | Dr. Meir Bolvan |
| 31 | Register of the Chortkov Community | |
The Rabinical Dynasty of Chortkov |
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| 55 | The Rabbinical dynasty of Chortkov | Mordecai Zilberg |
| 61 | Our Teacher Rabbi Israel of Chortkov of blessed memory | Yaakov Katz |
| 62 | Crown Majesty | A Shmuali |
| 64 | With Rabbi Reb Israel Friedman | Rabbi Dr. Yaakov Mazah |
| 65 | The Chortkov Rebbi | Nachum Meizel |
| 66 | Our teachers of Chortkov and its relation to "the return to Zion" | Tzvi Cohen |
| 69 | The "court" of the Rabbi | Dr. Eliezer Margolis |
The Rabbi Yashaya-Meir Shapira |
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| 72 | The personality and influence of Rabbi Yashaya-Meir Shapira | Bernard Hoizner |
| 73 | The Gaon, Reb Yashaya-Meir Shapira | Tzvi Aronstein |
| 75 | With G-d Help; An Appeal | |
| 76 | Culture camp in Chortkov | A. Fisher |
| 80 | Regulations of the Shapira synagogue | |
| 83 | Chortkov: a cultural center | Dr. A. Cohen-Shechter |
The Zionist Movement in Chortkov |
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| 90 | The Zionists in Chortkov | Dr. Eliezer Margolis |
| 94 | "Zionist Youth" in Chortkov | M. Zilberg |
| 95 | Ha Shomer Hatzair cell in Chortkov | Shmuel Shachar ( Schwartz) |
| 98 | Ha Shomer Hatzair in Chortkov in the 30's | Benjamin Stock |
| 100 | The way Ha Shomer Hatzair was in Chortkov | Leah Halpern |
| 103 | Agriculture and training in Chortkov District | Dov Zeidenberg |
| 104 | Beginnings of the Chalutz movement in Chortkov | Yonah Oun (Bodinger) |
| 106 | The Chalutz movement and the Chalutz Youth movement in Chortkov | Mocher Mozar |
| 108 | The first training in Chortkov | Dov Hasheloni |
| 109 | The Zionist Youth movement in Chortkov | Arye Shotkal |
| 110 | The Mizrachi movement in Chortkov | Yaakov Dovivi |
| 111 | The training of the "Agudat Yisrael" in Chortkov | B. M. Lakar-Druk |
| 112 | History of one journey | Mordecai Rit |
| 113 | The "Paoli-Tzion" organization in Chortkov | Beryl Schwartzbach |
| 122 | "Confederation" in Chortkov | |
| 122 | "Gordonia" in Chortkov | |
| 123 | "Betar" in Chortkov | Asher Chalach (Meiselman) |
| 125 | The Organization "The daughters of Agudat Yisrael" in Chortkov | Joseph Lokar |
Culture and Society in Chortkov |
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| 126 | The Libraries in Chortkov | Y. Schechter |
| 127 | Report of Libraries | B. Schwartboch |
| 129 | The Y. L. Pertz Club | B. S. |
| 133 | Theater and Choir in Chortkov | B. S. |
| 137 | Jewish Writers and Jewish Theater in Chortkov | A. Trambavalski |
| 139 | The "Bund" in Chortkov | B. S. |
| 140 | The sport-organization in Chortkov | B. S. |
The Hebrew Movement in Chortkov |
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| 142 | The Hebrew movement in Chortkov | Dr. Eliezer Margolis |
| 144 | Memories from the days of my Childhood | Leah Margolis-Pavaznar |
| 145 | The Hebrew High School (Gimnasia) in Chortkov | Geezlar Freedzia |
| 147 | The Girl's School "Beit Yaakov" | B. M. Lokar |
Chortkov - Musical City |
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| 149 | The Chasan Chaim Manish-Lahis of Chortkov | A. S. Achilah |
| 151 | Chortkov a City of Hasidic music | Y. S. |
| 152 | Reb Monish and his choir - choral songwriter | |
| 154 | Chortkov and Jewish music | Tvi Orenstein |
Institutions |
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| 156 | The Orphanage in Chortkov | Kalra Grosser |
| 157 | Charity Funds in Chortkov | Clara Grosser |
| 158 | The Anniversary Charity Org. 1927-1928 | Monish Bloom |
| 159 | On the ethical value of Kagach | Hersh Halperin |
| 160 | Cemeteries in Czortkow | Tvi Cohen |
| 166 | Old age homes in Chortkov | Miriam Porar |
| 167 | Citizens committee on burial interests through "Chevra Kadisha" | Tvi Zivner |
| 168 | The Viznzer Shtiebel [small synagogue] | Dov Hoshiloni |
| 169 | The Great Synagogue | Tzvi Ben Bentzion |
| 171 | Bet Midrash of Rabbi Hershele Zotsil | Tsvi Ben Bentzion |
| 171 | The Startin Chasidic Shtiebel | Tsvi Ben Bentzion |
| 172 | Torah Study Society (6 orders of the Talmud and Mishna) | B. M. Lokar-Druk |
Economy |
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| 174 | The economy of Chortkov | Yitzchak Schechter |
| 177 | Jewish livelyhood in Chortkov | B. S. |
| 179 | The Professional Association in Chortkov | Grosar Chaim and Michel Yishiahu. |
| 180 | The annual market (fair) in Chortkov | Baruch Mair Lokar-Druk |
| 182 | Jewish life in Chrotkov under the independent Polish Rule | Tsvi Cohen |
| 186 | The Agricultural Association in Chortkov | Dr. S. Tapuach |
| 189 | Living conditions in Chortkov | M. Tsvi Cohen. |
| 190 | Chortkov Jewish Aid for the area of Snetein | |
Memoirs |
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| 192 | Sarah Noftalis sfarim-gevelvel | Israel Hoizner |
| 199 | The "Silent" | Israel Hoizer |
| 203 | Memoirs about the "Silent" | Sabatai (Shepsel) Axelrod |
| 205 | Images from the Shtiebel of the Startin Chassids | Tzvi Geezler |
| 207 | Memoirs of my father | Simcha Fish |
| 208 | Two "Revolts" | Mordechai Mozer |
| 209 | Chortkov the small but very famous town | Nathan Kleengar |
| 212 | Memoirs of the First World War period | Israel Hoyzer |
| 213 | The appearance of the City Chortkov | Pesia Schechter |
| 214 | A private culture carrier? | A. Trambavalski |
| 215 | Life of the youth of Chortkov | Tzvi Cohen |
| 220 | Kindergarten in Chortkov in the year 1935 | G. Finkelman |
| 220 | Childhood and maturity in Chortkov | Y. Dovivi |
| 221 | The Red Army in Chortkov | Beryl Schvartzbach |
Personalities |
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Those who died prior to the Holocaust |
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| 226 | Karl Emil Frantzaz | Beryl Zeidenberg |
| 228 | Dr. Stokal | Tzvi Orenstein |
| 230 | Rabbi the Gaon, Reb Yakov Landow – Chortkov | Baruch Mayer Lokar-Druk |
| 231 | Rav. Yahoshua Farmingar ha cohen | Dr. Eliezer Margolis |
| 231 | Yitzchak Shomar | Dr. Eliezer Margolis |
| 232 | Dr. Efraim Zonenshein | Dr. Eliezer Margolis |
| 232 | Aaron Schwartz | Dr. Eliezer Margolis |
| 232 | Shmuel Leib Shur | Dr. Eliezer Margolis |
| 233 | Yoska Goldberg | Y. S. |
| 234 | Benjamin (Baer Shmoin) Dovovi | Jacob Dovovi |
| 235 | Mayer Holarbach | Y. S. |
| 236 | The Margolis family in Chortkov | Leah Margolis-Povozner |
| 236 | Rabbi Yashehu Kligar | the family |
| 237 | Mati Shur | Y. S. |
| 238 | Dr. Yitzchak Shapira | Y. S. |
Those who were killed in the Holocaust |
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| 239 | Hershel Blee | Y. S. |
| 239 | Tzvi Boymar | Miriam Ford |
| 240 | Israel Birghofer | Jacob Vartenfeld |
| 240 | Monish Bloom | Jacob Vartenfeld |
| 240 | Dr. David Goldstein | M. Z. |
| 240 | Leibish Wasserman | M. Z. |
| 241 | Joseph Weintraub | M. Z. |
| 241 | Peretz (Puti) Cohen | Jacob Vartenfeld |
| 241 | Menochim Silverman | M. Z. |
| 242 | Ben Tzion Kahan (Cohen) | T. H. |
| 243 | Moshe Pohorila | Jacob Vartenfeld |
| 243 | Yitzchak Finkelman | M. Z. |
| 244 | David Frankel | M. Z. |
| 244 | Baruch (Bunya) Kupferman and Abush Treestar | M. Z. |
| 245 | Shaul Rozenzweig | I. S. |
| 245 | Ben Tzion Roychberg | I. S. |
| 246 | Chaim Reich | M. Z. |
| 246 | Dr. Yeshayahu Mayer Ben Yakov Rappaport | |
| 247 | Hersh Schwartz | M. Z. |
| 247 | Tzvi Shachar (Schwartz) | M. Z. |
| 247 | A note about our father's family, Eliezer the Ritual Slaughterer | Deborah Fish, Yitzchak Shechter, and David Schechter |
| 249 | Reb Mordechai the Ritual Slaughterer | Tzvi Cohen |
Those who died in Israel |
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| 251 | Asher Anshel Beterman ha cohen | Natan Handel (Biterman) |
| 252 | Baruch Fish (Dag) | |
| 252 | Hilel Hoyzner | M. Zilberg |
| 253 | Dr. Dov Hozner | Dr. Eliezer Margolis |
| 254 | Dr. Nachum Vaharman | Esther Bar Lev |
| 256 | Tzvi Waldman | Dov Hashiloni |
| 256 | Shlomah Zohar (Finkel) | Shtok Benjamin |
| 257 | Dov Ziedenberg | M. Zilberg |
| 258 | Michael ben Yehoshua Treestar | D. H. |
| 259 | Kmiel Lichtenholz | D. |
| 259 | Menachim (Munin) Fogel | Jacob Vartenfeld |
| 260 | Chaim Feirberg | Jacob Vartenfeld |
| 260 | Dr. Aaron Kohn-Schachter | Benu Mordachai |
| 260 | Dr. Jonah Rosenzveig | I. S. |
| 261 | Shmuel Stockman | M. Z. |
| 261 | Shoshanah Stockman | Brachah Axelrod |
| 261 | Rav. Israel Shimon Shapira of blessed memory | |
| 262 | Tzion Lanofshut Yakrout | M. Z. |
Holocaust & Heroism |
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| 263 | Remembering "Am Yisrael" | |
| 265 | The destruction of Chortkov | Dov Zeidenberg |
| 279 | Murders - Destruction of the Chortkov community | Amnoel Brand |
| 281 | Nazi trials | Nathan Rosenberg |
| 282 | How I survived in the last "Action" | Gerta Hollander |
| 287 | The Nazi conquest | Nachma Maitzel |
| 289 | Chortkov in the period of the German conquest | Dr. Emil Rosenzeig |
| 299 | Remembrance of the Holocaust period | Feivel Kessler |
| 304 | The Nazis in Chortkov | Jonah Freeman |
| 311 | Remembering the destruction | Yitzchak Starnshus |
| 315 | Events in the time of the Nazi conquest | The Vortenfeld family |
| 316 | In the Chortkov ghetto | Bomuk Morgenstern |
| 318 | Excerpts of Shmuel Veisengans testimony | |
| 320 | Testimony of Ayger Joel | |
| 322 | The extermination camp from Kmienka | Yitzchak Miller |
| 323 | Excerpts of testimony | Arnastina Sharff |
| 323 | The destruction of Rosachatsh | Grose Mundizia Chaim |
| 325 | Jews who had ? in the ghetto | B. S. |
| 329 | The underground "Betar" in the Chortkov Ghetto | I. Jacobi |
| 330 | Dead heros in the Wasserman Partisans | Dr. Israel Shuv. |
| 330 | Memorial | Zashka Nadlar Zishmivaska |
| 340 | Rememberance of the refugees in the Soviet Union | Avitalya |
| 343 | Purim holiday | Magar Andarman |
| 344 | The story of a visit to Chortkov | Joseph Axelrod |
Lights out of the darkness |
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| 347 | Mrs. Uhrynska | Freida Gezeld |
| 348 | Mrs. Anna Aksenczuk | Shoshana Karmi (Kalishar) |
| 349 | Viktor Kotowich | Shvegar David |
Homage and Praise for the Heroes |
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| 350 | The Jews of Chortkov who died in the war of liberation | |
| 352 | The Jews of Chortkov that faught bravely against the Nazis in diffrent fields of combat - Registry | Tzvi Cohen |
| 358 | Our townsmen in Israel | |
Jews of our city in Israel and in the Diaspora |
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| 360 | Organizations from Chortkov in Haifa | |
| 363 | Organizations from Chortkov in Tel Aviv | |
| 365 | American Help | |
| 367 | Chortkov landsmanshaft in America | |
| 370 | To eternal memory | |
| 373 | Sanctified Registry of Chortkov | |
| 391 | Eternal Page | |
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