The Community of Horodlo

The Community of Horodlo
(Horodło, Poland)

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Translation of
Di Kehila Fon Horodlo

Editors: Y.Ch. Zawidowitch, Former Residents of Horodlo in Israel

Published in Tel Aviv, 1963

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This is a translation of: Di Kehila Fon Horodlo (The community of Horodlo),
Editors: Y.Ch.Zawidowitch, Former Residents of Horodlo in Israel, Tel Aviv 1963 (Y)

Note: The original book can be seen online at the NY Public Library site: Horodlo (1966)

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Translated by Gloria Berkenstat Freund


A. Forward:
A Word from the Publisher	The Editoral Committee	7
May Their Memory Live Forever!	Josef Chaim Zawidowicz	11

B. Eulogies and Appreciations
Remember the Jewish Destruction	Dr. M. Dwarczecki	14
Remember What Was Done To Us	The Rabbi Chaim Berman	17
A Yizkor Book	Henekh Berman	21
An Eternal Headstone	Shaul Kupersztok	23
Kadish for our Birthplace	Mordekhai Herbst	25

C. The City Horodlo, its Residents and its Jewish Kehile [Organized Jewish Community]
A General Description	Josef Chaim Zawidowicz	31

D. The Horodler Jews and Their Spiritual, Social and Communal Life
The City Rabbi, the Horodler Rabbi, blessed by the name of the righteous man	The Rabbi, Chaim Berman	45
Horodlo and Its Residents	Henekh Berman	54
The Horodler Jews and their Studies	Moshe Biderman	68
Horodlo, My Shtetele [small town] (Memories)	Ben-Tzion Bergman	74
Memories of Horodlo	Ruchl Bergman	88
The Young and their Communal and Cultural Work	Moshe Zauberman	96
Memories about the Life of the Horodler Young	Tzvi Plat	101
About the Young of Horodlo	Ruchl Plat	107

E. Horodlo During the First World War
	Shmuel Frajnt	117
	Zeev Frocht	126

The Destruction of Horodlo (Descriptions from the Survivors)
The Horodler Kehile [organized Jewish community] During the Capture of the City and the Bitter End	Fradl Sziffer (Perlmuter)	131
The Horodler Jews During the War and their Savage Death	Arya Berger	161
The German Occupation and the Liquidation of the Horodler Kehile [organized Jewish community]	Abish Berger	184
Events During the Time of Occupation	Ahron Fuks	198
The Last Road	Fradl Sziffer (Perlmuter)	202

The Way of Life and Images
Dearest and Most Beloved	Josef Chaim Zawidowicz	210
Unforgettable Images	Ahron Pfluk	236
The Matis Melamed	Yisroel Barg	243
My Home City Horodlo	Avraham Kulesz	249
The Blessing of Reb Yitzhak Saler	Melakh Szechter	254
Norodler Images	Mordekhai Herbst	263
Welcoming Shabbos in Horodlo	Mordekhai Herbst	273
The First Theatrical Presentation in Our City	Yisroel Barg	277
Stories from the Not Distant Past	Josef Ari Herbst	280
Remembrances of My Family	Ruchl Bergman	283
	Hirsh Zuberman	286

Memorial
Matzeyvah [headstone] for Horodler on Mount Zion - Jerusalem the Holy City		292

In Rhyme
Sad Experiences	Fradl Sziffer (Perlmuter)	299
Prayer in the Grave	Fradl Sziffer (Perlmuter)	302
Longing for My Home	Fradl Sziffer (Perlmuter)	303

List of the Horodler Martyrs		307
List of the Martyrs from the Village of Strzyżów		317
Supplement		321

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