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Introduction and Forward
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5
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Introduction
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9
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The Community of Yurburg Among Lithuanian Jewry
- Common and Unique Features - Professor Dov Levin
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Chapter 1: The City and the Setting on the Banks of the Neiman River
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My Yurburg
- Sol Goldstein
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14
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Yurburg on the Banks of the Neiman River
- Y. D. Kamzon
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15
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Jews of Yurburg
- Y. D. Kamzon
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16
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On the Riverside
- Shimon Shimonov
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18
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A Unique Town
- A. Sarid
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21
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Yurburg - My Town of Birth
- Dov (Berl) Levinberg
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25
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Memories of the Town of My Birth - Yurburg
- Emmanuel Kopelov
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33
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That Was the Yurburg That I Knew
- Mordechai Zilber
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43
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Our Yurburg
- Bat Sheva Elon (Shtock)
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45
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Yurburg - My Unforgotable Town
- Hinda Levenberg (Becker)
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52
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Siaudine (Shaudine) - Yurburg's Neighbor
-Meir Leibush
(family in El Paso, Texas)
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55
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Yurburg - Regional Trade Center
- Hinda Levenberg (Becker)
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66
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Jewish Occupations in Yurburg
- A Supplement to the Essay of Hinda Levenberg (Becker)
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68
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I Remember
- Zevulun Poran (Yiddish)
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71
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My Shtetl Yurburg
- Shimon Shimonov (Yiddish)
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74
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Years Ago There was a Town of Yurburg
- Motl (Mordechai) Zilber (Yiddish)
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79
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Beautiful Town of Yurburg
- Ben Devorah (Yiddish)
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82
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Yurburg Under Water
- Adapted by Paz (Yiddish)
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85
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The Town Jurbarkas
- A Yurburger (Yiddish)
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88
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Yurburg Under the Soviet Regime
- Translated into Hebrew by Shimon Shimonov
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91
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The Land of My Parents
- Zevulun Poran
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Chapter 2: The Families
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117
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The Story of the Escape and Remnant of My Family
- Aliza Leipziger-Porath
(Irving Leipziger 's and William Berton's Family)
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123
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Memories of My Parents House
- Bluma Heselovitz-Feldman
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129
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Me and My Family in Yurburg - Shoshanah Petrikanski (Poran)-Knishinski
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142
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Yurburg and People of Our Childhood
- Hannah (Feinberg) Shraga (Shrage)
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149
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One Family from Many in Yurburg - The Story of The Smolnik Family
- Zevulun Poran
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160
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The Most Family Knows a Sad Event in the Family
- Yonina Most-Efraimi
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163
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The House of the Frank Family
- Sarah Frank-Shapiro
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167
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My Family in the Days of the Fire and the Shoah (Holocaust)
- by Rachael Hess (Ess) - Greenstein
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171
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My Parents House
- Yafsh Levin Taitz
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173
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Zeev (Velvel) Levin Family
- Rachel Levin-Rozenzweig
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176
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Hess Family
-Tzvi Nekhemyah Hess
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179
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Petrikansky Family
- Zevulun Poran
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184
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Families In Yurburg (Introduction)
- Zevulun Poran
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186
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(Eliezer) Eliashuv Family
- Aharon Elyashuv
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187
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(Haim Eliahu) Eliashuv Family
- Arieh Elashuv
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188
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Afriaski Family
by - Hannah Apriaski-Abel
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189
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Beiman Family
- Yakov Beiman
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190
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Barshatnasky Family
- Miriam Bershtanski-Verpolis
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191
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Reuven Hess Family
-Rachel Hess-Greenstein
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193
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Haslelovitz Family
- Yafah Heselkovitz-Lupianski and Bluma Heselkovitz -Feldman
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Weinberg Family
- Rivkah Weinberg-Ravitzky
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Chaimovitz Family
- Niuiah Chaimovitz-Slovo
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196
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Levenberg Family
- Hinda Levinberg-Becker
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Leipziger Family
- by Aliza Leipziger-Porath
(William Berton's Family )
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Magidovitz Family
- Hannah Magidovitz-Goldman
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200
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Most Family
- Leah Most
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202
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Mazor
Family
- Mina Mazur-Simon
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Naividel Family
- by Mordechai (Motl) Naividel
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203
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Melnik Family
- Ge'ulah (Grunia) Melnik-Rabinovitz
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Minzer Family
- Sheina Mintzer-Polover
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206
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Smolnik Family
- Hannah Smolnik-Polen
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207
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Polarvitz Family
- Shoshanah Polarvitz
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Feinberg Family
- Mina Feinberg
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210
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Frank Family
- Sarah Frank-Shapira
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211
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Koplov Family
- Emmanuel Kopelov
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212
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Karabelnik Family
- Hannah Karabelnik-Trainin
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213
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Rodensky Family
- David-Mordechai Rodensky
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Rabinowitz Family
- Yakov Rabinowitz
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216
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Rahaza Family
- Israel Rahaza
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217
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Raizman Family
- Sarah Raizman-Yagolnitzer
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Rikler Family
- Aharon Rikler
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Smolovsky
Family
- Abraham Smolovsky
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221
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Stern - Fein Family
- Erika Katz
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Chapter 3: Personages and Public Figures
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225
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The Author Avraham Mapu
- by Zevulun Poran
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231
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Zelig Shakhnovitz - Author and Intellectual
- by Pinkhas Volman
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235
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Shlomo (Saul) Goldstein
- by Zevulun Poran
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248
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Boris Bernstein - The Man, His Vision and his Works
- Zevulun Poran
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253
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Pinchas Shakhnovitz - Zionist and Man of the Book
- Zevulun Poran
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256
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Eliezer Liepziger -Teacher, Educator and Principal
- Emmanuel Kopelov
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258
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Eliezer Liepziger - Friend and Soul-mate
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Dr. Shlomo Kodesh
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262
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Alter-Mordechai Shimonov
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Shimon Shimonov
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265
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Mordechai Zilber - The Man and His Pen
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Sarah Alkoni and Zevulun Poran
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268
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Clara Bernstein-Dushnitzki
- Zevulun Poran
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270
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Zalman Laibosh
- Actor and Director - Zevulun Poran
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273
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The Artist William Zerach
- Paz
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274
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Avraham Kasif - Educator and Man of Learning
- Zevulun Poran
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275
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Chaim Seiger
- Teacher and Educator
- Zevulun Poran
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277
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The Author and Educator Yisrael Dimantman
- Paz
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278
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Berl Levinberg
- The Man and Public Figure
- Zevulun Poran
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281
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Hinda Levinberg-Becker and Her Diary
- Zevulun Poran
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284
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Rachel Niv - From Yurburg to a Beit-Zera
- Yakov Niv
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288
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Meir Laibosh
- The Man and Friend
- Zevulun Poran
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289
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Shimon Feinberg - Pioneer and Public Personality
- Zevulun Poran
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Chapter 4: Religion, Culture and Community Life
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Yurburg - A Jewish Community Distinguished by its Intellectual Life
by M. Simon Tilsit - translated by Josef Valk, son of Matityahu Valk, a native
of Yurburg
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294
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Yurburg in Questions and Answers of the Rabbinical Literature
- Edited by Paz
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295
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The Old Synagogue Tells Its Story
- Pinchas Shakhnovitz
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297
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The Synagogue and the Communitys Religious Life
- Zevulun Poran
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305
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History of the Jewish Community in Yurburg
- translated and rewritten in Hebrew by Z. Poran
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309
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The Yurburger Community
- A Tax Payer
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311
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The Talmud-Torah (Religious School) in Yurburg
(from "Hamelitz") - N A.D.
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312
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The Elementary School in Yurburg
- Paz
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313
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The Hebrew Gymnasium in Yurburg
- Givat Brenner and Rivka Weinberg Ravitzky
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318
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Student ID Card of a (High School) Gymnasia Student - Tovah Most
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319
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Zionism and the Zionist Activity in Yurburg
- Zevulun Poran
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328
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Yiddishism and Folkism in Yurburg
- Zevulun Poran
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332
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Yurburg - A Song to the Tune of a Lithuanian Folk Song
- Emanuel Kopelov
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334
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Yurberik
Liked the Theater
- Motl (Mordekhai) Zilber - Motl (Mordekhai) Zilber - (Yiddish)
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337
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Memories of People and Events
- Avraham Shmulovsky
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342
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The Rabbis of Yurburg During the Last Generation
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342
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Rabbi Moshe son of Rabbi Shmuel Levinson
- by Nakhum-Eliezer Dushkes
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343
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The Rabbi Yacov-Yosef Kharif
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343
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Rav Yekhezkel bar Hillel Arie Lifshitz
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344
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Rabbi Avraham Diamant, Yurburg's Last Rabbi
- Z. Poran
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346
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Rav Chaim-Reuven Rubinstein - The Rabbi in the Days of the Shoah
- Paz
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347
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Religious Scholars Whose Names are Linked to Yurburg
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347
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Rabbi Shlomo Son of Arie-Lieb
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347
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Rabbi Yitzhak-Eliahu Son of Shemuel Landa
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348
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Shlomo Levy Ben Israel Feinberg
- Philanthropist - Paz
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Chapter 5: Youth and Their Activities in Yurburg
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351
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The Maccabi Sports Organization in Yurburg
- Z. Poran
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358
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The Jewish Scouting Movement - "Shomar Hatsa'ir"
(The Young Watchmen) - Z. Poran
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359
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The Hostel and the Educational
Activity
- Z. Poran
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368
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There was the Betar Movement in Yurburg
- Zahavah Pulerevitz - Ben Yehudah
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369
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The "Hechalutz" (Poineer) as the Head of the Camp
- Z. Poran
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370
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J. A. C. - The Jewish Athletic Club
- Z. Poran
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Chapter 6: the Destruction of Jewish Yurburg
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373
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The Book of Tears - Z. Poran
- (Hebrew image of the Poem)
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374
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The Shoah (Holocaust) in the Second World War
- Z. Poran
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377
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Yurburg Destroyed (The Story of Hannah Magidovitz)
- as recorded by Zevulun Poran
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388
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Additional details on the Annihilation of the Jews of Yurburg
- The Testimony of Hannah Magidovitz - Translated from Yiddish by Paz
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395
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Family in Dire Straits
- Belah Bernstein - Mering's Testamony
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398
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Yurburg in the First Days of the Shoah
- (from the book "Lita")
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404
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The Destruction of Yurburg - Tzvi Levit
- Yiddish - same as above article
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408
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Yurburg in the Days of Its Destruction
- Rabbi Ephraim Ashri - Yiddish
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411
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Cases of the Killing of Women and Children by Shooting
- The Ulms Trial, Tilsit - Yosef son of Matityahu Valk of blessed memory
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415
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The Oppressors - Lewitzkas and Kaminskas
- Shimon Shimonov
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416
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The People From Shaodina Were the First to be Executed
- Avraham Levyush
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419
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The Last Days in Yurburg and the Surrounding Area
- Aba Val's story - recorded by Paz
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429
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A Group of "Yurburgers" in the Forest
from Words of the Partisian Yehudah Tarshish
- rewritten by Z. Poran
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438
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The Daring Escape to the Partisians in the Forest
- Mordechai Berkover
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451
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A Letter from the Jail in Yurburg
- Mika Liubin -
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454
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At the 7 km Marker from Yurburg to Smaleninken
- Leib (Arieh) Elyashev - Yiddish
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457
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I Dreamt a Dream (song)
- Y. Katznelson
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458
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Flowers of the Fatherland Grow on the Mass Grave in the Foreign Country
- Zahavah (Zlata) Pulerevitz-Ben Yehudah
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459
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The Bitter End of the Community of Yurburg
- Paz
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Chapter 7: Survivors of Yurburg Perpetuate the Memory of their Community
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463
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The Organization of Yurburg Emigrants and Its Activites to Save the Memory of
the Community
- Shimon Shimonov
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466
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Meeting of Emigrants from Yurburg in Jerusalem
- Frieda Shakhnovitz-Zevuloni
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468
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What Does the Mean to Yurburg Tell Us?
- Zevulun Poran
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470
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Yurburgers Help other Yurburgers
- Mordechai Zilber
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472
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We Shall Remember - The Scroll of Planting the Yurburg Grove
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473
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Address on the Planting of the Yurburg Grove -
Aliza Leipziger-Porath- (Irving Leipziger's Family and William Berton's Family)
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475
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A Memory for Our Grandchildren and Great-Grandchildren
- Zevulun Poran
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476
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The Valley of Destroyed Communities - Yad Veshem - Memorial Site
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477
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TheYurburg House in Jerusalem
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483
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Yurburger Plant a Grove in Memory of their Loved Ones - A list
- Shimon Shiminov
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492
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I Shall Always Remember Them
- Hannah Feinberg-Shraga
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493
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A Memorial Candle for My Family
- Diana Tobin (Berzener)
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494
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In Eternal Memory
- Shulamith Miller (Feldman)
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494
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In Memory
- Frida Epstein-Pukhert
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495
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Eternal Memory
- Roza-Shoshanah Birger-Tarshish
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496
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In Eternal Memory
- Dorothy Chosid-Bodnoff
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497
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Jewish Residents of Yurburg - List by Street
- Mordechai Berkover
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503
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Members of The Organization of Former Citizens of Yurburg and the Vicinity in
Israel
- Shimon Shimonov
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508
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People of Yurburg Abroad
- List of Sons and Daughters of Yurburg Living Outside Israel - Shimon
Shiminov -
originally in English
{Additions by Joel Alpert - not in the original book}
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509
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Greetings from Former Residents Yurburg in Lithuania
- Shimon Shiminov -
originally in English
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510
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Survivors of Yurburg, Shoah Survivors (Holocaust Refugees) in Lithuania
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511
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Epilogue: Address on the Occasion of the Internment of Ashes of Lithuanian
Martyrs at Yad VeShem
- Zevulun Poran - Shimon Shiminov -
originally in English
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512
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The Only Tombstone
(Exerpt from Ben-Gurion's Address) - Shimon Shiminov -
originally in English
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513
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We Shall Remember
- Zevulun Poran
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515
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The Introduction to the Book of Remembrance
and
Summary of the Chapters
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520
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Contents of the Yurburg Yizkor Book
(herein translated into English)
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Special Illustrative Supplement - 16 pages , 32 photos on the subject of Yurburg
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Additional Materials Collected and Added After the Publication of the Original
Hebrew Book
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