Memorial Book Dedicated
to the Jews of Pitchayev-Wohlyn
(Pochayev, Ukraine)

50°01' / 25°29'

Translation from:
Pitshayever yizker-bukh

 Edited by: H. Gelernt

Published in Philadephia by the Pitchayever Wohliner Aid Society, 1960


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This is a translation from Pitshayever yisker-bukh
(Memorial book dedicated to the Jews of Pitchayev-Wohlyn executed by the Germans),
Editors: H. Gelernt, Philadelphia, The Pitchayever Wohliner Aid Society, 1960 (Y, 311 pages).


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Translated by Paula Parsky

Translator's Note


H. Gelernt A word from the editorial staff 

7


Chapter 1

Dr. Y. ShatskiThe Jewish Community of Pitchayev11
Charles Saltz (Zaltz)Pitchayev and the Pitchayev Church28
H. GelerntAbout Pitchayev and the Church45
Rav Akiba OrzhekhThe "Odpist" Was For the Jews48


Chapter 2

H. GelerntIn the Net of Wickedness54
Philip KrantsThe Pitchayev Lavre and the Jews63


Chapter 3

Chaim GenzelmanTime To Speak95
Yekhiel RudmanThe Situation of the Jews of Pitchayev After the First World War98
Yitskhok Nusn LererThe Gemilus Khasadim Treasury in Pitchayev101
Yitskhok Nusn LererActivities and Finance Reports of the Committee in Pitchayev104
Yitskhok Nusn LererAfterpains of the First World War115
Yitskhok Nusn LererPitchayev Youth For America119
Shmuel TauberPitchayev in the Twenties134
Zev VaytsmanRav Reb Eliezer Uretski138
Rav Akiba EgoziFragments of Spiritual and Religious Life143


Chapter 4

Khone (Charles) SaltzThe Rise of the Pitchayev Landsmanshaftn in America

149


Chapter 5

P. SchwartzPitchayev Jews Greet Jewish Writers159
Aaron Kuperman, VaytsmanThe Destruction of Pitchayev's Jews165
V. VaytsmanHow I Saved Myself From Destruction175
Meir UretskiMy Father, Rav Eliezer Uretski184
Shlomo SkulskiThe Shtetl Is No More188
Efraim BrikShabes In Pitchayev194
Sam (Sholom) MargolisMy Twenty Years of Life In Pitchayev196


Chapter 6

H. GelerntMan of the People- Khone (Charles) Zalts (Saltz)207
Shlomo SkulskiCharles (Khone) Zalts211
Charles (Khone) SaltzMy Shtetl Pitchayev214
Reb Aharon PetshenikMy Grandfather Rev Alterunie236
Khone SaltzA Youthful Khosid of Rev Alterunie239
Khone SaltzA Rov For Pitchayev and the Czar Comes To Naught241
Khone SaltzHersh Mindies244


Chapter 7

 Pitchayev Figures 
V. VaytsmanYehuda Sores, the Judge251
Khone SaltzFaybe Gamerman and Others252


Chapter 8

 Pitchayev in America 
Khone SaltzA Series of Figures, Activists in the Landsmanshaft265
Chaim GechtelThe Reincarnations of a Pitchayever in the Holocaust 285
 Tombstone List, of Jews who lived in Pochayev before the Holocaust299
 Pithayevers in Argentina, in Buenos Aires 307
 The living remnant after the Holocaust308
 Remembrance Panel of More Deceased Persons309
 A Series of Pictures of the Shtetl and Jewish Activists in Pitchayev and in America 


Name Index (of those persons only appearing on the lists from pages 299-309)

[Translator's Note: The Translator has added a Name Index indicating the original pages on which each name appears in the Yizkor Book. The Index follows the last page of the translated book. RDD]


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