Przemysl Memorial Book

Przemysl Memorial Book
(Poland)
49°47' / 22°47'

Translation from Sefer Przemysl

Edited by: Dr. Arie Menczer

Editorial Board:
Joseph Altbauer, Eliyahu Bloch, Matatyahu Gans, Leopold Goetz, Hanoch Hand,
Arie Menczer, Dov Nitzani (Knopf), Hanan Trau, Mordechai Schattner.

Published in Israel by Irgun Yotzei Przemysl, 1964

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Acknowledgments

Project Coordinator

Lukasz Biedka

This is a translation of Sefer Przemysl (Przemysl memorial book), Editors: A. Menczer, Tel Aviv,
Former Residents of Przemysl in Israel, 1964 (H,Y, 552 pages).

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Translated by Alan Hirshfeld

Section	Text	Author	Page
	Foreword (The People of the Book )		XV
	Przemysl - Our Beloved Town	Dr. Y. Mann	1

PART I JEWS OF PRZEMYSL FROM BEGINNING TO PARTITION OF POLAND

1	From the History of Przemysl Jewry	Prof. M. Schor	7
2	Life of Przemysl Jews in the past (summary of historical literature)	D. Nitzani	15
	a) Before Polish hegemony
	b) Period of Polish independence
	c) On the writers of Przemysl
3	First Jewish Craftsmen in Przemysl	Dr. E. Bloch	40
4	Ancient synagogue of Przemysl and its place in architectural history	Dr. N. Schneid	45
5	Sources:		52
	Q and A of R. Yehuda b. Meir Hacohen of Mintz
	Book of penitential prayers in Przemysl
	4 inscriptions on monuments
	Papal (?) edict of 1753
	The secret Tzadik – R. Yitzchak Eizik Schochet
6	Rabbis of Przemysl 1535-1893	Ch. Trau & D.N.	56

PART II PRZEMYSL JEWS DURING AUSTRIAN RULE (1772- 1918)

1	From 1772-1867	Y. Altbauer & L. Goetz	69
2	In the city and community	D. N.	74
3	Political movements in the Jewish street	D. N.	90
	History of Zionist movements in Przemysl before W.W. I
	Jehudia, Some Memories	Tz. Amit	100
	About Haivria	Y. Altbauer	103
	Poale Zion in Przemysl – Until the Outbreak of the Second World War	E. Bloch	106
	Dr. Herman Lieberman	E. Bloch	112
	History of the Jewish Assimilationist Movement in Przemysl	D. N.	119
4	Religious life	D. N.	122
	Rabbi Gedalia (Gedalche) Schmelkes	Ch. Trau and D. Nitzani	135
	Religions functionaries of the community during the last half century of Austrian rule	D. N.	140
	Well Known Admorim Connected to Przemysl	D. N.	141
	Personalities from the Large Kloiz in Przemysl	Y. Adif	144
5	Jewish education	Y. Adif	146
	The Tikvat Yisrael School	D. N.	149
	Religious studies	E. Bloch	150
	Study of Hebrew language in Przemysl	D. N.	154
6	Avraham the Son of Yitzchak Sonne	H. C.	157
	Avraham the Son of Yitzchak Sonne	Leah Goldberg	160
7	Writers and Intellectuals		164
	R. Mordechai Yona Rosenfeld	A. Kahana	164
	Shimon Menachem Lazar	Y. A.	166
	Images of Intellectuals in Przemysl		168
	Birech (Berechiyahu) Schafir - Humorous poet	D. N.	170
8	During the Time of the First World War (1914-1918)
	Przemysl During the Time of the Siege During the First World War	Y. Altbauer	172
	Beseiged Przemysl	Y. Michelsburg	177
	Yom Kippur in the fortress	Dr. V.A. Fordes	178

PART III PRZEMYSL JEWS (1918-1939)

1	Przemysl passes under Polish rule	Y. Altbauer	185
2	Dr. M. Rosenfeld	M. Henish	191
3	November 1918	Z. Luft	193
4	The nation, city and community	Y. A.	199
	The rabbinical court	D. N.	205
5	The Jewish population – constituents and economy	Y. A.	207
6	Institutions of education and culture	Y. A.	214
7	Jewish health institutions	Y. A.	231
8	Jewish welfare institutions in Przemysl	Y. A.	239
9	Jewish sports in Przemysl	Y. A.	243
10	Zionist movement in Przemysl (1918-1939)	Y. A.	246
	Zionist Labor movement in Przemysl	K. Y. Golan	252
	Revsionist movement “HaTzohar” in Przemysl	Dr. Y. Schechter	258
	Mizrachi in Przemysl	A. Ben Pazi	261
	Zionist youth movements in Przemysl	Y. A.	264
	The renewed “Agudath Herzl”	Y. A.	264
	Hashomer Hatzair	Y. A.	268
	“Gordonia”	D. Sim	275
	“Hanoar Hatzioni” (Zionist youth)	Y. A.	280
	Hebrew youth group “Akiva”	Y. A.	282
	The scouts	S. Antmann	285
11	Other Jewish parties
	“Agudas Yisroel”	R. A. Weinberger	286
	The ZPS (later “Bund”)	Y.A.	288
	Jewish participation in PPS and Communist Party	Y. A.	290
12	Jewish newspapers	Y. A.	291
13	Hechalutz and first Jewish chalutzim	S. Antmann	293
	Shimshon Goldstein	D. N.	297
	Dr. Zvi Luft	M. Gans	301
	Episodes from the Third Aliya	S. Goldstein	304

PART IV PERSONALITIES AND INDIVIDUALS

	Rabbi Professor Dr. Moshe Schorr	D. N.	311
	Dr. Leib Landau	Dr. B. Weintraub	315
	Memories of Leib Landau	M. Melman	317
	The last days of Leib Landau	Y. Avrahami	320
	Rabbi Dr. Josef Mieses	D. N.	322
	Matityahu Mieses	Dr. A. Menczer	324
	Professor Dr. Jakob Mann (Mannen)	D. N.	328
	Dr. Izaak [Yitzchak] Mann	Professor Josef Klausner	331
	Avraham Kahana (“Avrech”)	M. N.	333
	Rabbi Dr. Shmuel [Samuel] Hirschfeld		335
	Rabbi Itzhak [Isak] Jacob Thumim	D. N.	337
	Dr. Maurycy Richter	Y. A.	339
	Dr. Tzvi-Henryk Reichmann	Y. A.	339
	Dr. Efraim Schutzmann	Y. A.	340
	Abraham Chaim Klagsbald	Y. A.	341
	Words of eulogy that were not spoken	A. Cohen	342
	Lipa Geller	Y. A.	342
	Dr. Aleksander Steinhardt	Dr. Binyamin Weintraub	343
	Wilhelm Haspel	Y. A.	344
	Engineer Tzvi (Herman) Mendel Jawetz	Y. A.	345
	Chaim Elias	Yosef the son of Eliezer	345
	Mordechai Hacke	Y. A.	346
	Josef [Jozef] Rinde	Y. A.	346
	Abraham Schachter	Y. A.	347
	Meir Honigwachs	Y. A.	347
	The Mieses Family	Y. A.	348
	The Axer Family	Y. A.	348
	Dr. Josef Axer		348
	Dr. Dawid Sack	Y. A.	349
	Dr. Nisan [Nissen] Stein-Goldstein	Y. A.	349
	Victor Emanuel Pordes	D. N.	350
	Reb Shmuel Babad	Y. A.	351
	Reb Shmuel [Samuel] the son of Reb Dawid Knoller	D. N.	351
	Mordechai Gottfried	R. A. Meir	352
	The Magid Rabbi Pinchas Shlomo [Salomon] Schussheim [Schusheim]	M. Henish	353
	Professor Dr. Manes Kartagener	D. N.	354
	Professor Dr. Maximilian [Maksymilian] Rose	Y. A.	355
	Professor Dr. Henryk Meisel	Y. A.	355
	Professor Ludwig Bruno Sohn	Y. A.	356
	Dr. Helene Rosenbach-Deutsch	Y. A.	356

APPENDIX

	Organization of Przemysl emigrants in Israel	Y. A.	359
	Przemysl Landsmanschaften in New York		361
	Fallen in the establishment of State of Israel		364

PART V DESTRUCTION AND THE HOLOCAUST

1	From outbreak of WW II until the liberation	Dr. M. Schattner	371
2	Reminiscences (Memoirs)	Dr. L. Frim	394
	Przemysl today	Dr. M. Schattner	404

YIDDISH SECTION			405

	Introduction		409
	The city on the River San	Dr. Y. Zinneman	413
	History of the Jews of Przemysl	D. N.	416
	Anti-Jewish edicts of Bishop of Przemysl in 1743		421
	Austrian period (1772-1914)	D. N.	422
	History of the Jews of Przemysl (1914-1939)	Y. Altbauer	428
	Synagogues, Bes medrash, Kloizer and Minyanim in Przemysl	D. N.	433
	Rabbi Gedalia Schmelkes	C. Trau & D. Nitzani	439
	Jewish labor movement in Przemysl	Y. Lobstein	442
	Dr. Leib Landau		451
	Edward Leib Landau – a great man in Israel	A. Marovsky	451
	Memories of Leib Landau	Ida Kaminska	456
	Dr. Herman Lieberman	Dr. E. Bloch	458
	Michael Ostereicher	D. N.	464
	Dr. Ludwig Grossfeld	D. N.	465
	Przemysl Maskilim: Mordechai Yonah Rosenfeld	A. Kahana	467
	Birech Shapir – the Jewish troubador of Przemysl	A. Kahana	469
	Rachel Korn	A. B.	471
	On the ruins	Rachel H. Korn	472
	Yaakov Zinneman	D. N.	474
	The brothers Schwebel	Chanoch Hand	475
	Types from the Jewish street	E. Bloch	478
	The tzadik of Volinitz	Dr. H. Bergman	490
	The hidden tzadik R. Eizik Schochet		492
	Organization of Przemysl in Israel	Y. A	494
	Przemysl landsmanschaften in New York		497
	The destruction of Przemysl	Dr. M. Schattner	501
	My experiences in the occupation	Dr. Leon Frim	527
	Index of names (Hebrew)		537
	Index of names (Yiddish)		547

	Notes from the original Project Coordinator
	Photo Surname Index
	Przemysl Slicha

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