In Remembrance

(In Memoriam)

Translated by Bella Golubchik

[Editor's Note: the original book was assembled on the dining room table of Bella Golubchik's parents in Mayfair, Johannesburg.
Bella's father, Mr. R. Aarons-Arsch was a member of the Praesidium of The Rakishok Landmanschaft.]

[Page 540]

In Remembrance
[In Memoriam]
of our parents
Ya'akov Shimshon and
Esther Braina Schwartzberg
who died in
Kestell OFS
Orange Free State, South Africa
and were buried in
the Jewish Cemetery in
Bethlehem, Orange Free State
[from]
Sossel Rochel Abrams, husband and children
Moshe Schwartzberg, wife and children
Sheva Malk
Leah Gordon and Son
Ella Allen, husband and children
Stirel Cohen and husband
Yentel Gamsu and husband

[Page 541]

May these few lines serve as a memorial
in memory of our parents
David Yitzchak and
Soreh Beile Shusterman
[Aleihem Hashalom – may they rest in peace]
and of our sisters
Chyeneh [Chasyia]
Elkeh
Chanyeh
and their families
who were born in Antalept
and perished in the Great Jewish Destruction [Holocaust]
through the Hitler murder [extermination]
[from]
their sons and brothers:
Shlomo, Hershel and Mottel Sher
and their families

[Page 542]

In honor of
and as an illuminated memory of
our father Leibe-Hirsch Yosselowitz
who died in Rakishok in 1924,
of our mother Beileh-Raiche who died in Rakishok,
of our brother Abraham Yosselowitz,
wife, and children, who perished in Rakishok
of our brother Mendel Witz [Yosselowitz] who died in Johannesburg,
of our brother Isaac Yosselowitz who died in Rakishok in 1914
of our sister Soreh Yellin who died in Johannesburg.
We will remember you all forever.
[from]
Sachneh Lovitsch [Yosselowitz] and
daughters in Durban
Chaykel Yosselowitz, wife and children in Israel
Yechiel David Lovitsch [Yosselowitz], Durban
Gershon Witz [Yosselowitz] wife and children, Durban
Kalman Witz [Yosselowitz], Durban

In Eternal Memory
of our father
Beinash Nochumowitz
who died 18^th Cheshvan 1918, Petrograd,
and of our mother
Rochel Gittel Nochumowitz-Bris [Barris]
who died 8^th Kislev 1951
Giv'at Brenner, Israel.
We will always remember you!
[from]
Sonia and Koppel Barkai [Baradavka]
and children, Giv'at Brenner, Israel
Aharon Naki and wife Chaya, Cape Town
Moshe and Shalom Naki, Nochumowitz, Cape Town

[Page 543]

We perpetuate the memory of
our father
Michoel Lapp
who died in Johannesburg
14^th September 1942
[from]
daughter Feige Rudnick
and her husband

For our parents,
brother and sister-in-law
David and Malkah Spivak
and brother, and nephew
Moshe
who perished in Rakishok.
May this be a Memorial
[from]
son Leib
and wife Luyba Spivak
and children
sister Soreh
and Leizer Klas and children

In memory
of our brothers and
sister and families
and the whole large family
who were massacred
by the Hitler murderers in Kurpletz,
a village near Rakishok
[from]
Henyeh and Asher Jacobson [Yakobowitz]
Kayleh Segal, husband and children

The memory is unforgettable
of our sister
Chayeh-Itah
and her husband
Shlomo Kuklavsky
and children
who perished in Rakishok
[from]
Leizer and Soreh Klas and children
Chasiyah Friedman and daughter

[Page 544]

For our father
Yudel Brinkman
for our mother
Hindeh-Matleh Brinkman
who perished in Yuzhint
for our brother
Binyamin Brinkman, his wife
Mushe and children who perished in Kamaiy
for our sister Peiah,
husband and Alter Reve and
their children who perished in Yuzhint
for our brother Abraham Brinkman,
wife and children
who perished in the Churban Rakishok –
the Destruction of Rakishok
for our brother Zaleh [Zalman] Brinkman and
his wife and children who perished in Yuzhint
for our brother Ortchik [Aharon], wife Chana and
their children who perished in Yuzhint
for our uncle Yisroel-Leib Snegg and his wife Freidel
who perished in the Destruction of Rakishok
for our cousin Binyomin and his wife Mineh-Tzibel and
their ten children who perished in the Destruction of Rakishok
May these lines be an eternal Memorial
[from]
Yerachmiel and Mineh Brinkman and daughters in Israel
Sareh and Moshe Mandel and sons in Israel
Nathan and Leah Brinkman and children in South Africa
Yehoshuah Brinkman, wife, and sons in Israel
Miryam and Yosef Gefner and daughters in Israel

[Page 545]

We will never forget and always hold the memory dear [precious]
of
our father Uri Leizer Hurwitz
who died 23^rd Kislev 1938
of
our mother Ettel Hurwitz
of
our brother Efraim Yitzchok,
wife
Bassel and children
of
our sister Rivka-Dvora Shneider
husband Berel and children
of
our brother Avrohom Refael Hurwitz
wife Ita and children
of
our brother Leibe Hurwitz,
wife and child
They were all martyred together
with our mother in the
Destruction of Rakishok
in 1941.
We will remember you forever.
[from]
Yisrael Moshe and Batya Hurwitz
and children
Chayim Elyeh and Rivka Leah Hurwitz
and children and grandchild,
South Africa
Berel Hurwitz, America

Uri Leizer and Ettel Hurwitz

Berel and Rivka -Dvorah Shneider and children

[Page 546]

May this be an eternal memorial
[in everlasting remembrance] of our parents
Mendel Leib and Soreh Frumeh Levin
of our sister Feige and
husband Ya'akov Levin
and their little children
Pereleh and Maneh Leizer
of our sister Henyeh
and brother Leivik
who perished in Churban Rakishok
[Destruction of Rakishok]
and in memory of our brother Shmuel who fell
in the slaughter by the German murderers
while fighting in the ranks of the Red Army.
We will always remember you.
[from]
Ya'akov and Chana Levin and children
Chayim Yitzchak and Leah Levin and children
Shaiorka [Shaikeh] Levin and family
Gisa Levin

[Page 547]

May this Memorial [Hazkarah]
be an eternal light
in memory of the
husband and brother
Abraham-Aharon Orelowitz [z”l]
[may he rest in peace]
who died 23^rd August 1950
in Johannesburg
[from]
his wife Roseh Orelowitz and
sister Musel Lewis
South Africa
[and from]
sister Rodah and husband
Mordechai Beril and children
sister Chana Orelowitz
sister Dr. Michle Orelowitz
and Shlomo Leibel
sister Nesyeh and husband
Dov Reznik and children
Israel

[Page 548]

We will always remember the tragic death of
our unforgettable father

Shaul Gershon Klas
Who perished by the hands of the Nazi Beast. He found his rest
in the common [communal, shared] grave, among 2,500 martyrs
somewhere in the vicinity of Abel.
He was in America for a short while, but in order not to desecrate
the Holy Shabbat [not to become secular] he traveled back
'aheim' [home], in order to be able to live in a
traditional Jewish spirit [atmosphere].
Of our mother Zviah [Zivyah]
who died 21^st Shevat 1935 in Abel.
May these few words serve as a memorial.
[from]
David Moshe Klas, wife and daughter
Johannesburg

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