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Translation of Sokoly: B'maavak l'haim
Edited by: Shmuel Kalisher
Published in Tel Aviv, 1975
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Acknowledgments
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This is a translation from: Sokoly: B'maavak l'hayim,
Sokoly: In the Fight for Life, editor: Shmuel Kalisher, Tel Aviv,
Organization of Sokoly Emigrés in Israel, 1975 (H)
Notes: The original book can be seen online at the NY Public Library site: Sokoly
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| Introduction | 7-8 | |
| A Word from the Editor | 9-10 | |
| General Information about Sokoly | 11 | |
| An Excerpt about Sokoly from a Guidebook | 13 | |
| Reuven Lev, z”l, A Memorial for the Holy Martyrs of Sokoly (a Poem) | 14 | |
| PART ONE: IN THE FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL
Survivors' Testimonies |
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| Deliverance: the Diary of Michael Maik | 17-141 | |
| Autobiography | Avraham Kalifowitz | 142-157 |
| At the Height of the Decay | Chaim Goldberg | 158-187 |
| In a Struggle for Life | Liba Goldberg | |
| Yadgika the Shepherd | Tsipora Burstein | 201-207 |
| Under the German Hammer | Issur Wondolowicz | 208-213 |
| The Paths of My Travails | Moshe Surasky | 214-216 |
| Bobtcha Shafran | Rachel Kalisher | 217-220 |
| In the Village of Piatkwa | Zalman Sukman | 221-223 |
| Memories of My Life in Sokoly | HaRav Yosef Rosenbloom | 224-228 |
| PART TWO: OUR TOWN Characters, Images, Customs, Events |
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| A Town Also has a Body and Soul | HaRav Aharon Reuven Charney | 231-236 |
| My Family | HaRav Yitzhak Meir Ben-Menachem | 237-239 |
| A Chain of Memoirs | Moshe Dworkin | 240-243 |
| Youth Movements in Sokoly | Dr. Bernard Kahan | 244-246 |
| The Great Conflagration | Dr. Menachem Levine | 247-248 |
| My Childhood | Dr. Philip Goldstein | 249-251 |
| Sokoly Pioneers in the Land of Israel before World War I | Nathan Zahavi | 252-256 |
| Academics and Yeshiva Students | Yisroel Leib Elgrod | 257-260 |
| Memoirs of a Teacher | A. Wasserman | 261-262 |
| I Was a Teacher in Sokoly | L. Shmeltsinger | 263-264 |
| The Mail | Zippora Zatorsky | 265-267 |
| Our Universities | Liba Langleib | 268-270 |
| Yankel Chaim and Mirka the Water Drawers | Masha Kaplansky | 271-272 |
| Years of My Childhood | Leon Lorinsky | 273-274 |
| My Father Rav Yosef Czerwonicz | Ida Schweitzer | 275-277 |
| Theatre in Sokoly | Moshe Goldberg | 278-280 |
| I was a Soltis in Sokoly | Yehoshua Sorowitz | 281-282 |
| The Miracle | Alter Schneider | 283 |
| The Image of My Father, Zelig Surasky | Tsipora Breinsky | 284-285 |
| My Childhood | Bela Waslowsky | 286 |
| Reflections | Bracha Broin | 287 |
| Memories from Sokoly | Batya Matzner-Paziger | 288 |
| My Family in Sokoly | Yehuda Ilan | 289 |
| Images of My Aunt and Uncle | Aharon Zamir | 290-299 |
| Men of Letters and Men of Faith | Chaim Olsha | 300-316 |
| Torah, Commerce, and Trades in Sokoly | Michael Maik | 317-389 |
| In Memoriam – Yizkor | 391 | |
| Standing at Attention | 392 | |
| List of Holy Martyrs Arranged by family groups | 393-405 | |
| Arranged by individual names | ||
| Eulogies for Sokoly Expatriates in Israel | 406-414 | |
| Sokoly in Photographs | 415-433 | |
| Photo Name-Identification List | ||
| Addresses of Sokoly Survivors in Israel | 435-438 | |
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