53°10' / 24°28'
Edited by Moses Einhorn, M.D.
Published in New York, 1949
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Editor: Moses Einhorn, M.D.
New York 1949
Volumes: 2
Includes shtetl Svisloch
| VAWKAVYSK/VOLKOVYSK/WOLKOVISK | 53°10' 24°28' | |
| AMSTIBOVE/MSTIBOVO/MSTIBUV/MSTSIBUV/ MSCIBOW | 53°07' 24°15' | 9.6 miles WSW of Volkovysk |
| DERECHIN | 53°10' 24°28' | 19.5 miles ENE of Volkovysk |
| IZABELIN | 53°06' 24°33' | 5.8 miles SE of Volkovysk |
| KREMYANITZE/KREMYANITSA | 9.6 miles ENE of Volkovysk | |
| LISKOVE/LYSKOVO/LYSKOW/LYSKUV | 52°51' 24°37' | 22.7 miles SSE of Volkovysk |
| MAST/MOSTYY | 53°25' 24°32' | 17.5 miles N of Wolkovisk |
| MOSTY (MOSTY VTORYYE) | 53°26' 24°38' | |
| PIESK/PIASKI/PESKI | 53°21' 24°38' | 14.4 miles NNE of Volkovysk |
| PORZEVE/POROZOVO/ POROZOV | 52°56' 24°22' | 16.6 miles SSW of Volkovysk |
| SWISLOTCH/SVISLOCH | 53°02' 24°06' | 17.8 miles WSW of Volkovysk |
| WOLP/ WOLPA/VOLPA | 53°22' 24°22' | 14.4 miles NNW of Volkovysk |
| YALOVKE/JALOWKA – Poland | 53°01' 23°54' | 25.7 miles WSW of Volkovysk |
| ZELVA/ZEL'VA/ZELWA | 53°09' 24°49' | 14.5 miles E of Volkovysk |
| Dr. Moses Einhorn | |
| Foreword | 7 |
| My Family | 11 |
| The History of Volkovysk | 31 |
| The History of the Jews in Volkovysk and the Shtetlekh [Towns] | 41 |
| The Symphony of Erev Shabbos [Eve of Sabbath] | 47 |
| The Volkovysk Rabbis and Religious Judges | 67 |
| Jewish Education in Volkovysk | 91 |
| The Zionist Movement in Volkovysk | 127 |
| The Volkovysker Bund | 155 |
| Social-Medical Institutions in Volovysk | 166 |
| The Volkovysk Old Age Home | 190 |
| The Volkovysk Fire Fighters | 198 |
| The Volkovysk Makabi | 223 |
| Amateur Theater in Volovysk | 236 |
| Personalities | 248 |
| Volkovysker in Eretz-Yisroel | 277 |
| Elihu Sheykevitz | |
| My 55 Years in Volkovysk | 345 |
| The Volkovysk Orphanage | 370 |
| The Dreamer and Builder of Volkovysk | 413 |
| Tovia Fenster | |
| In the Past | 427 |
| The Rabbi, Avrahma Zalman Kurts | |
| Three Volkovsker Residents | 461 |
| Welwel Krinsky | |
| Zamoshe [Zamosh'ye] | 466 |
| Chaim Nachimowsky | |
| Kartshiune | 484 |
| The Rabbi Yakov Zakheim | |
| Ostroger (Kashtshushe) Street | 493 |
| Eliezer Kalir | |
| A Tear on the Volkovysk Life | 507 |
| Volume Two | |
| Eliezer Kalir | |
| Three Volkovysk Businessmen | 513 |
| Yakov Bereshkowsky | |
| Types and Personalities | 519 |
| Album of Volkovysk Groups | |
| Pictures of Volkovysk Groups | 551 |
| Shmuel Rotbart (“Artist”) | |
| Drawings from Vaukavysk | 571 |
| Volkovysker Relief Organization | |
| Pictures of Groups | 574 |
| Ezrial Brushi (Brestowitsky) | |
| Liskovo | 578 |
| Dr. Yitzhak Goldberg and Yona Bruchansky | |
| The Events in Liskovo | 589 |
| Avraham Eien | |
| Svisloch | 600 |
| The Destruction of Svisloch | 607 |
| Tzwi (Hershel) Kaplan | |
| Wolp [Wolpa] | 614 |
| The Events in Wolp [Wolpa] | 622 |
| Dr. Marek Kaplan | |
| The Events in Porozovo | 627 |
| Dr. Yitzhak Reznik | |
| The Events in Kremyanitsa | 633 |
| Dr. Moses Einhorn | |
| The Annihilation of the Volkovysk Kehile [Organized Jewish Community] and the Surrounding Shtetlekh [Towns] |
637 |
| Yitzhak Tshaper | |
| The Tragic Fate of the Volkovysker Jews | 790 |
| Dr. Moses Einhorn | |
| The Survivial of Eida Mazawer | 878 |
| Picture Album of the Einhorn Family | |
| Pictures from a Family Album | 892 |
| Familiar/Homey Matters from Ruven Rutshik, of blessed memory | |
| Excerpts from Volkovysker Laben [Volkovysker Life] | 899 |
| Dr. Moses Einhorn | |
| Wolkovisk - My Native Town (English) | 990 |
| The Destruction of Wolkovisk (English) | 954 |
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