Voronovo, Belarus

Voronovo: Memorial Book to the
Martyrs of Voronovo
(Belarus)

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Translation of Voronova; sefer zikaron le-kedoshei Voronova
she-nispu be-shoat ha-natsim

Edited by: H. Rabin, Voronova Societies in Israel and the United States

Published in Israel, 1971

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Jack Gottleib

This is a translation from: Voronova; sefer zikaron le-kedoshei Voronova she-nispu be-shoat ha-natsim
(Voronova; memorial book to the martyrs of Voronova who died during the Nazi Holocaust),
Editors: H. Rabin, Israel, Voronova Societies in Israel and the United States, 1971 (H,Y, 440 pages).

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Translated by Sara Mages

Words from the Editorial Board		5
Additional words and appreciation		10

Voronovo – History and Value

Voronovo in the sources and in the Voronovo Book	H. Rabin	13
The image of my town Voronovo	Shlomo Aviel Shmerkovitz	20
The profile of my town	Shlomo Feikowski	25

Holocaust and Heroism

From bad to worse	Meir Shamir- Shmerkovitz	31
My Holocaust experience	Henia-Blitter-Konufka	46
Thanks to our child	Moshe and Chaya Kaplan	57
The last days of our town	Keila Shamir- Grodezenchki	70
Ghettos and Forest	Meir Shamir- Shmerkovitz	74
With the Bielski battalion	M. Shamir	89
A child in the suffering of the Holocaust	K. Lisorskie	108
Heroism and revenge of a Voronovo son	Zalman Dokshtolski,	111
The story of an avenging youth	Yekutiel (Koshka) Boeisky	119
I left for the forest at the age of 15	Zev Kaplan	123
Under an evil regime	Yitzchak Ben-Ami	127
A 15 year old boy delusions of destiny	Yakov Olkenitzki	137
Miserable days in Russia	Bat-Sheva Kalamanovitz-Podesiuk	143
The long road to Zion	Ajzik Olkenitzki	146
A small addition of revenge	Shmuel Koplovitz	149
My revenge against the liquidator of the Jews in our region	M. Kaplan	155
My duration in the underground	Y. Dulinsky	160
My father is furious at me [Poem]	Shlomo Aviel Shmerkovitz	163

Our Town – Memoirs, Images, Short stories

Voronovo – A town that is entirely blue and white	Y. Paz- Pozirisky	169
The town, its neighborhoods and its market	Shimon Levin	173
The town of doubtful youth	Aharon Konyachovsky-Karni	177
The society of “Chayei Adam”^[1] and “Mishnayot”^[2]	S. Levin	179
The boulevards of Voronovo [Poem]	S. Aviel	182
Rabbis and the Rabbis' dispute	S. Levin	186
R' Yakov (Yankel) Kamitsky	M.S.V	188
Illustrative curiosities	Chaya Robert-Levin	190
The women of our town	A. Karni	194
A tale about a telephone	Y. Paz	195
A tale about a handshake	Y. Paz	195

The Route to Redemption – Community, Movements and Organizations

The chapter of “Hashomer Hatzair”^[3] in Voronovo	Avrashka Molechedsky-Sarid	199
The Zionist movement and “HeHalutz”^[4] movement in Voronovo	Matityahu Kuznitz	202
From the memories of a delegate	Yosef Benkover	205
“Beitar”^[5] in Voronovo	A.A. Olkenitzki, H. Konofka, H. Levin-Robert	207
Supplement to the image of “Beitar”^[5]	S. Paikovsky	210
Restless youth	S. Levin	213
Impressions of a teacher from Voronovo	Tova Shomroni	216
Teachers, education, educational institutions and the terms of education	S. Levin	219
The building and its contents	S. Levin	222

Persons of Quality

A veteran Zionist, R' Nehemiah Shapira	Yehoshua Shomroni	227
R' Yosef Shmerkovitz	M.S.Vv.	229
Reizel Molechetsky	M.S.Vv.	233
The new synagogue (the Gabai Tzvi Yitzchak)	S. Levin	235

Died in Israel

List of Voronovo's people who died in Israel		238
For this I will lament	S. Aviel	239
In memory of Yehoshua Shomroni	A. Karni	249
My father Matityahu	Professor Moshe Kuznitz	250
Dr. Gottlieb Konyachovsky	S. Aviel	251

The Yiddish Book		253
The list of martyrs		385
The list of Voronovo's immigrants in Israel		392

The Soletchnik (Šalčininkai) Book		393

Table of Contents		395
The tiny town - “Great Soletchnik”	H. Kaplan	397
Soletchnik is big despite her small size	H. Goldanski	401
Soletchnik on the eve of the Holocaust	H. Kalai	405
A home in Soletchnik	Y. Karom	407
Velvale' in Soletchnik	H. Levin	409
This is how my mother blessed me	H. Levin	409
How I immigrated	Y. Karom	411
Because of Wegner's tractors	H. Kalai	412
Soletchnik's people in Israel		414

The Great Soletchnik [Y]

Great Soletchnik [Y]	Z. Krum	417
My Shtetele is Generous [Y]	Ester Katz (Taibel)	422
Yakov Kac – Soletchnik Poet – from the Vilna Journal [Y]	A.N.	426
Death [also used to mean Holocaust] [Y]	Z. Karom	430
The names of the martyrs from Soletchnik		439
A list of those who died in Israel		440

The Life of Man Return The first part of the Talmud, containing traditional oral interpretations of scriptural ordinances (Halakhot), compiled by the rabbis about 200. http://www.yourdictionary.com/mishnayot Return The Pioneer - association of Jewish youth whose aim was to train its members to settle in Israel Return Literally: Paths of Pleasantness Return The initials of Brit Yosef Trumpeldor- The Covenant of Joseph Trumpeldor, the educational youth movement of the Revisionist Zionist Organization Return

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