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Translation of
Sefer D'Vart
Edited by: Eliezer Astrin
Published in Tel Aviv by Artzi Press, D'Vart Society, 1974
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| Title | Author | Page |
| About the Outline | Editors | 7 |
| About the Editing | Eliezer Astrin | 8 |
| PART ONE | ||
| BEGINNINGS OF WARTA | ||
| Historical Geographical Overview | Minister Eliezer Astrin | 11 |
| Four Hundred Years of Jewish Life in Warta | Dr. Yakov Goldberg | 20 |
| PART TWO | ||
| BETWEEN TWO WORLD WARS | ||
| What Was Once is No More | Mordechai Mintus | 35 |
| Times and Events | Chanan Szotan | 78 |
| PART THREE | ||
| THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT IN WARTA | ||
| The Free Road | Michal Czaniak | 121 |
| From the Memories of a Teacher | David Kochav (Sztern) | 125 |
| The Zionist Struggle | Michal Czaniak | 130 |
| The Zionist Movement in Warta - Memories | Mair Yahalom (Diamond) | 133 |
| Training | Mordechai Sieradzki | 142 |
| Itzhak Nitke (May he rest in Peace) | Chana Nitke | 144 |
| Itzhak Nitke | Mair Yahalom | 148 |
| Shalom Prosk (May he rest in Peace) | Mair Yahalom | 150 |
| Zalman Czaniak (May he rest in Peace) | Mair Yahalom | 152 |
| Zalman Czaniak (May he rest in Peace) | Prof. Chana Czaniak | 153 |
| International Hashomer | Mordechai Sieradzki | 155 |
| The Gordon Branch in Warta | Chana Ozerowicz | 159 |
| Mizrachi in Warta | Miriam Reisel Szulzinger (Cohen) | 161 |
| Hashomer Orthodox & Torah and Work in Warta | David Kornowski | 165 |
| Hashomer Orthodox & Torah and Work | Eliezer Shepps | 167 |
| Daughters of Jakob & House of Jakob School | Golda Beatus (Yoskowicz) z. l. | 169 |
| Expectations | Leah Sandek | 171 |
| Aliyah Circle | Mordechai Sieradzki | 172 |
| Aliyah Baggage | Arie Lajb Nojman | 175 |
| PART FOUR | ||
| BECAUSE FROM WARTA WILL THE TORAH LEAVE | ||
| Because From Warta Will the Torah Leave | Eliezer Astrin | 181 |
| Rav Mair Dan Plotzki (May he rest in Peace). | Eliezer Astrin | 182 |
| The Rabbi Eliahu Leskowski | Katriel Munic | 190 |
| Rav Menachem Mendel Kosher | Eliezer Astrin | 192 |
| PART FIVE | ||
| THE OLD AGE HOME | ||
| Beit Abba | Meir Yahalom | 197 |
| Memories of Beit Abba | Arie Lajb Nojman | 201 |
| I Remember | Chana Ozerowitz | 204 |
| From the Old Age Home | Bluma Zandberg (Hertzberg) | 208 |
| Rav Mendel Zandberg and His Wife Luba | Miriam Reisel Szlesinger (Cohen) | 213 |
| Rav Michal Zalman Hacohen | Miriam Reisel Szlesinger (Cohen) | 214 |
| Rav Michal Zalman Hacohen | Malca Imbar (Cohen) | 216 |
| Rav Michal Zalman Hacohen | Szlomo Ben Yehoshua (Cohen) | 218 |
| The Ideal Family | Tzila Yankelewicz (Diament) | 220 |
| The Munter Family | Zelig Munter | 222 |
| Grandfather's House | Yona Mendelbojm | 228 |
| Beit Arzun | Itzhak Mordechai Arzun | 230 |
| The Pawlowicz Family | Mair, Abraham, & Gidon Pawlowicz | 235 |
| My Father's House | Sara Zeifa (Meirowicz) | 240 |
| Rav Yakov Yehuda KuzIol | Laja Sendak (Kozial) | 243 |
| On the Threshold | Ruwen Gelbart | 245 |
| One Family | Mosze Szotan | 252 |
| Four Generations | Yehoshua Berkenwald | 257 |
| Itzhak Ejzner (May he rest in Peace). | Ryfke Freund (Ejzner) | 260 |
| PART SIX | ||
| PRESENT - STORIES AND MEMORIES | ||
| Between the Throne and Assyria | Mordechai Mintus | 265 |
| My Shtetl Warta | Michal Czaniak | 277 |
| Bandit Fireman | Michal Czaniak | 295 |
| Antisemitism in Warta | Frajda Ruchal Kesteczer (Kolton) | 299 |
| The Breaking of Shabbat - The Miracle in Tfisa | Ryfke Freund (Ejzner) | 301 |
| I Haven't Forgotten | Pessia Szotan (Nojman) | 303 |
| Some Memories | Katriel Munitz | 311 |
| Abraham Yosef Holton | Chana Ozrowicz | 314 |
| The Proch Family | Chana Czainiak (Proch) | 315 |
| Reflections | Zippora Pakentreger (Skorka) | 318 |
| Incident of Mrs Adon in the Hands of the Cute Pranksters | Zippora Pakentreger (Skorka) | 323 |
| The First Film in Warta | Zippora Pakentreger (Skorka) | 324 |
| From Warta Through Australia to Israel | Izrael Silman | 325 |
| From Warta to Israel | Szlomo Oberznik | 330 |
| Keren Or - From Wounds to Darkness | Mosze Szotan | 333 |
| Daydreams - Views and Fantasies | Mordechai Mintus | 338 |
| PART SEVEN | ||
| THE SHOAH AND INSIDE THE LODZ GHETTO | ||
| Overview (Schemata) of the Lodz Ghetto | Eliezer Astrin | 359 |
| Yiskor | Chanan Szotan | 362 |
| There Was a Town Called Warta | Moshe Szotan | 370 |
| In Those Terrifying Days | Aharon Meirowicz | 373 |
| Warta | Nachmie Gelbart z.l. | 382 |
| From Orthodox to Orthodox | Szmuel Zandberg | 390 |
| The Kehillah in Warta on the Eve of the Destruction | Gerszon Kozial | 399 |
| The Kehillah in Warta on the Eve of the Destruction | Netlia Kozial | 405 |
| The Kehillah in Warta on the Eve of the Destruction | Zelig Munter | 409 |
| The Beginning of the Shoah | Mosze Szotan | 412 |
| The Nature of the Disappointment (or Adaptation to ) | Chana Ozrowicz | 415 |
| Yid - Where are Your Stars? | Mosze Szotan | 416 |
| Tens Murdered in Warta | Mosze Szotan | 418 |
| Onion Hanging | Reuben Gelbart | 422 |
| In the Synagogue | Fajga Laja Adler | 428 |
| Szmul - Give a crumb of bread | Mosze Szotan | 429 |
| And There Were the First Boys | Chana Ozrowicz | 431 |
| The Youth of Blaszki | Chana Ozrowicz | 436 |
| The Execution in Rasashitza | Chana Ozrowicz & Mosze Szotan | 438 |
| Hand of Fate | Mosze Cohen | 440 |
| Separations | Mosze Cohen | 444 |
| In the Lodz Ghetto | Eliezer Shepps | 450 |
| Two Brothers | Mosze Szotan | 453 |
| The Heart of a Mother | Mosze Szotan | 457 |
| Continuation of the Moral Message | Mosze Szotan | 460 |
| Skinny But Strong | Mosze Szotan | 462 |
| In the Concentration Camps | Gerszon Kozial | 464 |
| In the Ghetto and the Concentration Camps | Katriel Munitz | 468 |
| The Liquidation of Ghetto Lodz and the Concentration Camps | Chana Ozrowicz (Klinowski) | 469 |
| In Halberstat Concentration Camp | Golda Dina Beatus (Yoskowicz) z.l. | 478 |
| In the Concentration Camps | Reuben Gelbart | 481 |
| The Rescued Shoes | Menachem Mendel Ejger (Ejka) | 483 |
| Old Dough | Yehoshua Berkenwald | 485 |
| In the Days of Darkness and the Shadow of Death | Izrael Ejzner | 487 |
| The Liquidation of the Warta Ghetto | Netlia Kozial | 491 |
| The Last Days in the Concentration Camp | Mosze Szotan | 498 |
| PART EIGHT | ||
| LIFE LINE OF THE DIASPORA AND RESCUE | ||
| Life Line of the Diaspora | Gerszon Kozial | 499 |
| With the Liberation | Chana Ozrowicz | 500 |
| Freedom | Mosze Szotan | 501 |
| In Reality | Mosze Szotan | 505 |
| PART NINE | ||
| IN WARTA AFTER THE DESTRUCTION | ||
| Brothers of Sorrow | Zelig Munter | 509 |
| Sister of Sorrow | Mosze Szotan | 511 |
| Returning Home | Mosze Szotan | 515 |
| The Last Visit to Warta | Gershon Kozial | 519 |
| I Returned Home | Chana Ozrowicz | 520 |
| And Again No Home | Mosze Szotan | 523 |
| The Earth Gives Way Below Our Feet | Mosze Szotan | 527 |
| On the Road | Yehoszua Berkenwald | 534 |
| PART TEN | ||
| OVER THERE IN RUSSIA | ||
| There Far Away is Russia | Eliezer Astrin | 539 |
| Far To The North | Szlomo Ben Yehoshua (Cohen) | 539 |
| Memories of the War | Szlomo Ben Yehoshua (Cohen) | 539 |
| In the Various Concentration Camps | Szlomo Ben Yehoshua (Cohen) | 540 |
| There Far In Russia | Szlomo Ben Yehoshua (Cohen) | 540 |
| Repentance | Szlomo Ben Yehoshua (Cohen) | 540 |
| The Prophet Troitzek | Szlomo Ben Yehoshua (Cohen) | 540 |
| Partial Peace From Far Away Siberia | Yehuda Szotan | 541 |
| PART ELEVEN | ||
| THE PATH OF THE REFUGEES | ||
| In the Path of the Refugees | Eliezer Shepps | 547 |
| PART TWELVE | ||
| IN THE FRAMEWORK OF ISRAEL | ||
| The Path of the Boys | Mordechai Mintus | 551 |
| Yechiel Mendel Auerbach | David Szotan | 553 |
| Sargaent Szmul Keren z.l. | Eliezer Astrin | 556 |
| PART THIRTEEN | ||
| ORGANIZATION OF JEWS FROM WARTA IN ISRAEL | ||
| Organization of Jews from Warta in Israel | Meir Yahalom | 561 |
| List of people from Warta who died in Israel up to 1974 | 567 |
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