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DAVID NAJDAT WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE JEWISH COUNCIL IN ZDUNSKA WOLA
IN PREWAR POLAND.HE WAS ALSO HEAD OF THE REGIONAL CHAPTER OF
THE 'AGUDAT ISRAEL' RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT. HE AND WIFE FEIGA HAD
3 DAUGHTERS AND 2 SONS. HIS GRANDSON, ZVI GILL,IS A WRITER AND
the only remaing grandchild of the family.

THE NAJDAT FAMILY OF ZDUNSKA WOLA.

THE NAJDAT FAMILY WAS ONE OF THE RENOWN FAMILIES NOT ONLY IN SDUNSKA WOLA BUT
IN THE REGION OF LODZ AS WELL.THE HEAD OF FAMILY DAVID NAJDAT WAS
AN IMPORTANT FIGURE IN JEWISH AS WELL AS IN MUNICIPAL LIFE.HE WAS
CHAIRMAN OF A BANK, OWNER OF REAL ESTATE AND A RELIGIOUS LEADER.
YET ALTHOUGH A SENIOR MEMBER OF AN ANTI SIONIST ULTRA RELIGIOUS PARTY
HE MARRIED HIS DAUGHTER TO A ZIONIST FUNCTIONARY AND SEND HIS TWO
GRAND DAUGHTERS TO STUDY IN PLESTINE.OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY:
TUVIA NAJDAT WAS A MANUFACTURER, YESHYAHU NAJDAT WAS A TRAVELL
AGENT,ESTER GLAZER HIS DAUGHTER WAS A HEAD NURSE AND RACHEL THE YONGEST
MARRIED AVRAHAM BLAUSTEIN FROM A VERY WEALTHY FAMILY AND MAJOR IMPORTERS
OF SILK AND NYLON.ESTHER AND HER SON ZVI WERE THE ONLY ONE WHO
SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST.BOTH SETTLED IN ISRAEL.SHE WAS A HEAD NURSE
AT THE RANANA HOSPITAL IN THE SHARON
IN THE HOSPITAL OF RAANANA.
IN THE HOSPITAL AT RAANANA IN ISRAEL

IN THE RAANANA HOSPITAL.HER HUSBAND,ISRAEL AND TWO SONS-ARIE AND SHMUEL WERE
EXTERMINATED BY THE NAZIS.

AND ZVI A WRITER AND A BROADCASTER WAS AMONG THE ESTABLISHERS
OF ISRAELI TELEVISION. AMONG THE BOOKS WE WROTE IS "A PAPER BRIDGE"
A LITERARY DISCRIPTION OF HIS BIRTH TOWN ZDUNSKA WOLA AND
HIS EXPERIENCE IN THE GETTOS OF ZD.WOLA AND LUDZ.
HE HAS 3 MARRIED DAUGHTERS:AN ARTIST,A DESIGNER,AND PSYCHOLOGIST/

PAPER BRIDGE- A PROFILE OF A COMMUNITY

"PAPER BRIDGE" THE 3ED BOOK BY ZVI GILL WAS INTENDED TO GIVE A VIVID DISCRIPTION OF JEWISH LIFE IN A TOWNSHIP IN WHICH THE JEWISH POPULATION AMOUNTED TO ROUGLY 40 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION.THE LIFE,CHARACTERS,EVENTS, FESTIVITIES ETC IN THE COMMUNITY ARE COLORFULL VINIETS OF EVERYDAY LIFE AND SPECIAL FESTIVITIES IN THIS COMMUNITY."I WANTED TO EXCAVETE THE COMMUNITY OF
ZDUNSKA WOLA AND TO PUT IT TO ETRERNAL REST HONORABLY." - SAID GILL.
THE BOOK WAS ACLAIMED BY CRITICS IN THE PRESS RADIO AND TELEVISION.

FATHER'S FAMILY- GLAZER

FATHER- ISRAEL GLAZER- WAS BORN IN PABIANICE, NEAR ZDUNSKA WOLA.
LIKE MANY JEWS IN THE REGION HE FATHER SHLOMO WAS A TEXTILE IMPORTER.HE TOO
WAS A RELIGIOUS PERSONALITY IN HIS TOWN AND RELATED TO THE
GRAND RABBI OF GUR.HE HAD TWO SONS AND 4 DAUGHTERS AND WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF HIS 4 GRANDCHILDERN ALL THE FAMILY WERE EXTERMINATED BY THE NAZIS,HUS SON ZVI GILL CAME TO ISRAEL 1N 1945 AND AFTER BASIC SATUDIES PARTICIPATED IN THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.HE LATER BECAME A JOURNALIST AND A WRITER AND
AMONG OTHERS ONE OF THE ESTABLISHERS OF ISRAEL'S T,V.HE KECTURED
ON MASS COMMUNICATION AND INTIATED MANY PROJECTS ON BEHALF OF THE HOLOCAUSR SURVIVORS.HIS LATE WIFE,JUDITH WAS AN INTERIOR ARCHITECT.HIS ELDEST DAUGHTER ANAT IS A MAJOR IN ARTS AND CRAFTS AND A SPECIALIST IN ALTERNATIVE
MEDICAL TRAETMENT.HIS SECOND DAUGHTER ,RUMI,IS A INTERIOR AND MERCHANT DESIGNER.
HIS YOUNGEST DAUGHTER,AYA, IS A PSYCHOLOGICAL FAMILY CONSALTENT
AND SPECIALIZES IN GROUP THERAPY.

ESTER GLAZER

ESTER GLAZER IMMIGRATED TO ISRAEL IN 1947 ALMOST TWO YEARS AFTER HER SON
ZVI CAME TO THE COUNTRY AND WAS TRANSFERED TO AN EDUCATIONAL AGRICULTURAL
SCHOOL.ESTER GLAZER ,IMMEDIATELY AFTER ARRIVING, ASSUMED A POSTION IN A HOSPITAL
IN ZAFAT IN THE UPPER GALELEE.SHE WAS THERE WHEN ISRAEL'S WAR OF
INDEPENENCE STARTED AND MANY A FIGHTER OWNS HIS LIFE TO THE DEVOTION AND TREATMENT GIVEN TO THE WOUNDED BY NURSE ESTER.SHE BECAME LATER THE HEAD NURSE OF A MAJOR HOSPITAL IN RAANANA AND AFTER RETIRING SHE TOOK UPON HERSELF MANY VOLUNTARY POSTIONS ALL OF THEM HELPING THE OLD, SICK AND UNFORTUNATE.SHE
WAS GRANTED A REWARD ON BEHALF OF THE "CANCER PREVENTION SOCIETY".
SHE DIED PEACEFULLY VISITING HER SON IN JERUSALEM AND SEEING
BY MERE CHANCE HER ENTIRE FAMILY THE NIGHT BEFORE HER SUDDEN DEATH.

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