Czyzew-Osada, Poland

Czyzewo Memorial Book
(Czyżew-Osada, Poland)

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Translation of Sefer Zikaron Czyzewo

Edited by Szymon Kanc

Published in Tel Aviv, former residents of Czyzewo in Israel and the USA, 1961

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Acknowledgments

Project Coordinator

Jennifer L. Mohr

Donated Translations

Translated by Dr. Jerry Sepinwall;
donated by Dr. Harriet Sepinwall and Family

Prawda family articles donated by Jane Prawda;
translated by Chana Pollack and Myra Mniewski

This is a translation from: Sefer Zikaron Czyzewo, Czyzewo Memorial Book,
Ed. Szymon Kanc, Tel Aviv, former residents of Czyzewo in Israel and the USA, 1961

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Project Notes

If you have not seen the original book, you might be interested to know that this treasure of writings, photos and artwork fills a total of 603 pages in all. Each page is divided into two columns, each column with it's own number. When the Table of Contents indicates that an article begins, for example, on page 1000, it is actually found on page 500, column 1000.

Also, the Table of Contents in the original book does not list all the articles. I have taken the liberty of adding the missing ones.

Transliterations of Yiddish and Hebrew words remain scattered throughout the writings. The first time each of those words is used, the English translation appears after the word in parentheses. We have used Polish spelling for proper names of people and towns.

Though the town name is currently Czyzew-Osada, we have kept the same spelling used in Sefer Zikaron Czyzewo to honor the Czyzewo our families knew.

Please feel free to contact me for any reason.

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Article Title	Author	Page
Title Pages		5
Preface to the Book		17
Song Of The Murdered Jewish People	Icchok Kacenelson	21
Introduction	Szymon Kanc	29
Let Us Remember!		37
Remember What Amalek Did To You	The Editorial Board	45
So We Started	Czyzewer landsmanschaft	49

The History of the Town
Once, Once…		69
A Tear For A Generous Friend	I. Dawidowicz	74
An Overview of the Development and Growth of the Jewish Community in Czyzewo	Dow Gorzalczany	76
A Small Detail	Arthur Szrajer	107
The Development and Growth of Czyzewo	Dow Gorzalczany	109

Community Life
The Jewish Kehila	Dow Gorzalczany	129
The Cooperative Bank	Dow Gorzalczany	143
Gmiles Khsodim (loans without interest)	Dow Gorzalczany	149
Linat Hazedek, Bikur Holim, Hakhnasas Orhim	Dow Brucarz	153
“Centos” – The Organization That Helped Jewish Children	Dow Abu Szmuel	157

Hasidim
Hasidic Shtiblach (prayer houses)	Dow Brucarz	181
My Great Father	Fradl Lewinson	193
The Ger Shtibl	Gerszon Gora	215
My Aleksander Shtibl	Berl Szajes	225
The Amszynower Congreation in Shtetl	Pinchus Frydman	237
The Fire Brigade	Icchok Bursztyn	241
The Daf-Yomi Ended	Icchok Bursztyn	243
A Day in Czyzewo	Shmuel Abarbanel	245
A Maskil (enlightened man) Among Hasidim	Gad Zaklilowski	253
The Great Quarrel	Hyman (Anshel) Kowadlo	259
The Great Peace	A. Wiewiurka	265
Hassidim in the Town	Aron Jablonka	273
The Gaon Reb Szmuel Dawid of Holy Blessed Memory	Rabbi Lewinson	281
Rabbi Szmuel Dawid Zabludower of Holy Blessed Memory	Gerszon Gora	285
The Rabbinate of Czyzewo	Gerszon Gora	293
My Grandfather …	Gerszon Gora	303
One of the Five	Gerszon Gora	307
Reb Zebulon Grosbard	Aron Tapuchy	313
The Admor Rabbi Boruch of Czyzewo	Rabbi Tankhum Rubinsztejn	317

Youth Movements and Political Parties
Youth Organizations and the Zionist Movement	Icchok Szlaski	329
The Mizrachi Organization in Czyzewo	Eliahu Gora	355
Memories from the Hachsharah Kibbutz in Czyzewo	Aryeh Porat	361
The Zionist Organziations	Icchok Szlaski	367
The Movement “For A Working Eretz Israel”	Malka Szejman	371
Freedom	Leja Dymentman	379
My Father's Agony and Ecstasy When Organizing the Mizrakhi	Matisyahu Prawda	383
Agudas Israel	Gerszon Gora	387
People Say Goodbye to the Shtetl	Gerszon Gora	395
The First Buds of Communism	Icchok Gora	399
Communits	Dow Gorzalczany	405
Bundists	Dow Gorzalczany	411

Theater
The First Flash of the Yiddish Theater	Dow Brukarz	421
Days and Nights on the Magic Stage	Symcha Gromadzyn	425
Third and Last Period	Dow Gorzalczany	433
The Library “Beit Am”	Dow Gorzalczany	437

Way of Life
Jewish Towns in Polnad	Chaim Grade	457
Our Guards, They Come and Collect	Aron Jablonka	461
I Remember the First Strike	Dow Brukarz	469
Hederim, Schools, Teachers and Melamdim	Dow Brukarz	473
A Ray of Light from Past Years	Dow Brukarz	477
New Winds	Dow Brukarz	483
A Regular Market Day	Dow Brukarz	489
My Melamdim	Dow Brukarz	503
Types: Gitel, Golda, Mejer Ganer	Dow Brukarz	511
Czyzewo's Tzitzis Maker	Dow Brukarz	517
Reb Benjamin the Tailor	Dow Brukarz	531
Icchok Aron	Dow Brukarz	535
The Purim Actors	Dow Brukarz	537
A Visit to the Shtetl After Thirteen Years	Dow Brukarz	539
The Days of the Polish-Bolshevik War	Dwojra Brukarz	545
How the Cossacks arrested me	Symcha Galina (New York)	553
My Good Father	Symcha Prawda	559
My Homily	Symcha Prawda	567
The Holy Billy Goat	Symcha Prawda	571
Klezmorim (musicians)	A. Ritholc	579
Gentle Souls and Kind Hearts of My Little Town Czyzewo	Chaikeh Cikrovich (Prawda)	587
Hevra Mishnayes	Sz. Gromadzyn	593
The Bridge	Eliahu Gora	597
Bright and Dark Days	M. Szczupakiewicz	599
My Shtetl	Arja Gorzalczany	611
Chaim Judel Troc	Arja Gorzalczany	613
Judel Wapniak	Arja Gorzalczany	615
Bunim's Icchok	Arja Gorzalczany	623
Lejzor Josel's Testatment	Arja Gorzalczany	629
The Nightmare	Malka Lubelczyk	633
My Grandfather Tells a Story	Malka Lubelczyk	636
Nuske Szejman	Icchok Szlaski	637
My Mother	Icchok Szlaski	641
The Light From Our Home	Berl and Chana	649
The Pogrom		667
The Scroll of Blood	Gerszon Gur	695
Once Upon A Time There Was A Shtetl	Icchok Bursztyn	699
A Walk Through Czyzewo's Streets	Gerszon Góra	713
Water-Carrier	Dow Brukarz	751
Water-Carrier	Aron Jablonka	755

People and Personalities
Mejer Richter	Yisrael Weintraub	763
Reb Jechiel Oszer Prawda	D. Gorzalczany	765
Alter Hasofer	I. Szlaski	769
The Shofar (ram's horn) Blower	G. Gora	776
Reb Alter Walmer	Dow Gorzalczany	781
Reb Szmuel Zeev and Lea Kandel	Kandel sons	785
The Lithuanian	G. Gora	786
The Waker	G. Gora	789
The Cantor of the Town	G. Gora	795
Sukes at Reb Icl's	G. Gora	798
Prayer Leader	G. Gora	804
The Walker	G. Gora	809
Flocks of Holy Ones	G. Gora	812
My Parents	Isachar Okon	817
Our Parents	Ch. Kirszenbojm	821
Israel-Szlama's, Mendel	D. Gorzalczany	825
Fiszel Lubelczyk	Bat-Szewa and Szlama	829

Memories
The Jewish Shtetl	Jeruchem Halewi	833
Czyzewo – One Among Many	P. Frydman	836
The Shtetl During Holidays	A. Jablonka	837
The Bridge	Eliahu Gora	845
The Footsteps of Our Ancestors	Jerachmiel Eliasz	847
My Small Shtetl	Dalia Sznajderman	849
Father!	Rochel Wengosz	852

Destruction and Holocaust
The Holocaust	Szymon Kanc	855
The Peaceful Days	Ch. Wrona	859
Terrible Days and Nights	I. Kitaj	863
The Walk Through All The Hells	M. Kitaj	891
The Road of Suffering	I. Nowinsztern	913
In the Valley of Lament and Fear	E. Cukerman	967
How I Smuggled Food	I. Wyprawnik	977
In the Circle of Death's Agony	Sz. Monczarz	979
On The Way to Auschwitz	Sz. Ben-Zahabi	989
I Escaped From Auschwitz	Sara Ben-Ari	995
In the Abyss of the Appalling Holocaust	M. Rejczyk	999
Across Rivers of Tears and Seas of Blood	I. Fencter	1017
The First Days of Burning Hate	A. Kandel & Ch. Belfer	1021
During The Years of The Second World War	Michal Walmer	1029
Through Flames and Smoke	B. Bolender	1039
Czyzewo – Siberia – Canada	M. Blajwajs	1049
Propelled by Fear of the Swastika	F. Lewinson	1063
Years of Banishment	Sz. Lubelczyk	1079
Blind Destiny	D. Saba	1089
Majdanek	Gerszone	1095

After the Deluge
A Look at My Destroyed Shtetl	Ch. Gromadzyn	1099
In The Ruins of Czyzewo	D. Daba	1103
In The Footprints of a Disappeared Jewish Life	I. Dawidowicz	1121
Czyzewo Jews – Where Are They?	I. Dawidowicz	1135
We Will Guard Your Sacred Memory	D. Gorzalczany	1141
Acitivites of the Czyzewo Landsmanschaftn in America and Israel		1147
Dedicated to the Anonymous Donor	Editorial Board	1155
Memorial Candles		1157

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