Mezritsh Book,
in Memory of the Martyrs of Our City
(Międzyrzec Podlaski, Poland)

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Translation of

Sefer Mezritsh le-zecher kedoshe 'irenu

Hebrew editor – Yitzchak Ronkin, Yiddish editor – Bonim Heller

Published by the Mezritsh Societies in Israel and the Diaspora
Tel Aviv, 1978

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Acknowledgments

Project Coordinator

Jamie Kotler

 

This is a translation from: Sefer Mezritsh le-zecher kedoshe 'irenu
(Mezritsh book, in memory of the martyrs of our city)
Hebrew editor - Yitzchak Ronkin, Yiddish editor - Bonim Heller, Mezritsh Societies in Israel and the Diaspora,
Tel Aviv 1978 (Pages: 821 Languages: H, Y)

Note: The original book can be seen online at the NY Public Library site: Miedzyrzec Podlaski (1978)

Translated by Jerrold Landau

[Page 373]

Part I - Hebrew

Footnotes Yesod Hama'alah was founded in 1883 by pioneers from Russian Poland on the shores of Lake Hula in Northern Israel. Approximately 20 pioneers from Mezritsh's chapter of “Hibbat Zion” joined in the effort to establish this early colony. Return For further information about the various organizations present in the town, please refer to the “Organizations and Publications” Appendix. Return This is a reference to King David's dirge to Saul and Jonathan in II Samuel 1:19 Return

To the People of our City {H- p. 11} The Editorial Board 381   Mezritsh of Old 383 The Community of Mezritsh {H- p. 15} Meir Edelbaum 385 Brush Workers and Brush–Making Enterprises Ch. Kac 394 In Mezritsh Yaakov Pat 427 The Bund in Mezritsh Before the First World War[1] Y. Horn 431 Episodes from Mezritsh M. Edelbaum 439 Avraham Reyzen's Visit to Mezritsh Y. Horn 448   Love of Zion 451 From Mezritsh to Yesud Hama'alah[2] Menachem Bir 453 Yesud Hama'alah Yoel Mastbaum 456 Roots A. M. Charizman 458 Mezritsh Jews: Among the First to Come to Build the Land Dr. Shoshan–Roz 470   Between the Two World Wars   Under German Occupation During the First World War Meir Ejdelbaum 475 The Bloody Sabbath Simcha Birstejn 488 Eight Days With the Bolsheviks Y. Horn 491 Russian Exile and my Encounters with Mezritshers C. M. Zaltsztejn 494 Brush Making and Brush Makers in Mezritsh L. Frydman 506 Professional Unions in Mezritsh and the Struggle for Factional Hegemony Avraham Blusztejn 513 The Bund in Mezritsh between the Two World Wars Yosef Horn 519 A May the First in Mezritsh Yaakov Blank 537 The Folkspartei (People's Party) [1] Fajwel Fiterman 541 The Jewish People's School in Mezritsh Gershon Frydman 551 Jewish People's School in Mezritsh Leah Diament 555 Jewish Sporting Activity in Mezritsh Avraham Blusztajn 560 Volunteer Firefighters Association H. Bojgman 569 The “Lyre” Folks Choir of Mezritsh Gershon Frydman 573 Two Associations Motell Sobelman 581 The Organization of the “Friends of the Jewish Hospital” Mendel Aryeh 586 The TAZ Society in Mezritsh in 1929 [1]   589 The Orphanage of Mezritsh   590   Streets and Alleyways 593 Streets and Alleyways Y. Horn 595 Brisker Street Avraham Busztajn 605 Jews of Mezritsh who Lived on Christian Streets Yosef Cepelinski 611   In Stories and in Song 615 The Siyyum[3] Avraham Gelman 617 I Yearn S. Palme 621 The Shofar Blasts Lejb Lew 623 Grandfather's Death Meir Edelbaum 626 To a Deceitful Girl Lajzer Kloc 631 Over Stone Streets Meir Segal 632 Our River Fajwel Fiterman 634 Szmulowizna Street Fajwel Fiterman 636 The Song of the Shtetl Avraham Meir Ganz 637 Memorial Binem Heller 640   Evening   In My Hometown A. Rejnwejn 643 In the Old Home Sh. Frajlach (Litman Geltman) 646 Sabbath in Mezritsh Eliahu Giladi (Perlsztejn) 664 From my Young Days Simcha Birstejn 668 My Mother's Merit Chaim Lebenholc 671   Personalities 673 Anuszka Adler L. Frydman 675 Moshe Gedalia Sajeta Yaakov Blank 679 About the Character of Reb Baruch Meir Rozenblum M. R. Slodki 683 Lajzer Kloc Litman Geltman 686 Sh. Frajlach Litman Yaakov Bataszanski 689 Yoel Mastbaum D. T. 693 Avraham Rejnwejn   694 Lejb Lew Fajwel Fiterman 695 Avraham Gelman Yaakov Bojgenman 700 Berl Leahka (Cukierman) 702 Pesach Sapoznikow Shlomo Rogoznik 709   Destruction and Heroism 711 The Destruction of Mezritsh Berl Manperl–Charuzi 713 My Visit to the Mezritsh Ghetto Yaakov Czelemenski 717 Prior to the Destruction Tzvi Goldman 726 The Five Aktions Esther Bronsztajn 730 The Liquidation in Mezritsh Tzvi Goldman 736 My Experiences in the Mezritsh Ghetto Malka Rendel-Wagszal 743 Surviving the Destruction Itke Szapira-Pogozelec 751 Attempts at an Anti-Hitlerist Resistance Movement Henryk Rilski (Ch. Rubinstein) 756 Szejndel Cemny Henryk Rilski (Ch. Rubinstein) 761 Mezritsh in 1946 L. Frydman 765 Postwar Mezritsh Y. Shmulewicz 768 The Cemetery of Mezritsh Nachum Gutman 775 Three Victims Avraham Blusztajn 778   Mezritsh Jews in the Diaspora 781 Memories of an Immigrant L. Goldfarb 783 The History of the United Mezritsher Relief[1] Chaim Mordechai Zalczstejn 800 Mezritsh Landsmanschaft Society in Argentina[1][4] Yosef Cepelinski 814 The History of the Mezritsh Landsmanschaft Society in Toronto, Canada[1][4] Eliahu Frydman 817 Mezritshers in Australia   821

Footnotes For further information about the various organizations present in the town, please refer to the “Organizations and Publications” Appendix. Return Yesod Hama'alah was founded in 1883 by pioneers from Russian Poland on the shores of Lake Hula in Northern Israel. Approximately 20 pioneers from Mezritsh's chapter of “Hibbat Zion” joined in the effort to establish this early colony. Return Siyyum - Literally “end” - is a celebration upon the conclusion of a study of a Talmudic tractate. Return Landsmanschaft - An immigrant benevolent organization formed by ex-residents of the same locality or town. These aid organizations were established to deal with social, economic, and cultural problems, and provided a social framework for mutual assistance. (Thanks to Glenda Rubin, “Landsmanschaft Immigrant Benevolent Organizations”, A JewishGen InfoFile, 1996) Return

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