Oshmana Memorial Book
(Oshmyany, Belarus)

54°25' / 25°56'

Translation of Sefer Zikaron le-kehilat Oshmana

Edited by: M. Gelbart

Published in Tel Aviv, 1969



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Acknowledgments

Project Coordinator

Selma Neubauer

This is a translation from: Sefer Zikaron le-kehilat Oshmana, Oshmana Memorial Book,
ed. M. Gelbart. Tel Aviv: Organization in Israel and the Oshmaner Society in the USA, 1969 (H, Y, E)


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Table of Contents

Article Author
Page
Introduction Moshe Becker 3
 
Our Home-Town
The History of Oshmana Hosea Soltz 4
Rabbi Mordechai Rosenblatt Zeev Bakst 6
To the Memory of Rav Gershon Gelbard J. Gelbard 8
A Small Jewish Village, of Blessed Memory Michael Peled 10
    In Front of a Picture Album Michael Peled 10
    Types of Old Men in Oshmana Michael Peled 12
    The Gallery Michael Peled 15
    A World of Parting Michael Peled 20
My Village & My Street Zelda Ziskind 20
Jewish Farmers in Oshmana Moshe Becker 21
Oshmana - My Home Town Aliza Gofstein (Lisa Kozlovsky) 23
 
Destruction of Oshmyany
The Holocaust Hinda Daul 25
Excerpts from "The Book of the Jewish Partisans"   32
The Last Time I Saw My Child Sonia Druzgenitsky 36
I, Too, Could Have Been One Of Them Aaron Borowsky 37
A Visit To The Parents' Grave In The Hometown T. Shmulevich 38
 
Our People in Israel & in America
Our Townsmen in the Wide World & in Israel Michael Peled 40
The Oshrnaner Society in America   44
United Oshmaner Relief Aaron Borowsky 46
 
Names
Index to Names in Oshmana Memorial Book


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