Memorial Book of Radikhov
(Radekhiv, Ukraine)

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Translation of
Sefer zikaron le-kehilot Radikhov

Edited by: G. Kressel

Published in Tel Aviv, 1976

 

Acknowledgments

Project Coordinator

Barbara Beaton Dubey

 

This is a translation from: Sefer zikaron le-kehilot Radikhov; Memorial book of Radikhov,
ed. G. Kressel, Tel Aviv, Society of Radikhov, Lopatyn and vicinity, 1976 (H,Y)

Note: The original book can be seen online at the NY Public Library site: Radziechow

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In memory of my grandfather Morris (Menashe) Katz (1895-1963)
son of Benjamin and Chana Distenfeld Katz of Lopatyn, Radekhov County

-- Barbara Beaton

 

Coordinator's Acknowledgments

I wish to extend my deepest gratitude to all those whose support and contributions made this translation possible, with special thanks to Shuki Ecker (son of Dr. Leon Eker and grandson of Ozjasz and Pepi Ecker of Wolica Barylowa) for his collaboration, assistance, and translations during the project's inception (2000-2002). I also thank the other volunteer translators, including the earliest contributors – Angela Brice z”l, Ariel Distenfeld z”l, and Rita Falbel.

Special recognition is reserved for Moshe Kutten, whose extraordinary dedication ultimately brought this project to its conclusion. As a volunteer, he translated the vast majority of these pages, contributing more than any other individual. I could not have completed this project without his tireless efforts and his infinite patience in answering all of my questions.

I am also thankful to Bev Adler, Debbie Entin, and others for their generous financial support; to Andy Cassell, Gloria Hytowitz, Adam Neuer, Irving Weitz z”l, and Janet Weitz z”l for their assistance with Polish, Ukrainian, and Yiddish words and phrases that appear throughout the book; and Lance Ackerfeld, Director of the JewishGen Yizkor Book Project for his immense help and for seeing this project through to completion.
Barbara Beaton

 

Yizkor Book

for the Communities of

Radekhov, Lopatyn, Witkow Nowy, Cholojow,
Toporow, Stanislawczyk, Strzemilcze (Stremiltsch), Szczurowice (Schtervitz)
and the Villages:
Uwin, Barylow, Wolica, Wygoda, Skryholow (Skrilov), Zawidcze, Mikolajow, Dmytrow, Sienkow etc.

Edited by G. Kressel



Published by the Organization of the Former Residents of the above Settlements, in Israel and Abroad

Tel-Aviv 1976 [1]

Preliminary pages i
Schematic Layout of Radekhov x
   
Preface The editorial board 1
Introduction Prof. Dov Sadan 5
   
Radekhov  
   
Radekhov Zelig Arenstein 14
The Rabbis of Radekhov and Vicinity Rabbi Meir Wunder 17
Eretz Yisrael in the Lives of the People of Radekhov Yaakov Dov Raanan [Frisch] 33
In Radekhov and in Eretz Israel Yaakov Dov Raanan [Frisch] 42
My Father's House Yaakov Shmuel Weissman 62
Memories of the Second Immigrant from Radekhov Dov Ecker z”l 65
In Radekhov before the Holocaust Sara Feuerstein 72
Life in Radekhov and the End of its Jewish Community Sara Kitzes 76
In Remembrance of Our Town Radekhov Ettel Gertwagen 80
The Holocaust Period in Radekhov Jacob Leider 82
The Days of Horror Leib Gold z”l 86
Life Story Sarah Steinwurzel 89
A Daughter of Radekhov with “Volksdeutsche” B. Z. 92
During the War L. B. 97
My Survival [Yiddish] Leon (Leibish) Schrage 100
In Memory of Our Father Itzhak and Zacharia Dafna 105
The House of Reb Shmuel Ecker Yaakov Dov Raanan (Frisch) 107
Life Story Yechiel Menaker z”l 109
Yechiel Menaker, of Blessed Memory Tzvi Tamari 111
Mordechai Weissman, of Blessed Memory Dr. Ze'ev Levin 113
Refael Wasser Ester Meir Ashkenazi 117
About My Home and Father Tamar Menaker-Kasher 119
The Home of Reb Meir Barak Bluma Kriger 130
The Home of Yosef and Etil Kelner Batya Weinberg 133
In Memory of My Family Tzipora Grinberg-Ben Khur 135
About Ben-Zion Pelz's Miryam Menaker-Kaniuk 136
The Matmid Yisrael Inbari 137
On the Mountains of Judea (a poem) Ben-Tzion Pelz z”l 138
In Memory of Yosef Schwarzenberg Yehudit Grinberg 139
The Persistent One in “Torah vaDaat”[2] Getzel Kressel 140
“Torah vaDaat” Lazar Wilder 141
Organized Zionist Youths from Radekhov   143
Families from Radekhov   157
Radekhovers in Israel   163
   
Lopatyn  
   
Schematic Layout of Łopatyn   170
Pages from the Life of the Community of Łopatyn and its End Avraham Tzvi Bernholtz 171
A.Tz. Bernholtz Eliezer Eliner 195
Łopatyn and its Destruction Ben-Zion Friedman 196
Łopatyn Chapters Elazar Wilder 213
My Parents' House David Parnas 224
Yosef Parnes   231
Recollections Chana Lehrer 233
Between Tritki and Łopatyn Mordechai Yalon 234
Hanoch Yalon Prof. Yechezkel Kutscher 243
On the Secret of a Language Prof. Dov Sadan 249
The Greatest Linguist of the Generation Getzel Kressel 256
My Brother and Teacher Mordechai Yalon 260
Two Autobiographies Asher Barash 262
About “A Jew Escapes from Trouble” - A Story by A. Barash Getzel Kressel 264
An Event that Took Place in our Town of Łopatyn in 1898 Ben-Zion Friedman 265
A Jew is Escapes from Trouble (a short story) Asher Barash 267
Asher Barash of Galicia Kopel Schwarz 302
Recollections About Asher Barash Mordechai Yalon 304
The Last Journey of Asher Barash Pinchas Lander Elad 306
Eliezer Dov (Berish) Yalon Mordechai Yalon 311
My Brother, Mendel Leib Yalon Mordechai Yalon 314
Akiva Distenfeld, His Life and Accomplishments Mordechai Yalon 316
Akiva at the Readers' Service Prof. Shmuel Hugo Bergman 320
The Righteous Worker Prof. Dov Sadan 321
Lopatyners in Israel Yehoshua Nesyahu (Suchman) 328
Fifty Years of Service at the Technion Aryeh Nesher 328
My Shtetl [Yiddish] Yakov Bernholz 331
 
Witkow Nowy
 
Map of the Town and a Street Scene   342
Recollections Yosef Chaim Peltz 343
My Town Witkov Nowy, Memories Yitzkhak Shuman 356
Witkow Nowy Dov Peltz 361
My Survival [Yiddish] Dov Pelz 366
 
Cholojow
 
The Shtetl Cholojow Rabbi Szymon Efrati 399
My Parents' House Mordechai Reis 406
 
Toporow
 
Rabbi Meshulam Zalman Yosef Zilberfarb A. Dubinsky 411
Toporow Shalom Zilberfarb 417
 
Stanisławczyk
 
My Town Stanisławczyk Rabbi Aharon Laszczower 422
A Rabbi and Public Figure Rabbi Katriel Fishel Tchorsh 424
An Innocent and Righteous Sole Barukh Duvdevani 425
A Great Scholar and Sage Shlomo Zikhroni 427
 
Stremiltsh [Stremil'che]
 
The Killing Field in Stremiltsh David Sitzer 431
My Son and I Still Live (Yiddish) David Sitzer 436
My Birthplace Menachem Pardes 449
About Stremiltsh [Yiddish] Menachem Pardes 451
My Town Stremiltsh Menachem Doyer 455
My Parents' House Gila Shtayner z”l 456
In Memory of Gila Steiner Z. Orenstein 458
In Memory of Moshe Chaim Kremnitzer and his Family Wilma Schlesinger 460
 
Szczurowice [Shtervitz]
 
Rabbis of Shtervitz Rabbi Meir Wunder 461
My Town Shtervitz Yitzchak Shterling 463
Saving Ritual Articles Ben-Zion Friedman 465
Shtervitz and Its End Fishel Fisch 467
Memories from My Town Shtervitz [Yiddish] Fishel Fisch 475
 
Uwin
 
The Village of Uwin Zelig Ornstein 491
Recollections and People Meir Fisch 505
My Father's House Dr. Yaakov Efrat [Menkes] z”l 516
 
Barylow – Wygoda
 
In Memory of the Jews of Barylov [Baryliv] Yaakov Kremnitzer 518
Journey to a Shattered Jewish World Mordechai Kremnitzer 542
The Bunker in the Cowshed in Potoki Yosef Apelfeld 557
The Family of Tzvi Krantz Yosef Apelfeld 560
 
Skrilov [Skryhove]
 
In the Villages Eliezer Kaptzan 562
About Bracha Kaftzan Shmuel Margalit 579
 
Zawidcze – Mikolajow – Zaliskie
 
My Parents' House Aharon Gruber 580
In Memory of the Martyrs (Yiddish) Shimon Gruber (Canada) 583
Zawidcze Lipa Bernstein 587
Saved from Death by a Noble Polish Family [Yiddish] Helen Klahr (Fisch) 590
Photographs from Mikolajow and Zaliskie   593
 
Dmytrow – Niestanice – Sienkow
 
The Jewish Community in Dmytrow Moshe Waldbaum 595
The Jewish Community of Niestanice and its Destruction Benjamin Tanenbaum 602
A Jewish Estate Esther Ringert 612
Max Ringert A. Kh. Melamed 623
A Story from Days of Horror Hela Rapaport 624
 
Yizkor: Lists of Martyrs
 
Radekhov 633
Lopatyn 640
Stanislawczyk (partial list) 641
Hrycowola 641
Niewice [or Niwice] village 641
Witkow Nowy 642
Cholojow 646
Sienkow village and estate 647
Toporow 648
Szczurowice (Schtervitz) 650
Strzemilcze (Stremiltsch) 651
Uwin village 651
Skryholow (Skrilov) village 651
Barylow 651
Wolica Barylowa estate 652
Wygoda 652
Dmytrow village 652
Zawidcze 652
Mikolajow, Zaliskie and Adamowka 653
Niestanice 653
 
In Memory of the Deceased
 
Former residents of Radekhov, Lopatyn and the vicinity who died in Israel 655
 
Translation of Photograph Captions
Translation of Town Maps

  1. Although the title page states 1976 as the year of publication, the actual year was 1984. Back
  2. “Pentacle and Knowledge”, a weekly publication of the central library of Kiryat Uno, Israel. Back

 

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