Book of Sosnowiec and the Surrounding Region in Zaglembie

Volume II

(Poland)

50°18' / 19°10'

Translation of Sefer Sosnowiec v'hasviva b'Zaglembie
Edited by: Me'ir Shymon Gashury (Brukner)

Published in Tel-Aviv, 1974

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This is a translation from:
Sefer Sosnowiec v'hasviva b'Zaglembie (Book of Sosnowiec and the Surrounding Region in Zaglembie),
Editors: Me'ir Shymon Gashory (Brukner), Sosnowiec Societies in Israel and the United States,
France and other countries, Tel Aviv, 1974, (Vol. II / H, Y, 512 pages).

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Translated by Lance Ackerfeld

([H] indicates that the article appears in Hebrew and [Y] indicates that it is in Yiddish)

	The committees and organizations of the Sosnowiec and region émigrés	3
[H]	Preface	10
[H]	From Sosnowiec to Tel Aviv (recollections)	12
	Benjamin Dagieli (Fiszel) [picture]	57
[H]	The Zionist Labor Party "Hitachdut" in Zaglembie	58

B. People and Businessmen

[Y]	Rabbi Szmul Abramowicz	65
[H]	Concerning three Jewish families in Sosnowiec	65
[Y]	Szlomke Hamburgier	65
[Y]	Berisz Warszawski	69
[Y]	Mrs. Warszawski	70
[Y]	Matusz Wajner	71
[Y]	Painting and sculptures in Sosnowiec	71
[Y]	Szlomo Fejwel Zyskind	72
[H]	Abraham Zendel	73
[Y]	Michael Treger	73
[Y]	Lewi Jungster	74
[H]	Baruch Lancman and Ester Szprynca	74
[H]	Josef Lancman, may the Lord avenge his blood	75
[Y]	Yermiya Igra	75
[Y]	Fejwel Ostry	76
[Y]	Mosze Miadownik	78
[H]	Jecheskel Lezinger	78
[Y]	Dr. Hersz Liberman	79
[Y]	Jona Manele, the bath attendant	79
[Y]	Alter Markowicz	79
[Y]	Michael Milechir	80
[Y]	Szmul Krystal	81
[Y]	Berman (Bernard) Roman	81
[H]	Zalman Wolfenson	82
[H]	Israel Michael Berkowicz	82
[H]	Lajbisz Federman	82
[H]	Chanoch Jungster, the publisher	82
[H]	Hersz Lipszyc	82
[H]	Szaul Majtlis	82
[H]	Mrs. Malka Makower	82
[H]	Juda Cukierman	82
[H]	Maurycy Rajcher	82
[H]	Abraham Frydrych, may the Lord avenge his blood	84
[H]	Szmu Rodower, the chief orderly	85
[Y]	Sara Rotsztajn (Gorzlani)	85
[H]	Natan Szliwinski	85
[Y]	Jehoszua Szliwinski	86
[Y]	Dawid Szwarcbaum (Big bear)	86
[H]	Adina Szwajcer	88
[Y]	Aron Szenicki	88

C. A List of People and Businessmen who passed away in Sosnowiec (1920-1939)

[Y]	Szmul Parszenczewski	89
[Y]	Chanoch Milsztajn	90
[Y]	Simcha Kalman Najer	90
[Y]	Josef Majer Roter, tombstone engraver	90
[H]	Dawid Priwer	91
[H]	Israel Zylberszac	91
[H]	Isidor Firstenberg	91
[H]	Iszajahu Rotner	91
[H]	Edwar (Izak) Nachner	91
[H]	Berisz Hercygier	91
[H]	Towje Bajtner	92
[H]	Ester Frymeta Englard from Strzemieszyce	92
[H]	Jakób Lajb Abramczyk	92
[H]	Hinda Englard from Strzemieszyce	92
[H]	Zalman Enrst from Bedzin	92
[H]	The Admor [our master and teacher] from Eretz Israel [Land of Israel], Rabbi Alter Biderman	92
[H]	Chaim Binkowski	92
[H]	Szabtaj Goldfajn	92
[H]	Chaim Hamburgier	92
[H]	Aron Weizman, may the Lord avenge his blood	93
	Picture gallery - pictures of people from various statuses and various settlements	106

D. The Holocaust and the Rebellion, Destruction and Annihilation

	Memorial shrine in the Holocaust cellar on Mt. Zion, Jerusalem (photograph)	109
	Memorial shrine of Zaglembie Émigrés in France	109
	Memorial shrine of Zaglembie Émigrés in Toronto, Canada	110
[H]	So that they will know (fot the consecration day) by Jechiel Grantsztajn	113
[H]	These pages	114
[Y]	These pages	115
[H]	And I carried out my revenge in red – a dirge – from the archives of Rabbi Izak Jedidia Frenkel	117
[H]	First alarm in Sosnowiec	119
[H]	The destruction of the Czeladz community	121
[H]	The destruction of the Dabrowa community	122
[H]	The destruction of the Jewish Strzemieszyce	123
[H]	About the Modrzejów society	124
[H]	Katowice (from the "Atrocity Book" edited by Bemjamin Minc)	125
[H]	The destruction of Jewish Niwka	126
[H]	In the Slawków and Dabrowa ghettoes	128
[H]	The messiah complex of the despot; Moniek Meryn from Sosnowiec, in the Nazi ghetto	131
[H]	Niwka	137
[H]	The wanderings of one group	147
[H]	"Yom Kippur" in the Paszow camp	150
[Y]	Amongst the Nazis and their accomplices	151
[Y]	A prisionor of the Nazis	153
[H]	In the tempest of destruction and resurrection	167
[H]	Heroic chapters in the Holocaust period (a "Kol Israel" broadcast)	173
[H]	Wandering and Rebellion	174
[H]	Sosnowiec chapters	196
[Y]	My father's will	206
[Y]	In the valley of pain and sorrow	210
[Y]	Slavery and agony	216
[Y]	The Zaglembian deportations	222
[Y]	Concerning a monument in Auschwitz	225
[Y]	Murderers of Jews from the Zaglembian region get their just deserts	226
[H]	"And you had a sign on your arm"	227
[Y]	Bibliographies from Jewish books and articles on the destruction and heroism in Zaglembie	228
[H]	In the arms of annihilation	236
[H]	By candlelight	246
[H]	A fight for life in the shadow of death	250
[H]	From the paths of terror and atrocity to my parent's home in Jerusalem	254
[H]	The situation begins	259
[H]	The life and death of Lajzer Szikman	263
[Y]	In the valley of torture and agony	264
[Y]	A humiliating return	272
[Y]	In hell	285
[Y]	Vivid experiences I encountered	294
[H]	From the Holocaust	296
[Y]	The beginning of the end	296
[H]	From the brinks of annihilation to the pinnacles of liberation	297
[Y]	About countries	310
[Y]	The overwhelming Yizkor	312
[Y]	From the beginning to the end	314
[Y]	On the first day in Strzemieszyce	327
[Y]	Back home…	333
[H]	A desolate Sosnowiec	333
[Y]	Lost years	339
[Y]	Hard labor	342
[Y]	The last [Jews] in Bedzin	345
[Y]	The annihilation begins	346
[Y]	Once there was a life	347
[H]	Reb Lajbl Bajtner	349
[Y]	About Bergen-Belsen	349
[Y]	In the struggle for life	351
[Y]	Long memories	354
[Y]	The beginning and the end of the torture	356
[Y]	Thoughts	359
[Y]	The annihilation of the Zaglembian Jewish settlement as described during the Eichmann trial	363
[H]	The universe closed in on me	364
[H]	Czeladz – a memorial to her martyrs	365

E. Yizkor

[H]	Yizkor	375
	A memorial candle to the martyrs – commemorated by their relatives in the USA and Canada	377
[H]	A memorial candle to the martyrs – commemorated by their relatives in France	396
[H]	A memorial candle to the martyrs – commemorated by their relatives in Israel	398
[H]	The memorial over the ashes in the Nachlat Yitzhak cemetery	405
	Martyrs in photographs	406
[H]	From that inferno	412

F. In memory of the fallen - Sons of Zaglembie émigrés who fell in Israel's wars

[H]	Josef Ben Hadar	415
[H]	Amit Ben Horin	416
[H]	Michael Harel (Frajberg)	417
[H]	Shmuel Wigdor	418
[H]	Josef Yitzhak Verona	419
[H]	Alexander Zoskowicz	420
[H]	Shalom Yitzhak Judkewicz	421
[H]	Joel David Cohen	422
[H]	Elijahu Salomon	423
[H]	Avraham Josef Friedrich	424
[H]	Szmul Szwajcer	425
[H]	Yari Shahak	426
[H]	Jakob Shahar	427
[H]	Josef Liberman	428
[H]	Joel Ze'ev Lustiger	429
[H]	Avraham Borowski	429
[H]	Avigdor Izak Dreksler	430
[H]	Arie Kas	430
[H]	Meir Yarom	431
[H]	Zvi Paz (Pomeranc)	431
[H]	Menashe Bugajski	432
[H]	Gad (Gadi) Manele	433
[H]	Cabinet minister Rabbi Michael Hazani, of blessed memory	434
[H]	The Zaglembie Émigrés Organization commitee	435
[H]	Some final words	436
[Y]	Some final words	437
	The Holy Ark in the synagogue of Sosnowiec	465
	Workers from the KKL in Sosnowiece	466
	Inauguration of the Jewish hospital in Sosnowiec	466
[H]	On the main road to the State of Israel	467
[H]	From Sosnowiec to Tel Aviv	468
	A document belonging to the "Mizrachi" Organization in Sosnowiec	508
	Trade bank in Tel Aviv	509
	Permission granted to Mr. Dagieli in 1944	510
[H]	Invitation to the inaugral ceremony of the trade bank branch office in Beer-Sheba	512

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