Wyszków Book
(Poland)

52°36' / 21°28'

Translation from Sefer Wyszków

Edited by: D. Shtokfish

Published in Tel Aviv, 1964



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This is a translation from: Sefer Wyszków (Wyszków Book), ed. D. Shtokfish,
Wyszków Association of Former Residents in Israel and abroad, Tel Aviv, 1964 (H / Y, 351 pages).

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Preface Menakhem Shtelung 5
 
First Part
 
A. The History of the Town, General Memoirs, and Descriptions
 
The ancestry of Vishkuv D. Shtokfish 11
Memories of Vishkuv Menakhem Kaspi (Sarbarnik) 14
The town in the years 1892-1913 Max Tchekhanov 22
30 years of community life Yitskhok Beharov 26
The yeshiva, synagogues, study places, and prayer quorums   30
The last rabbi's of Vishkov   33
Bloody Polish “Games” of 1920 Mordkhe V. Bernshteyn 33
Polish-Bolshevik terror in 1920 Y. Mitelsbakh 39
A memoir of "That Year" Liber Viigoda 40
Vishkov Remembrances Yisroel Granat 41
Vishkuv during bad times and Good M. Rabin 43
Pictures of the town Baranek 48
Romantically, socially, ideally Yekhiel Bzhoza 50
A bundle of memories from days past Chaim Levin 51
Memories of the old town Moyshe Stolik 52
A Vishkever melody A. Pat 53
The Vishkever band, Dalekes Yitskhok Markuskhamer 55
A day in the town Moystie Farbshteyn 57
Memories of our young years Shmuel Nyestenpover 59
Our train station, the Porembo settlement Yankev Palukh 60
Moyshkub on the Kibbutz Dafne Yehuda Eylan 63
 
B. Political Parties, Societies, Organizations, and Institutions
 
The founding of the Zionist organizationin Vishkuv Mordkhe Krunenberg 69
The first pioneer in town Yisroel Kaluski 69
The left Zionist organization and its youth Yankev Shtelung 73
A few lines on the “HaShomer HaTsair” in Vishkuv [1] Leah Guldenshteyn 78
In the HaShomer HaTsair youth movement Bina Yakubovitch-Tabak 80
From the members of the orthodox youth organization Menakhem Nagl 81
On the eve of elections in the Jewish community in the year 1931 Paul A. Kramer 82
The Vishkever loan fund in the Year 1931   83
Interest-free loan fund of the socialist handwork union Y. M. Tsembal 84
Sports Clubs and self-defense Borukh Yismakh 87
The sport club “Maccabi” Sh. Sh. 89
The worker's sports club “Skala” Mayer Leyb Holtsman 91
 
C. Religious Life
 
Religious institutions and "Shtiblekh" [2] Motl Venger 95
A religious town Velvi Alenberg 98
My children are not agnostics Fraydl Kaplovitch 99
The first proper kheyder [3] F. M. R. 100
Memoirs of a student in the yeshiva “Darkhey Noam” [4] Khaim Umyal 101
The yeshiva “Beys Yoysef” Paul A. Kramer 101
Jewish chains Rabbi Shimon Arye Kheyfits 102
My memories of the yeshiva Shimon Zikharye Malovantchik 102
The keepers of the Shabbos in town Arye Shtelung 104
The excommunication Borukh Yismakh 105
Buried behind the fence Y. M. Tsembal 106
Cantorial singing and choirs in Vishkuv Elye Y. Brukhansky 108
The keepers of the Sabbath were not successful Yosl Popavski 110
  
D. Personalities, Businessmen, Figures, and Types
 
Mordechai Anilewicz: Leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising – born in Vishkuv Yisroel Gutman 115
Our Master, Our Teacher, Our Rabbi – from Vishkuv-Radzimin Yekhezkl Rutenberg,
Moyshe Sheynfeld		 120
Reb Khaim Henekh, the Prayer Leader Menakhem Shtelung 121
Reb Khaim Malkhiel, the cantor Y. Brukhansky 124
Yisroel Asman Yoysef Zaydenshtat 124
Yisroel Asman's folk legends and folklore Sh. Ernst 125
Yisroel Asman in Los Angeles Yekhiel Bzhoza 127
Vishkever figures Yitskhok Baharav 127
Henekh Kaluski Avigdor Mondry 128
Dr. Laykher Shimon Malovantchik 128
Reb Motl Broder Shimon Malovantchik 129
Reb Yanki Dovid Pshetitski Shimon Malovantchik 129
Mordkhe Tchekhanov Tch. (Khane) Aplboym 129
Reb Shimon Bar Yekhezkel Sobrinski Yerakhmil Vineski 130
Moti and Sore Beharov Yitskhok Beharov 131
Reb Khinekh Kurnet Moyshe Kurnet 132
Grandfather Reb Yisroel-Yitskhokand, grandmother Freyde-Farle Yitskhok Ben Nakhum
Vaisman (Farle)		 132
In Memory of my father, Simkhe Mushkat H. Mushkat 133
Tsvike Musberg Pnina Musberg 134
Zev Holand   136
Avraham Tenenboym Khane and Borukh-Dovid Tenenboym 136
Yitkhok Zemir   137
Their memories must be forever Yitskhok Markuskhamer 137
Enda the lady-butcher [Katzfke]   139
Hershl the water carrier Yisroel Asman 141
Hershele Kuriap Yisroel Asman 143
My teachers Motl Vegner 145
The blind Rabbi H. Mushkat 147
Ayzikl, the teacher M. Rabin 148
Vishkever figures Yankev Mitlsbakh 149
The language of truth M. Rabin 153
The two mutes Yekhiel Bzhoza 155
The rural doctor Malovantchik Yosl Popovski 156
Reb Sholom Refoylkes (Mikhalkes) M. Federgrin 157
 
The Second Part – The Destruction of Vishkuv
 
In the Vishkuv forest Binem Heler 161
Itzel [Yitzchak] Radziminsky, of blessed memory Zev Radziminsky 161
To Remind and to Remember Menakhem Kaspi (Sarbernik) 162
The first air-raid of Vishkuv Yoysef Gurni 163
In the first days of the destruction Moyshe Venger 164
Air-raid of September 1939 Naftali Kartmer 166
“Black Friday” Leybl Popavski 167
The Nazi murderers in town Kh. A. 169
Vishkuv in flames Tsvi Yankev Gemora 169
Struggling with death Leml Rubin 170
In the years of misfortune and anguish Khane Srebro 177
Hitler's murder of children Leah Director (Lerman) 185
My experiences during the occupation Fanye Herts 188
In the forest with the partisans Fayvl Fular 191
The last request of a martyr   193
The Polacks helped to kill the Jews of Vishkuv   193
We succeeded in escaping Velvi Olenberg 194
Partisans and Ghetto fighters in the forest of Vishkuv   194
With my wandering staff in hand Yitskhok Baharav 196
Dead shadows walk in the marketplace Dr. Khaim Shoshkes 200
Rabbi Bronshteyn visits Vishkuvin 1961   201
  
Part Three – Vishkevers in Israel and in the World
 
The beginning in Israel Moyshe Farbshteyn 205
15 years of the Israeli organization of people who came out of Vishkuv Yerakhmil Vilenski 206
The Vishkever society in New York Yekhil Burshtin 221
Vishkow Association of New York Aaron Benjamin 221
The Los Angeles Vishkever society Avraham Dovid Tef 227
Vishkevers in Los Angeles H. Mushkat 228
Various activities Beitche Tef (Yelin) 229
Vishkuv union in Argentina and surrounding area Arye Shtelung 229
Y. M. Tsem Bal Y. Leyeles 236
Yankev Shtelung Y. M. Tsembal 236
Vishkevers in Uruguay Sh. Grata, Kh. Venger 237
Vishkevers in Cuba Tch. Apelboym 238
Vishkevers in Germany request help   238
 
Part Four – Yizkor
 
Dr. M. Dvorzhetski   243
Sh. Sholom   243
Kaddish Yerakhmil Vilenski 244
List of Vishkever Jews who died   245
Obituaries   267
New York obituaries   269
Los Angeles   287
Argentina   294
Uruguay   300
Israel   303
 
Part Five – Additions
 
Index of georgaphical names and pictures   337
Index of names   341
Noticed Errata   351


  1. A youth organization; lit. “The Young Guardians” Return
  2. A “shtibl” is a place of worship in someones house or storefront; a small adhoc synagogue Return
  3. A kheyder is a one-room schoolhouse or a school in the rabbi's house Return
  4. Literally: Paths of Pleasantness Return

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