Mir, Belarus (Main Page)

Mir Memorial Book
(Belarus)

53°27' / 26°28'

Translation from Sefer Mir

Edited by: N. Blumenthal

Published by the "Encyclopedia of the Diaspora" in Jerusalem, 1962

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Our sincere appreciation to Israel Shifron, chairman, Mir landsmanschaft,
for permission to put this material on the JewishGen web site.

Without the assistance of Carole Montello, Mike Posnick, and Patrick Gordis,
who provided the pages to be scanned, this Mir web site would not have been possible.

This is a translation from: Sefer Mir (Memorial book of Mir),
Editors: N. Blumenthal, Jerusalem, The Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora, 1962 (H,Y,E, 768 pages)

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English Section

13	Introduction
17	Mir - the City of the Torah by M. Tiktinski
27	Personalities in Israel and Overseas originating from Mir by Natan Gardi
33	Mir - before the destruction by Simha Reznik
41	The German Occupation and Liquidation of Mir by Miriam Swirnowski-Lieder

Hebrew Section

29	History of the Jews of Mir / Dr. N. M. Gelber
45	Rabbis of the Mir Congregation / M. Sinovitz
	1 - Moshe
	2 - Tzvi Hirsch HaCohen Rappaport
	3 - Rabbi Solomon Zalman Mirkish
	4 - Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Eizenstadt
	5 - The “Gaon” Yosef David Eizenstadt
	6 - Rabbi Moshe Avraham Eizenstadt
	7 - Rabbi Chaim Zalman Bressler
	8 - The “Gaon” Yom Tov Lipman (R. Lipa)
	9 - The “Gaon” Ba'al Hadar
75	The “Gaon” Elihu Baruch Kamai / HaRov Ruben Gollick
77	Avraham Tzvi Kamai / HaRov Elchanan Soritzkin
83	The community of Mir during the “Council of Lands” period/ H. Berlis
99	History of the Mir Yeshiva / M. Sinowitz
115	The “Gaon” Chaim Yehuda Leib Tiktinski / Moshe Tiktinski
119	Memories of the Mir Yeshiva / L. Mendelstam, HaRov Tzvi Hirsch Masliyonski, & A. R. Mashvitzki
123	Yerucham Livovitz, HaMasgiah of the Yeshiva / M. Sinovitz
127	Yerucham Livovitz / N. Gordai
131	Scholars in Mir / Tiktinski

Memories From The Past

137	Yeshua Zuchovitzer / Yitzhak Zuchovitzky
143	When the Grandfather Left / Zalman Rubashov (Shazar)
151	The Defense of Mir / Y. Shmulevitz
155	The Geniuses & Honor of Mir / Chanoch Rakovitz
163	Bread for the Poor / M. Tiktinski

Between The Two Wars

169	My city Mir / Simcha Resnick
185	In my city of Mir / Tzvi Packer
197	A walk in Mir's streets / Bruria Rettner Rosenblum
203	Material merchants / Bruria Rettner Rosenblum
209	Sofer / S. Resnick
213	The Jewish Elementary School / S. Resnick
227	The Library / Moshe Ravni (Postvoski)
233	The Library Comes Back to Town / Nisan Gardi (Garvadzitski)
235	Pioneers / S. Resnick
253	The Chevra Kadisha (Burial Society) / S. Resnick

Persons And Periods

265	Mir Chapters / Zalman Shazar
283	People of Note in Mir / Y. Yoselevitz
	Elihu Baruch Kamai
	Akiva Goldberg
	Zeev Yoselevitz
289	From the days I lived in Mir / Aryeh Leib Schwartz
291	Characters / S. Margolin
	1- The Talmud Torah
	2 - The genius from Minsk
	3 - “G'milot Chesed” [loan society]
	4 - Yaacov Abaranok
297	The Youth / S. Resnick
	Chaim Shmukler
	Nachum Elihu Kogon
	Eliezer Gorodner
	Pinkus Resnick
	Avraham Kastrovitzki
	Avraham Piezitzner
305	Establishments With People & Tzedekah / M Tiktinski

The Holocaust

313	Osvald Rufeisen / S. Resnick, M. R'uveiny
329	Resistance of the Jews of Mir / Dov Resnick
	Osvald Ruteisen
	Partisans

347	Children of the Partisans / S. Resnick
355	The Destruction of Mir / Zalman Leib Hoffman
359	Trees on the Edge of the Pits / S. Resnick

People Of Mir In Israel And Other Countries

365	People of Mir in the Building of Israel / N. Avir
379	Alexander Manor/Zalman Shazar

Men of Mir

385	Moshe R'uveiny
389	”Hashomer Hatzair”/ Moshe Kraynowitz
393	Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer / R Tzvi Yehuda Meltzer
401	Three generations / Alexander Manor
415	The Shachor home / Zalman Shachor
419	Yishaya Tiktinski / M. Tiktinski
421	Yishaya Tiktinski / Sonia Shvirif
423	Men of Mir in the Hagannah
425	Men of Mir amongst the Partisans
429	Shlomo Meiman / M. Sinovitz
433	Rabbis of Mir / M. Sinovitz
	Avraham Yaakov Lesser
	Yaakov Meir son of Avraham Dov Ber HaCohen
	Baruch Zandel Margolin
	Yaakov Iskolsky
	Israel Isaacson
	Aryeh Leib Zeev from Vilna
	Israel Yaakov of Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Hirsch
	Gershon Tanchum
	Shemai Yelyad Mir
	Ephraim Zalman Halevi Slutzky
	Ezra Altshuler
	Yaakov Yoselevski
	Yosef David Shahar
	Meir Shahar
	Herschel Eliasberg

647	We bid Farewell to the Graves

MEMBERS OF THE BOOK AND EDITORIAL COMMITTEES:

M. Tiktinski, S. Reznik, Natan Gardi, M Reuweni, Nissan Gardi, Sh. Margolin, Bruria Rosenblum,
Elieser Breslin, Dov Resnik (Berechke), M Kreinowitz, Moshe Yorshan.

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