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May this be a holy memorial for our unforgettable parents Meyer Berzack born in 1883 and died 17th Iyar 1949 Yenteh-Beileh born in 1889 and died 19th Adar 1948. Both were buried in Cape Town, South Africa. Your shining memory will never be forgotten. Our ties to you are still very strong. [The feelings of being connected to you are for us, your children, still very strong.] Their charity and good deeds have embedded themselves in the hearts of Johannesburg Jewry and in us. [from] Mordechai, Leibeh, Yehuda, Moshe and Heinech Berzack, wives, and children in Johannesburg and Cape Town

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For our father Sh'merel Saitowitz who died in Rakishok on 22nd Adar Tarpät, and our mother Soreh-Rasheh who passed away in Johannesburg 8th Shevat, 10th January 1946. May these lines serve as a memorial. [from] Rochel-Tziviah and Yitzchak Zinman children and grandchildren Genendel and Motteh Goott Pinyeh and Pessiah-Gittel Saitowitz children and grandchildren Dovid-Berel and Esther Saitowitz and children Aharon and Soreh-Leah Saitowitz and children

May this be in memory of our parents Avrohom-Ya'akov and Mineh Saitowitz and brother Gershon, who was martyred [in sanctifying Hashem] in Rakishok and brother Zundel Saitowitz, wife and children, who perished in Shavli [Shavel], and sister Rochel-Frumeh, who died in Rakishok 14th Elul 1921 and sister Genendel, who died in Vilna. [from] Yisroel-Moshe and Tzipporah Saitowitz and children [in Kiryat-Chayim, Israel] Soreh-Leah and Aharon Saitowitz and children [in South Africa] Menucha-Rivka and Velvel Saitowitz and children [in South Africa]

We will always cherish the memory of our parents Yosef and Chaya-Soreh Dubiansky, who died in Abel, and of our brother Nottel and his wife Reizel Dubiansky and sons, who perished in Ezhereni, of our sisters Chana-Elkeh, Feigetshkeh and Merel, and her husband Aharon Levin, of our brother Sholem Dubiansky and his wife of our uncle and aunt Hirsheh and Toibeh Yosselowitz who all perished in Abel. Your memory is holy. [from] Esther and Dovid-Berel Saitowitz and children

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May this Hazkorah be an Eternal Light for our father Chayim-Itzeh Fulman who died in S'vadoshtz on 21st March 1929, for our mother Ida-Feigeh Fulman, for our sister Mereh, husband Leibeh and children, for our sister Rivkah Fulman, who all perished in Sviadoshitz, for our sister Soreh-Leah, husband Bentzieh Miller, and daughter Chashkeh, who perished in Rakishok. The memory of all of you is holy! We will never forget you! Hindeh and Avrohom Merkel and children [from] Dinah Merkel, Chaya and Chayim Lipschitz, and children [Cape Town] Leibeh and Rochel-Leah Fulman and children [Boston, America] Avrohom-Gershon and Fenyah Fulman and children [Boston, America] Chana and Yisroel Fushner and daughters [Boston, America]

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For our unforgettable parents Reuven and Rochel Ruch we, the sons and daughters, erect here on this Yizkor Page, a memorial in honour of your holy memory. In sorrow, your children who remained behind: [from] Tuviah Ruch and family, Johannesburg, South Africa Ahuva Ruch and family, Israel Leah Ruch and family, Johannesburg Latteh Ruch and family, Cape Town Elchanan Ruch and family, Canada Reizel Ruch and family, Canada Sorrel Ruch and family, Canada Avrohom Ruch and family, Canada Ittel Ruch and family, America Yerachmiel Ruch and family, Riga, Soviet Union

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Let this be a memorial and an everlasting memory [remembrance] for our Father and Zaida Chayim Shimshon Swartzberg who died in Worcester, America 24th Teivet Tartzä 13th January 1931, for our mother Riveh-Giteh Swartzberg [Bat Reb Yisroel-Tzvi] who died in Rakishok 26th Adar Tarsä. [from] Hessel and Chana-Leah Swartzberg children and grandchildren

We, Moshe and Chaya-Soreh Klavier, express our great sorrow over the cruel death of our parents Zelig-Dovid and Tileh-Ida Klavier, of our brother Ya'akov Klavier, who were murdered by the German gangsters [bandits] in Abel. May these lines be an eternal memorial light for our father Mendel Klatzkin, who died in Yanishok in 1939, for our mother Chassel Klatzkin, for our brother Avrohom Klatzkin and wife, for our sister Rivka Galperin, husband, and children, who all perished in Yanishok. We will never forget all of you. Your names will be engraved in our hearts forever. [from] Moshe and Chaya-Soreh Klavier and children

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May this be in everlasting memory of our father Mordechai-Peretz Berzack, who perished in Bagoslavishok, of our mother Chaya Berzack, who died in Bagoslavishok in 1929, of our brother Gedaliah Berzack, who perished in Keidan, of our sister Gittel, who perished in Bagoslavishok. [from] Reizel and Yisroel Michel-Michalewitz and children, Johannesburg Yentel and Reuven Novick and children, Pretoria

May this be a memorial for my husband and the father of our children Mendel Witz [Yosselowitz] We will always remember you, who are unforgettable. [from] Malkah Witz and her children Berel Witz and wife Liebeh and David Kaplan Binyomin Witz and wife Beileh and Leah Witz

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A hallowed memorial for our mother Rikle Smilg who died in Johannesburg 5th [Menachem] Av Tarsät, 31st July 1944 and for our sister and brother-in-law Goldeh and Nottel Gordon, and children, who perished in the Rakishok Holocaust, and for all our relatives who perished in the Holocaust of Lithuania. [from] Moshe and Leah Smiedt [Smilg] and children

May this be a memorial for my beloved parents Dovid and Sheineh Sabel who passed away in Vryheid, Natal. Your memory is holy and precious to me! [from] Sarah Jacobson

For Katriel and Sheineh Sommer and Beileh-Tzindel and her children, who all perished by the hand of the German murderers in Rakishok. May this be an everlasting memorial for them! [from] Avrohom-Yisroel and Rochel Tzeredines Miller, Oudtshoorn, Capetown

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On the new [fresh] grave of my devoted wife and mother of our children Soreh Moskowitz who died suddenly Shabbat 7th Teivet Tashyäv 5th January 1952 May these lines be a hallowed and an everlasting memory! We will never forget her and always remember her! [from] Chayim-Refael Moskowitz and sons Shmuel [Sam] and Zalman [Zummy] daugher Tamara and son-in-law Avraham [Arnold] Tannenbaum and granddaughter Hayley

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I am deeply shattered by the gruesome murder of my cousins Mottel Katz and family Hertzl Shapiro, wife Rochel-Gittel and family, and of the tragic deaths of all my friends who were brutally murdered by the Nazi-cannibals in Rakishok. [from] Rochel Herr [Shapiro]
In Memoriam [remembrance] of my beloved sister Ida with her husband and children, son-in-law and grandchildren. I will never forget you. [from] Mirch and Yudel Riback Johannesburg	I will never forget and always remember my beloved sister Soreh Tzadok, brother-in-law, and three sons, Pesach, Yankel and Lazar [from] Yudel and Mireh Riback

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Hereby, we erect a memorial for our parents Meyer-Leizer and Dobra Orelowitz for our sisters Freida, husband Avraham, and their children, Rochel-Ita, husband, and children, for our brothers Pesach and his wife and children, Choneh and his wife and children, and for our brother Ben Zion. Your memory is holy to us! [from] Chayim Leib and Beileh Orelowitz and children

May this be a memorial for our parents Chatzkel and Chaya Tzukernick, for our sister Reizel, who perished tragically by the hand of the Nazi murderers. We will never forget your tragic death! [from] Beileh and Chayim Leib Orelowitz and children

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