Memorial Book of Skala
(Skala Podolskaya, Ukraine)

48°51' / 26°12'

Translation of
Sefer Skala

Editor: Max Mermelstein

Published in New York-Tel Aviv 1978


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This is a translation of: Sefer Skala (Memorial book of Skala),
Editor: Max Mermelstein, Skala Benevolent Society, Published: New York-Tel Aviv 1978 (H,Y,E 359 pages)

Note: The original book can be seen online at the NY Public Library site: Skala-Podilska

A complete translation of this book can also be found at the NY Public Library site:
Skala-Podilska (2009) which was kindly donated by Tony Hausner

 


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Table of Contents

TOC translated by Gloria Berkenstat Freund (Yiddish) and Shalom Bronstein (Hebrew)

Introductory Words Maks Mermelsztajn (Wajdenfeld)  
 
I Chapters in the History of Skala
History of Jewish Skala Gdalia Lakhman 3
Skala at the Zbrucz River Ben-Tzion Fiderer 26
 
II The Holocaust
The Way Skala Was Laid Waste & Destroyed Gdalia Lakhman 49
These I Remember & I Pour Out My Soul for Them Chaim Bretler 73
Memories from the Forest Maks Mermelsztajn (Shlomo Wajdenfeld's son) 93
Chapters from the Diary Sosya Cymerman (Gotesfeld) 112
Janowski the Lemberger Extermination Camp Avraham Brandes-Tratowski 124
Humor from the Dark Days Chaim Bretler 130
How We Saved the Torah Scrolls of Skala Ester Yegendorf-Herzog 133
Our Remnants after the Liberation Chaim Bretler 135
List of Skala residents who survived the Holocaust and their newly acquired residences 143
The Survivors (a poem) Chaim Grade 147
One Night in the Soviet Prison Esther Boner-Gelbart 148
At the Trials of the Nazi Murderers in Germany Chaim Bretler 150
 
III Memories and Experiences
Paragraphs from the Journal of Memories Chaim (Moniu) Fiderer 161
Skala - My Town Dvorya (Dora) Zandberg 172
The Last Leaders of the Skala Community - My Father Moti Vidberg z”l Bruria Szbrutzboch 186
Yisrael-Leib Freifelder z”l Yakov Herzog 189
R' Hayim Roiz z”l, The Respected Teacher Ester Boner-Gelbart 190
A Judgment from The Skaler Rebbe B. Resler 193
The Pioneering Group “Hehalutz” in Skala Moshe Bisn 198
Theater in Skala and the Founding of the Jewish Library Yakov Herzog 201
Folklore and Humor in the Life of the Skaler Youth Gdalia Lakhman 204
The Stone of Shlomo Lemberg Ester Boner-Gelbart 209
At the Mill Fradl Sztok 211
The Land Bishop Fradl Sztok 216
At the Post Office in Skala Khona Gotesfeld 223
Skala Figures from the Past Chaim Bretler 229
Reb Itsikl Iwankawer the Estate Lessee Becomes a Minter of Money Lou Menszel 242
The Non-Jewish School and My Father's Shtreiml [fur hat worn by Hasidic men] Yakov Wizental 243
Three Figures from the Past Ben-Tzion Fiderer 245
A Gas Lamp and a Kerosene Lamp Yakov Herzog 247
The Great Aliyah l'Torah [being called up to read from the Torah] in Skala   249
A Folk Song   252
The Skaler Supporters Union in New York Yakov Herzog 256

English Section

Foreword Max Mermelstein (Weidenfeld)  
The History of Skala Gedalia Lachman 1
The Destruction of Skala Gedalia Lachman 22
Document - Crimes perpetrated by the German-Fascist
occupiers and their collaborators
  48
List of Martyrs - Skala residents who perished
during the Holocaust years 1941-1945
  55

 


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