Grabowiec, Poland

Memorial Book Grabowitz
(Grabowiec, Poland)

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Translation of
Sefer zikaron le-kehilat Grabowiec

Edited by Shimon Kanc

Published Tel Aviv 1975

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Translations

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This is a translation from Sefer zikaron le-kehilat Grabowiec (Memorial book Grabowitz)
Shimon Kanc, Tel Aviv 1975 (463 pages H,Y,E)

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TOC translated by Yocheved Klausner

Hebrew

Preliminary pages

We Shall Remember 5

On the Threshold 8

How We Began D. Erlich, Y. Hustik, M. Vald 13

Introduction S. Kantz 18

The Town and Its History

History of the Town Shimon Kantz 24

Ancient Times and Memories Avraham Eshkol 33

Our Town Grabowiec in its Prime and its Decline Leibush Glomb 36

On Hasidic Leaders and Their Followers Leibush Glomb 50

Jewish Education

Cheyders and Melameds Shmuel Hitter 80

Early Days Mordechai Fink 83

My Childhood Home Mordechai Fink 89

Political Parties, Organizations, and Institutions

The Beginnings of the Zionist Movement Mordechai Fink 94

Zionism, Youth Movements, and Zionist Pioneering Yosef Gofer 96

Yehuda Gilboa's Life Story Yehuda Gilboa 99

Memories of Moshkehh Shroyt Mordechai Fink 117

The Mizrachi Party, Its Establishment and Development in Our Town Moshe Vald 119

My Students in the Hebrew-Language School Shlomo Ofir (Shtrasberg) 123

Songs of Immigration Yosef Boym 126

Beitar [Y] David Ben-Zvi Erlich 127

The Bund [Y] Chaya Tsigel-Lerer 132

The Library and Drama Club [Y] Moshe Shek 135

The Charity Hostel [Y] Itta Shtarker 137

Bringing a Torah Scroll into the Synagogue [Y] Clara Reichman-Trug 140

Simple, Kind Jews [Y] Ya'akov Reichman 141

Thanks to the Merit of the Rebbe Hershel Reiz 144

Alleys, Buildings, and People [Y] Yosef Nudel 146

Unforgettable Years [Y] Yeshayahu Heeter 152

In the Quiet Tracks of Fathers and Grandfathers [Y] Moshe Shek 154

Friday Evenings [Y] Esther Shteinberg-Zamuster 157

People who are near to us [Y] Sara Zatz 160

A terrible story [Y] Fishel Beinishers 162

Jewish life [Y] Tuvia Kreitman 164

Fairs [Y] David Ehrlich 168

Episodes from the Past

The Grabowiec saga Chaim Pinchas Blaff 174

The town Chana Silberzweig 178

In the mirror of a guest Yitzhak Nery-Lichtash 184

The people of Grabowiec G. Yosef 187

In the ways of youth Lisa Hurwitz 191

The spirit of idealism Yosef Nudel 192

Yiddish

Figures and Ways of Life

It was only yesterday Eliezer Eynes 195

The world of our past Eliezer Eynes 218

My years in Grabowiec Efraim Lerner 224

Crystal-clear figures Chaim Pinchas Blaff 234

A past life Yisrael Hustik 250

Grabowiec, my dear town Yisrael Hustik 262

In those distant years Yosef Boym 263

People and personalities Efraim Zalman-Sam Krattman 267

A song of many generations Avish Goldfarb 278

The years of the First World War Chaia Lerner 281

My father's home (my home) Yosef Nudel 285

My mother's heart Moshe Vald 288

The dispute Avraham Shtarker 291

Weekdays and Sabbath Zelde Miller-Dobzhinski 293

The experience of electing a new Rabbi Avraham Nudel 295

Jewish represetatives in Poland authorities Mania Haus-Wielder 297

Chaya'le Lerner Ch. P. Blaff 302

The Horrors of Holocaust and Destruction

The ruined world The Editorial Board 304

Under the bloody rulers Ben-Zion Fink 305

Days, years of pain and destruction [Y] Ita Kaplan-Schitler 317

Horrible days and nights [Y] Sara Rosenfeld-Boym 325

Over bleeding roads [Y] Moshe Silberzweig 330

The War [Y] Zelde Miller-Dobzhinski 347

Documents from the Jewish Historical Institute [Y] 349

Wandering Tuvia Kreitman 351

In the Soviet Concentration Camp [Y] Leibush Glomb 354

This was how we prayed [Y] Leibush Glomb 358

With my Grabowiec clothes [Y] Leibush Glomb 360

The Heroic Struggle

In Blood and Fire [Bedam Va'esh] The Editor 364

The struggle with the enemy [Y] David Ehrlich 365

With weapons in hand [Y] Shifra Fischman-Schiessler 375

Grabowiec fighters in the forest and on the battlefield [Y] Yisrael Hustik 379

Years od horror and heroism in front of abyss and ruin Chana Silberzweig 382

* *

Former Grabowiec residents in America Ch. P. Blaff 390

* *

List of Martyrs (necrology) 398

Obituaries 411

English

Book Committee 2

Grabowitz – My “Shtedtl” Chaim Pinhas Blaff 3

On Tsadikim and Hassidim Leibush Glomb 7

The Lustre and Decline of Grabowitch Leibush Glomb 12

Under Bloodthirsty Rule Ben Zion Fink 16

My Testimony at the Trials of the Hangmen of the Hrubieszów Area 23

The Activities of the Association of Immigrants from Grabowitz in Israel 25

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Hebrew

Preliminary pages
We Shall Remember		5
On the Threshold		8
How We Began	D. Erlich, Y. Hustik, M. Vald	13
Introduction	S. Kantz	18

The Town and Its History
History of the Town	Shimon Kantz	24
Ancient Times and Memories	Avraham Eshkol	33
Our Town Grabowiec in its Prime and its Decline	Leibush Glomb	36
On Hasidic Leaders and Their Followers	Leibush Glomb	50

Jewish Education
Cheyders and Melameds	Shmuel Hitter	80
Early Days	Mordechai Fink	83
My Childhood Home	Mordechai Fink	89

Political Parties, Organizations, and Institutions
The Beginnings of the Zionist Movement	Mordechai Fink	94
Zionism, Youth Movements, and Zionist Pioneering	Yosef Gofer	96
Yehuda Gilboa's Life Story	Yehuda Gilboa	99
Memories of Moshkehh Shroyt	Mordechai Fink	117
The Mizrachi Party, Its Establishment and Development in Our Town	Moshe Vald	119
My Students in the Hebrew-Language School	Shlomo Ofir (Shtrasberg)	123
Songs of Immigration	Yosef Boym	126
Beitar [Y]	David Ben-Zvi Erlich	127
The Bund [Y]	Chaya Tsigel-Lerer	132
The Library and Drama Club [Y]	Moshe Shek	135
The Charity Hostel [Y]	Itta Shtarker	137
Bringing a Torah Scroll into the Synagogue [Y]	Clara Reichman-Trug	140
Simple, Kind Jews [Y]	Ya'akov Reichman	141
Thanks to the Merit of the Rebbe	Hershel Reiz	144
Alleys, Buildings, and People [Y]	Yosef Nudel	146
Unforgettable Years [Y]	Yeshayahu Heeter	152
In the Quiet Tracks of Fathers and Grandfathers [Y]	Moshe Shek	154
Friday Evenings [Y]	Esther Shteinberg-Zamuster	157
People who are near to us [Y]	Sara Zatz	160
A terrible story [Y]	Fishel Beinishers	162
Jewish life [Y]	Tuvia Kreitman	164
Fairs [Y]	David Ehrlich	168

Episodes from the Past
The Grabowiec saga	Chaim Pinchas Blaff	174
The town	Chana Silberzweig	178
In the mirror of a guest	Yitzhak Nery-Lichtash	184
The people of Grabowiec	G. Yosef	187
In the ways of youth	Lisa Hurwitz	191
The spirit of idealism	Yosef Nudel	192

Yiddish

Figures and Ways of Life
It was only yesterday	Eliezer Eynes	195
The world of our past	Eliezer Eynes	218
My years in Grabowiec	Efraim Lerner	224
Crystal-clear figures	Chaim Pinchas Blaff	234
A past life	Yisrael Hustik	250
Grabowiec, my dear town	Yisrael Hustik	262
In those distant years	Yosef Boym	263
People and personalities	Efraim Zalman-Sam Krattman	267
A song of many generations	Avish Goldfarb	278
The years of the First World War	Chaia Lerner	281
My father's home (my home)	Yosef Nudel	285
My mother's heart	Moshe Vald	288
The dispute	Avraham Shtarker	291
Weekdays and Sabbath	Zelde Miller-Dobzhinski	293
The experience of electing a new Rabbi	Avraham Nudel	295
Jewish represetatives in Poland authorities	Mania Haus-Wielder	297
Chaya'le Lerner	Ch. P. Blaff	302

The Horrors of Holocaust and Destruction
The ruined world	The Editorial Board	304
Under the bloody rulers	Ben-Zion Fink	305
Days, years of pain and destruction [Y]	Ita Kaplan-Schitler	317
Horrible days and nights [Y]	Sara Rosenfeld-Boym	325
Over bleeding roads [Y]	Moshe Silberzweig	330
The War [Y]	Zelde Miller-Dobzhinski	347
Documents from the Jewish Historical Institute [Y]		349
Wandering	Tuvia Kreitman	351
In the Soviet Concentration Camp [Y]	Leibush Glomb	354
This was how we prayed [Y]	Leibush Glomb	358
With my Grabowiec clothes [Y]	Leibush Glomb	360

The Heroic Struggle
In Blood and Fire [Bedam Va'esh]	The Editor	364
The struggle with the enemy [Y]	David Ehrlich	365
With weapons in hand [Y]	Shifra Fischman-Schiessler	375
Grabowiec fighters in the forest and on the battlefield [Y]	Yisrael Hustik	379
Years od horror and heroism in front of abyss and ruin	Chana Silberzweig	382
* *
Former Grabowiec residents in America	Ch. P. Blaff	390
* *
List of Martyrs (necrology)		398
Obituaries		411

English

Book Committee		2
Grabowitz – My “Shtedtl”	Chaim Pinhas Blaff	3
On Tsadikim and Hassidim	Leibush Glomb	7
The Lustre and Decline of Grabowitch	Leibush Glomb	12
Under Bloodthirsty Rule	Ben Zion Fink	16
My Testimony at the Trials of the Hangmen of the Hrubieszów Area		23
The Activities of the Association of Immigrants from Grabowitz in Israel		25