Hvizdets, Ukraine

Memorial Book for Gwozdziec and Vicinity
(Hvizdets, Ukraine)

48°35' / 25°17'

Translation of
Sefer zikaron Gwozdziec ve-ha-sevivah

Edited by Mendel Zilber

Published in Ramat Gan, 1974

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This is a translation from Sefer zikaron Gwozdziec ve-ha-sevivah
(Memorial book for Gwozdziec and vicinity)
Mendel Zilber, Ramat Gan 1974 (351 pages H,Y)

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TOC translated by Mira Eckhaus

For the Memorial Book of Gwoździec (Review) Y. K. Zeltzer 1

A Look at the Past Shaul Kugler 36

Memories of the Town Meir Lehrer 41

Gwoździec, The Place Where I Spent My Childhood and Youth Meir Nave 57

The Town's Youth in the 1920s Dov Haspel 64

The “Bnei Akiva” Youth Movement in Gwoździec Ya'akov Shikler 68

The Nest of Beitar Regina Tzomer 69

Memories of the “Hashomer Hatzair” nest H. Haspel 73

Longing M. Feller (Greenberg) 74

The Wooden Synagogue in Gwoździec M. Zilber 77

Description of the paintings and inscriptions in the wooden synagogue in Gwoździec M. Zilber 92

Legends and Stories About the Old Synagogue in Gwoździec (A compilation) 132

Destruction of the Town D. Neiberger 135

The aktzias and the burning of the ghetto in Gwoździec, in the ghettos, on the roads and in the camps Taybale 139

In the ghettos and hiding places D. Neiberger 160

Memories of the Holocaust period M. Lautman 163

In the Red Army and Russia M. Tzomer 169

Events during the Holocaust period F. Schmeltzer 174

The story of Grisha Z. Shalem 176

Table of the Dead and Missing 185

Index of names and topics 217

Translation into Yiddish 220

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For the Memorial Book of Gwoździec (Review)	Y. K. Zeltzer	1
A Look at the Past	Shaul Kugler	36
Memories of the Town	Meir Lehrer	41
Gwoździec, The Place Where I Spent My Childhood and Youth	Meir Nave	57
The Town's Youth in the 1920s	Dov Haspel	64
The “Bnei Akiva” Youth Movement in Gwoździec	Ya'akov Shikler	68
The Nest of Beitar	Regina Tzomer	69
Memories of the “Hashomer Hatzair” nest	H. Haspel	73
Longing	M. Feller (Greenberg)	74
The Wooden Synagogue in Gwoździec	M. Zilber	77
Description of the paintings and inscriptions in the wooden synagogue in Gwoździec	M. Zilber	92
Legends and Stories About the Old Synagogue in Gwoździec	(A compilation)	132
Destruction of the Town	D. Neiberger	135
The aktzias and the burning of the ghetto in Gwoździec, in the ghettos, on the roads and in the camps	Taybale	139
In the ghettos and hiding places	D. Neiberger	160
Memories of the Holocaust period	M. Lautman	163
In the Red Army and Russia	M. Tzomer	169
Events during the Holocaust period	F. Schmeltzer	174
The story of Grisha	Z. Shalem	176
Table of the Dead and Missing		185
Index of names and topics		217
Translation into Yiddish		220