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

 

Acknowledgments

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Wanda Lee Peretz

 

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 Synagogue in Gwozdziec 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 Taybale 139
In the Ghettos and Hiding Places Docia Neiberger 160
Memories of the Holocaust Period Meir Lautman 163
In the Red Army and Russia Menachem (Mendel) Tzomer 169
Happenings During the Holocaust period Peretz Schmelzer 174
The Story of Grisha Zvi Shalem (Grisha) 177
List of Gwoździec and the Surrounding Area Martyrs   185
Table of the Dead and Missing   186
 
Translation into Yiddish 221
For the Memorial Book Y. K. Zeltzer 222
A Look at the Past Shaul Kugler 261
Memories of the Town Meir Lehrer 264
Gwoździec, The Place Where I Spent My Childhood and Youth Meir Nave 280
The Town's Youth in the 1920s Dov Haspel 287
The “Bnei Akiva” Youth Movement in Gwoździec Ya'akov Shikler 292
The Nest of Beitar Regina Tzomer 293
Memories of the “Hashomer Hatzair” Nest H. Haspel 295
Longing M. Feller (Greenberg) 296
The Wooden Synagogue in Gwoździec M. Zilber 297
Legends and Stories About the Old Synagogue in Gwoździec (A compilation) 303
Destruction of the Town D. Neiberger 306
The Aktzias and the Burning of the Ghetto in Gwoździec Taybale 311
In the Ghettos and Hiding Places Docia Neiberger 323
Memories of the Holocaust Period Meir Lautman 326
In the Red Army and Russia Menachem (Mendel) Tzomer 332
Happenings During the Holocaust period Peretz Schmelzer 337
The Story of Grisha Zvi Shalem (Grisha) 340
Table of the Dead and Missing 349

 

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