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Translation of
Di Kehila Fon Horodlo
Editors: Y.Ch. Zawidowitch, Former Residents of Horodlo in Israel
Published in Tel Aviv, 1966
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TOC translated by Yael Chaver and Gloria Berkenstat Freund
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1. The Jewish Community of Horodlo | ||
A Word From the Publishers | The Editorial Committee | 7 |
May Their Memory Live Forever | Yosef Khayim Zavidovich | 11 |
2. Eulogies and Appreciations | ||
Remember the National Catastrophe! | Dr. M. Dvorzhetsky | 14 |
Remember the Devastation of the Jews… | Dr. M. Dvorzhetsky | 15 |
Remember What Was Done to Us! | Rabbi Khayim HaLevy Berman | 17 |
A Yizkor Book | Henekh Berman | 21 |
An Eternal Monument | Shaul Kupershtok | 23 |
Kaddish for Our Home Town[1] | Mordkhe Herbst | 25 |
3. The Town of Horodlo, Its Residents, and Its Jewish Community | ||
The Town of Horodlo, Its Residents, and Its Jewish Community (Overview) | Yosef Khayim Zavidovich | 30 |
4. The Jews of Horodlo and their Spiritual, Social, and Community Life | ||
The Town Rabbi of Horodlo | Rabbi Khayim Berman | 45 |
Horodlo and Its Residents | Henech Berman | 54 |
The Jews of Horodlo and their Scholarship | Moshe Biderman | 68 |
Horodlo, Our Town (Reminiscences) | Ben-Tziyon Bergman | 74 |
Reminiscences | Rokhl Bergman | 88 |
The Young People and their Social and Cultural Activity | Moshe Zuberman | 96 |
Reminiscences of Life in the Horodlo Area | Tzvi Plat | 101 |
The Young People of Horodlo | Rokhl Plat (Zisberg) | 107 |
5. Horodlo During the First Months of the War | ||
Horodlo During the First Days of the War | Shmuel Fraynd | 117 |
Horodlo in the First Months of the War | Ze'ev Frucht | 126 |
6. The Destruction of Horodlo (- Accounts by Survivors) | ||
The Jews of Horodlo during the German Occupation, and Their Bitter End | Fradl Shiffer (Perlmuter) | 131 |
The Jews of Horodlo During the War, and their Dreadful Death | Aryeh (Leon) Berger | 161 |
The German Occupation and Liquidation of the Horodlo Community | Abish Berger | 184 |
Events in Horodlo, 1939-1942 | Aharon Fuks | 198 |
The Last Journey | Fradl (Perlmuter) Shiffer | 202 |
7. Customs and Personalities | ||
Our Nearest and Dearest | Yosef Chaim Zavidovich | 210 |
Unforgettable Figures | Aharon Pelech | 236 |
Matisyahu (Mates) the Cheder Teacher[2] | Yisroel Barg | 243 |
Horodlo, My Home Town | Avrom Kulish | 249 |
The Heroism of Yitzchok Saller | Melech Shechter, Israel | 254 |
Horodlo Characters | Mordkhe Herbst | 263 |
Horodlo Jews Greet Shabbat | Mordkhe Herbst | 273 |
The First Theatrical Performance in Town | Yisro'el Barg | 277 |
Memories of the Recent Past | Yosef Aryeh Herbst | 280 |
Remembering My Family | Rokhl Bergman | 283 |
Quite a Family, Ashkenazi Style | Hirsh Zuberman | 286 |
8. A Memorial | ||
The Horodlo Monument on Mount Zion, Jerusalem, Israel | 292 | |
9. In Rhyme | ||
Sad Experiences | Fradl Shiffer (Perlmutter) | 299 |
Prayer in the Pit | Fradl Shiffer (Perlmutter) | 302 |
Longing for Home | Fradl Shiffer (Perlmutter) | 303 |
10. List of the Martyrs of Horodlo | ||
List of the Martyrs of Horodlo | 307 | |
11. List of the Martyrs of the Village of Strzyzow | ||
List of the Martyrs of the Village of Strzyzow | 317 | |
12. Supplements | Editorial Committee | 319 |
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