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List of the victims from the town of Kobylnik

Translated by Jerrold Landau

Translator's note: The Hebrew and Yiddish introduction each have slightly different nuances, so I translated both. First paragraph is the Hebrew, and second is the Yiddish. The Yiddish version notes that the list contains death date information (yahrzeits).

These are the names of our brethren of the Children of Israel of Kobylnik, the city of murder, in which men, women, and children, were murdered by the enemy troops and their assistants, during the Holocaust of the Second World War. Their memory will never leave us.

The list of Kobylnik martyrs, along with their yahrzeits, who were murdered by the German criminals and their assistants during the great misfortune of the Second World War.

 

Surname Given Name Wife's Name Children's Names Details
ALSFIEN Mendel–Leib Gissia   Died on Tuesday, Tishrei 11, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
AXELROD Eliahu   Israel and Yehoshua Died in Oszmiana, date unknown.
BERGER Shabtai Nehama Moshe, Israel–Benyamin, Hanna and Minna Shabtai, Nehama, Moshe, and Hanna died on Tuesday, Tishrei 11, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik. Israel–Benyamin died on Monday, 20 Tammuz 5702, July 6, 1942 in Kobylnik. Mina died in 1943 in Ponar (Vilna).
BOTVINIK Moshe Haya Yosef and unidentified infant son Died on Sunday, 14 Tishrei 5702 (eve of Sukkot), October 5, 1941 in Kobylnik.
BOURGIN Hayyim–Mayer     Died in 1942 in the forests of Kurenitz
CHERNOTZKY Fraidel   Ya'aqov and David Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
CHERNOTZKY Gedaliyahu Sarah–Rivka Yocheved Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
CHERNOTZKY Haya     Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942.
CHERNOTZKY Israel Dina Esther Israel and Esther died on Sunday, 28 Adar II, 5703, April 4, 1943, in Ponar (Vilna). Dina died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
CHERNOTZKY Yehoshua Rivka son Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
COOPERSTOCK Ze'ev Shaina   Died on Monday, 27 Elul, 5702, August 10, 1942, in Kurenitz. {Translator's note, the dates do not correspond. 27 Elul 5702 is September 9).
DANISHEVSKY Barukh Eliahu Menuha three children Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
DIMENSHTEIN Shlomo Rivka Beral–Laib and Hava Died on an unknown date with the Warsaw Ghetto fighters {Translator's note – the second name Laib is not included in the text}.
DIMENTSTAIN Beral–Leib Nehama   Died on an unknown date in Lithuania.
DIMENTSTAIN Esther     Died on Monday, 22 Tammuz, 5702, July 6, 1942, in Kobylnik, along with 5 Jewish refugees from Kribichi whose names are unknown.
DIMENTSTAIN Esther Haya     Died on an unknown date in Ponar (Vilna).
DIMENTSTAIN Rivka   Esther–Faiga Died on Tuesday, Tishrei 11, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik
EINBINDER Rabbi Yehuda–Leib Malka   Died on Tuesday, Tishrei 11, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942 in Kobylnik
FAIGELMAN Tuvia Haya–Sarah Rahel, Shabtai and Masha Tuvia died on Monday, Yom Kippur, September 20, 1942, in Kobylnik. Haya–Sarah and Rachel died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik. Masha died in 1943 in Estonia.
GANTOVNIK Baila     Died on an unknown date in Warsaw.
GANTOVNIK Gittel And family Died on an unknown date in the city of Radin.
GANTOVNIK Hayyim and family   Died on an unknown date in Warsaw.
GANTOVNIK Mayer Gittel Yehuda Died on Sunday, 14 Tishrei (eve of Sukkot), October 5, 1941 in Kobylnik.
GERSHATOR Moshe Tamar Shlomo and Hirschel Moshe, Tamar, and Shlomo died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942 in Kobylnik. Hirschel died at an unknown place on an unknown date.
GILMAN Laib Ida Lea and Matla (son Hayyim died in service with the Red Army) Laib, Ida, and Lea died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942 in Kobylnik. Matla died on Wednesday 24 Av, 5703, August 25, 1943 in the forest during the time of the German siege on the partisans. Hayyim died in August 1944 in battle near Koenigsburg while serving in the Red Army
GILMAN Menashe     Died on Sunday, 14 Tishrei, 5702 (eve of Sukkot), October 5, 1941, in Kobylnik.
GILMAN Raitza     Died on Sunday, 14 Tishrei, 5702 (eve of Sukkot), October 5, 1941, in Kobylnik.
GLOTT David   Hirschel–Yona and Yentka David died on Friday, 3 Av, 5702, July 17, 1942 in Kobylnik. Hirschel–Yona and Yentka died on Av 5702, 1942, in Kobylnik.
GLOTT Mera–Leeba     Died on Av 5702, 1942 in Kobylnik.
GOL Ya'aqov (pharmacist) his wife Moshe–Aharon, Malka and Sally Ya'aqov, his wife and daughter Malka died in 1942 in Postavy. Moshe–Aharon and Sally died on an unknown date in the forests near Glubokie. (Translator's note: it seems that Sally is Moshe–Aharon's daughter).
GOLDZEGGER Avraham (shochet) Baila Menahem, Sara, Raizel and Hanna Avraham died on Friday, 3 Av, 5702, July 17, 1942, in Kobylnik. Baila died on Tuesday, Tishrei 11, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942 in Kobylnik. Menachem, Sara, Raizel, and Chana died in Tishrei 5703, 1942 in Myadel.
GORDON Avraham Haya–Rivka Yehuda, Aharon, Shaul–David and Rahel Avraham, Yehuda, Aharon, Shaul–David, and Rahel died on Saturday, 13 Tishrei 5702, October 4, 1941 in Glubokie Ruchi near Kobylnik. Haya–Rivka died on Wednesday 7 Tammuz 5701, July 2, 1941 in Kobylnik.
GORDON Avraham–Laib Haya–Moussia Eliahu–Moshe Avraham–Laib and Haya–Moussia died on Tuesday, Tishrei 11, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942 in Kobylnik. Eliahu–Moshe died on an unknown date at an unknown place.
GORDON Eliahu Baila   Died on Sunday, 28 Adar II, 5703, April 4, 1943 in Ponar (Vilna).
GORDON Fruma   Malka, Nehama, Devora and Sheina Fruma and Malka died in 1942 in Pohost. Malka, Nechama, Devora and Sheina died on Tuesday, Tishrei 11, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942 in Kobylnik.
(Translator's note: Malka is mentioned in both lists. One must be an error.)
GORDON Hava     Died on Sunday, 28 Adar II 5703, April 4, 1943, in Ponar (Vilna).
GORDON Shaul Doba Ya'aqov and Faiga Died on Sunday, 9 Cheshvan 5704, November 7, 1943 in old Vileyka.
GORDON Yizhaq–Ya'aqov Grounia   Died on Saturday, 13 Tishrei 5702, October 4, 1941, in Glubokie–Ruchi near Kobylnik.
GREENBERG Ya'aqov Bainish Minna Laib, Hanna and Esther Ya'aqov Bainish died on Sunday 14 Tishrei, 5702 (eve of Sukkot), October 5, 1941 in Kobylnik. Minna, Laib, and Hanna died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik. Esther died in June 1944 in old Vileyka.
HODOS Fraidel     Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
HODOS Laib Assna   Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), in Kobylnik.
HODOS Minna     Died on Sunday, 14 Tishrei, 5702 (eve of Sukkot), October 5, 1941, in Kobylnik.
HODOS Moshe Zelig Rivka   Died on Sunday, 14 Tishrei, 5702 (eve of Sukkot), October 5, 1941, in Kobylnik.
HODOS Rivka   Ya'aqov and Gershon Died on an unknown date in Kobylnik.
HODOS Sara     Died in 1942 in Postavy.
HODOS Yosef Baila Haya and Yizhaq Yosef, Baila, and Haya died on Friday, 3 Av, 5702, July 17, 1942, in Kobylnik. Yizhaq died on an unknown date in Kobylnik.
HODOS Zippora     Died on Wednesday, 27 Elul, 5702, Septemer 9, 1942, in Kurenitz
HOLFMAN Shmuel Hana Sonia Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
JABLONOVITZ Azriel Merl Zviya and Yosef–Eliahu Azriel died in 1942. Merl, and Zviya died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik. Yosef–Eliahu died on Tuesday, 20 Tammuz, 5702, July 6, 1942, in Kobylnik.
JANOVSKY Eliahu–Yosef Reizel Avraham, another son and Kaila Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
JANOVSKY Faivel Sara Haya–Leeba Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
JANOVSKY Hayyim–Ya'aqov Sara–Rivka   Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
JANOVSKY Hirschel and family   Died on an unknown date in an unknown place.
JANOVSKY Moshe (son of Avraham–Yizhaq) Sima son Died on an unknown date in Kamelishki.
JANOVSKY Moshe Ganasiya Shmuel, his sister–in–law from Leningrad Moshe died in 1942 near Postavy. Ganasiya and sister–in–law from Leningrad died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942 in Kobylnik. Shmuel died in 1943 in Ponar (Vilna)
JANOVSKY Pinkhas Merl three daughters Pinkas died in 1943 near Postovy. Merl and three daughters died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942 in Kobylnik.
JANOVSKY Shlomo Eliezer Haya–Rivka Israel, Yizhaq and Esther, along with another daughter Died on Saturday, 27 Cheshvan, 5703, November 7, 1942, in old Vileyka.
JANOVSKY Yeshyahu and his family   Died on an unknown date in an unknown place.
JANOVSKY Zlata   Gittel, Yehoshua, Devoshka, her husband, and two children Zlata and Gittel died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942 in Kobylnik. Yehoshua and Devoshka with her husband and two children died on Friday, 26 Cheshvan 5703, November 6, 1942, in old Vileyka.
JANTIS Haya–Sara     Died on an unknown date in Smorgon.
KAGAN Laib Pessia Yosef and Batya Died on an unknown date in an unknown place.
KAGANOVICH Yizhaq Hana   Yizhaq died in 1944 in old Vileyka. Hana died on an unknown date in Warsaw.
KAPLAN   and family   Died on Sunday, 14 Tishrei, 5702 (eve of Sukkot), October 5, 1941, in Kobylnik.
KAPLAN Yehudit   Laibel Died on an unknown date in Vilna.
KIRMILISKY Baila–Dooba     Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
KIRMILISKY Faivel and family   Died on an unknown date in an unknown place.
KIRMILISKY Lieber and family   Died on an unknown date in Zyrardow.
KLUMEL Anivta     Died on an unknown date in Vilna.
KLUMEL Haya–Sarah   Gittel Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
KLUMEL Yizhaq Rivka Avraham, Baila and Shulamit Died on an unknown date in an unknown place.
KRAVCHENSKY Yizhaq Haya–Batya Sarah–Riezel, Haya–Liba and Nehama Died on Sunday, 14 Tishrei, 5702 (eve of Sukkot), October 5, 1941, in Kobylnik.
KRIVITZKY Akiva Kayla Benyamin and Yizhaq Akiva died in 1943 in Komai. Kayla, Benyamin, and Yizhaq died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
KRIVITZKY Avraham Slova Laib and Baila Died on an unknown date in Devenishkes.
KRIVITZKY Gershon Kayla Zelig Died on Friday, 14 Tishrei, 5702 (eve of Sukkot), October 5, 1941, in Myadel.
KRIVITZKY Hanah–Devosha     Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
KRIVITZKY Yehuda–Laib Haya Benyamin and Yizhaq Died on an unknown date in Glubokie.
KRUKOV Chyena   Heshel Chyena died on Sunday, 28 Adar II, 5703, April 4, 1943, in Ponar (Vilna). Heshel died on Saturday, 12 Nisan, April 17, 1943, in the partisan ranks in Smolensk.
KRUKOV Yisrael Haya Arieh Died on Saturday, 27 Cheshvan, 5703, November 7, 1942, in old Vileyka.
KRUPSKY Miryam   (added 1999 by M. Svirsky) Died on an unknown date in an unknown place.
KUBERSKY Yosef (pharmacist) Assia Boris and Raya Died on Tuesday, 12 Elul, 5703, August 25, 1943, during the German siege on the partisans in the forests of Kurenitz.
KURENIETZKY   and family   Died on an unknown date in an unknown place.
KYEVSKY Avraham Haya–Sarah Yizhaq, Hirschel–Mendel and Taibel Died on Saturday, 27 Cheshvan, 5703, November 17, 1942, in old Vileyka.
LASKOV Ya'aqov Rahel   Died on an unknown date in Smorgon.
LAZAROVITZ Hayyim Leiba  Daughter Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
LEVCOVITCH Hillel Hava Shimon and Tzyrl Hilled died in 1941 in Vilna. Hava, Shimon, and Tzyrl died in 1943 in Vilna.
LEVIATAN Dina     Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
LEVIATAN Yizhaq Fraida Israel–Mayer, Avraham and Faiga Yizhaq died on an unknown date in Glubokie. Fraida, Israel–Mayer, Avraham, and Faiga died on Sunday, 14 Tishrei (eve of Sukkot), October 5, 1941, in Kobylnik.
LIFSHITZ Ben–Zion Ginesiya Raizel and Yeshayahu Died on an unknown date in Glubokie.
LIFSHITZ Leiba–Malka   Fraidel Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
LUCHINSKY Shabtai Rachel Shmuel–Hirsch, Yizhaq and Baila Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
MAKOVSKI Rabbi Laib[1] Laiba Avraham Died on Sunday, 14 Tishrei, 5702 (eve of Sukkot), October 5, 1941, in Kobylnik.
MASHEETZ Yizhaq Zippora Shmuel–Hirsch Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
MILCHMAN Hana   and family Died on an unknown date in an unknown place.
MILCHMAN Michael Mina David and Yocheved Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
NAROTZKY Arieh Laib Frieda Sonia, Raizel, Feiga and Michael Arieh Laib, Frieda, Sonia, Reizel, and Feiga died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik. Michael died on Friday, 26 Cheshvan, 5703, November 6, 1942 in old Vileyka.
NAROTZKY Hayyim     Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
NAROTZKY Shlomo Braina–Cherna Haya and Baila Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
NAROTZKY Zelig Kaila Velvel, Baila, Devora and one more, daughter, name unknown Died on Sunday, 14 Tishrei, 5702 (eve of Sukkot), October 5, 1941, in Kobylnik.
POTALIK Rabbi     Died on Sunday, 14 Tishrei, 5702 (eve of Sukkot), October 5, 1941, in Kobylnik.
RAIDER Hayyim Ida Slova and Esther Hayyim died on Monday, 20 Tammuz 5702, July 6, 1942, in Kobylnik. Ida, Slova and Esther died on Friday, 25 Tammuz, 5702, July 10, 1942, in Kobylnik.
RUDOSHANSKY Moshe Shaina Rivka Died in 1943 in the Vilna ghetto.
SCHMIDT Leib Golda five children Died in 1941 in Glubokie.
SCHNIEDEROVITZ Batya   Yizhaq, Sarah and Haya Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
SHAPIRA Shraga his wife Laibel and Sarah Died on Sunday, 14 Tishrei, 5702 (eve of Sukkot), October 5, 1941, in Kobylnik.
SHEFTAN Eliyahu Gitta   Died on an unknown date in an unknown place.
SHPYTZ Hayyim Liba Sonia and Devoshka Died on Friday, 27, Cheshvan, 5703, November 6, 1942, in old Vileyka.
SOLOMON Boris   his sisters Rivka and Hava Died on Wednesday, 7 Tammuz, 5701, July 2, 1941, in Kobylnik. Rivka and Hava died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
STEINGARTH Yosef Baty Ya'aqov and Bounya Died on Saturday, 27 Cheshvan 5703, November 7, 1942, in old Vileyka.
STEINGROB Reizel     Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
STEINGART Reuven Monya–Hana Reizel and Haya Reuven died on Monday, 20 Tammuz, 5702, July 6, 1942, in Kobylnik. Monya–Hana, Reizel and Haya died on Friday, 25 Tammuz, 5702, July 10, 1942, in Kobylnik.
SVIDLAR Esther–Leah   Yerahmial, Yosef and Gedalya Died on 11 Tishrei, 5704, day after Yom Kippur 1943, in Ponar (Vilna).
SVIDLAR Moshe   and family Died on an unknown date in Vilna.
SVIDLAR Yosef Zippora   Yosef died on Friday, 10 Cheshvan, 5698, October 15, 1938, in Kobylnik. Zippora died on Tuesday, 15 Kislev, 5702, January 14, 1942, in Kobylnik.
SVIRSKY Herzl     Died on an unknown date in Ponar (Vilna).
TODRES Itta     Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
TORONTZIK Hirschel Sara Luba and Esther Hirschel died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik. Sara, Luba, and Esther died on Sunday, 28 Adar II, 5703, April 4, 1943 in Ponar (Vilna).
TRAVSKY Shmuel Raizel Reuven–Menahem Died on an unknown date in Estonia.
TZOFANAS Shimon his wife son Shimon died on Wednesday, 7 Tammuz, 5701, July 2, 1941, in Kobylnik. His wife and son died on Sunday, 14 Tishrei, 5702 (eve of Sukkot), October 5, 1941, in Kobylnik.
VAINER Alter Faiga Ya'aqov, Sara–Rivka and an employee Rivka unknown Died on Sunday, 14 Tishrei, 5702 (eve of Sukkot), October 5, 1941.
WEINER Israel     Died on Sunday, 14 Tishrei, 5702 (eve of Sukkot), October 5, 1941 in Kobylnik
WEXLER Shaul Sheina children Died in 1943 in Vilna.
WEXLER Yeshayahu Rasia   Yeshayahu died on Wednesday, 7 Tammuz 5701, July 2, 1941 in Kobylnik. Rasia died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.
YAVNOVITZ David Bouniya Barukh and Laibel Died on Friday, November 5, 1942 in old Vileyka.Died on Friday, 26 Cheshvan, 5703, November 6, 1942, in old Vileyka.
YAVNOVITZ Michael Matliya   Died on Friday, 26 Cheshvan, 5703, November 6, 1942, in Postavy.
YAVNOVITZ Shlomo Raitza Shalom and Yizhaq Shlomo died on Sunday, 14 Tishrei, 5702 (eve of Sukkot), October 5, 1941 in Kobylnik. Raitza died on Cheshvan 5702, 1942 in Myadel. Shalom died on Tuesday, 12 Elul 5703, August 25, 1943 in the forest during the German siege of the partisans. Yizhaq died in 1942 next to Lake Narach near Kobylnik.
YAVNOVITZ Yosef Rahel   Died in 1942 in Postavy.
      Devora (girl from Baronovitz) unknown Died on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5703 (day after Yom Kippur), September 21, 1942, in Kobylnik.

Note: Marc Makowsky, great nephew of Rabbi Makovski noted that his first name was Zvi in Hebrew and Hirsh in Yiddish and not Laib. Return

 

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Survivors of Kobylnik, who died after the Holocaust

Yehoshua Gordon (son of Herzl) and his son Yisrael Leib, died in November 1950 in Postavy.
David Leib Swirski died on 11 Av 5714, 1954, in Toronto, Canada
Yehudit Friedman died in 1959 in New York, U.S.A.
Avraham Yitzchak Hadash was killed in an automobile accident in 1965 in Kiryat Gat.
Yaakov–Feivel Goldzeger was killed in an automobile accident in 1965 in New York, U.S.A.

May their souls be bound in the bonds of eternal life.

 
O L–rd, G–d of vengeance; L–rd of vengeance, appear. Raise Yourself up judge of the earth, and give the pride their due. G–d, for how long shall the wicked, for how long shall the wicked triumph?
 
{Psalm 94}


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Addresses of Kobylnikites in Israel

Translated by Jerrold Landau

Oltoz, Chana Dov Hoz St. #44, Kfar Saba
Etstein, Naomi Yerushalayim St. #24, Hadera
Axelrod, Baruch Brener St. #1, Kfar Saba
Axelrod, Tzipora Shichun Green #11, Kfar Saba
Burgin, Ida Kaplan St. #1, Petach Tikva
Blinder, Yosef Hagiborim St. #25a, Petach Tikva
Bachman, Dvora Feuerberg St. #7, Neve Shaanan, Haifa
Briker, Tova Beitar St. #6, Haifa
Gadisewicz, Rina Shchunat Efraim, Haifa
Gordon, Yitzchak Sh. Ben–Zion St. #1, Neve Shaanan, Haifa
Gordon, Herzl Katznelson St. #107, Givatayim
Gentovnik, Chaim Yerushalayim St. #88, Ramat– Yitzchak
Dimentstein, Chanan K.K.L. St. #32, Kiryat Motznik
Dimentstein, Tzvi Trumpeldor St. #13, Neve Shaanan, Haifa
Wexler, Yisrael Meshek Evron, Doar Nahariya
Zar, Sara Kfar–Aviv, Doar Na Ashdod
Hadash, Aharon Shchunat Geula, Petach Tikva
Hadash, Meir Sderot Rokach #208, Maoz Aviv, Tel Aviv
Hadash, Menashe Derech Elnavi #112, Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa
Hadash, Shraga Moria St. #53, Haifa
Chermatz, Tzila Kfar–Aviv, Doar Na Ashdod
Yavnai, Chaim Gedalyahu St. 27/18, Neve Shaanan, Haifa
Yavnai, Meir Miriam Hachashmonait St. #26, Tel Aviv
Katz, Batya Yitzchak Sadeh St. #12, Petach Tikva
Lipshitz, Chana Beilinson St. #9, Kfar Saba
Narochki, Baruch Ben–Dor #150, Haifa
Swirski, Meir Ayalon St. #24, Kiryat–Bialik
Platzer, Ida Meshek Ein–Charod, Haichud
Parchov, yafa Ein Karmel, Doar Na Chof Karmel
Pashchodnik, Shoshana Mem Chet St. #23, Kiryat–Chaim
Chernochki, Yitzchak Kfar–Aviv, Doar Na Ashdod
Kochvichki, Binyamin Hayeladim St. #6, Kiryat Motzkin
Krebchinski, Ephraim Shapira St. #17, Petach Tikva
Krokov, Asher Mem Vav St. #5, Kiryat–Chaim
Kariv, Pinchas Nehelal
Steingort, Ben–Zion Kiryat–Nazareth, Block 14/303
Schmidt, Sarah Hagefen St. #30, haifa

 

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Kobylnik natives in Israel, 1967

 

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Memorial to our Home-Town

It is with a feeling of great awe and trepidation and humility that we undertook this holy task of editing and publishing the book Kobylnik. We undertook this task despite our feeling of unworthiness and inefficiency to give expression to the vast catastrophe that has befallen our dear brethren of Kobylnik. No human language is rich and eloquent enough to describe the shocking disaster perpetrated by the Nazi Satan against our unforgettable near and dear ones.

Stunned and bewildered do we stand at the graves of the innocent victims.

Though we ourselves counted the number of the fallen, we feel that we are unequal for the task of evaluating the immense spiritual and moral treasures that disappeared with their untimely death.

25 years have passed since the immense and indescribable tragedy happened and the only thing we can do for the perpetuation of those innocent and holy souls is to collect the few data for publication.

Very few members of this extinguished and glorious community remained alive and these are scattered all over the globe thus making it impossible to make all of them part take in this difficult and formidable work.

Whilst turning the pages of this book, we will see with our mind's eye the life of the community of Kobylnik that has gone forever.

In this book we will see their daily life with its lights and shadows, with its joys and sorrows, struggles and victories, pleasures and sufferings, bitter realities and unrealized dreams.

Let these pages remind us of the “Shma-Israel” utterances of the upright and pure, unstained characters, while bravely facing their fate at the brinks of their own graves.

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The number of those Kobylnikites who escaped death and who could help us in recovering the calamitous events are very small and the “Pincas”, the protocols and minutes of the sessions of the community which were usually kept in the synagogue, were burnt and destroyed thus making the undertaking of the editors more difficult.

It is only the keens and zeal of the publishing boards that has enabled us to accomplish this arduous project. While we do not claim that our enormous efforts to enrol the participation of all those capable of contributing to this book were successful, and that this publication is free of faults and flaws, we feel that the most important facts and data available are well recorded here.

We have endeavoured to ensure the cooperation of the maximum quantity members of the Kobylnik community who survived the calamities, part of whom live in Israel and who helped us in giving an authentic and chronologic account of events during the Nazi occupation of Kobylnik, beginning from 1941 and ending with the liberation in 1944.

The reader will find in this book articles and material from the pens of those who, in our opinion, were qualified to express, in a fitting manner, their personal impressions of the life of some heroes of the community during the mentioned period.

Our work would not be complete if we, in conclusion, would not mention with gratitude the monetary contribution of our “Landlite” in Israel and the U.S.A. which made this publication possible.

Our sincerest thanks to the chief editor of the book, Mr. Itzchak Ziegelman as well as Mr. Itzchak Gordon, the secretary of the Kobylnik society, who headed this venture.

Editorial Board

 

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