Krasnobród, Poland

Krasnobrod; a Memorial to the Jewish community
(Krasnobród, Poland)

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Translation of
Krasnobrod; sefer zikaron

Editor: M. Kushnir

Tel Aviv 1956

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This is a translation of: Krasnobrod; sefer zikaron (Krasnobrod; a memorial to the Jewish community),
Edited by M. Kushnir, Tel Aviv 1956 (H, Y 526 pages)

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Hebrew TOC translated by Yocheved Klausner

HEBREW

A word from the Editor	M. K.	7
A poem	Yitzhak Katzenelson	9
Introduction		11

History of the Jewish Settlement
History of the Jewish Settlement in Krasnobrod	Eliyahu Rind	13
The Synagogue in Krasnobrod	Engineer D. Davidovich	43
The synagogue in Krasnobrod	E. Rind	47

The Town
My town Krasnobrod	Efraim Lochfeld	51
The general renaissance in Krasnobrod	Shmuel Gurtler	63
The Freiheit [Freedom] Movement in Krasnobrod	Esther Kamm	67
The Krasnobrod youth in Hachshara [pioneer training]	Gitl Knebel-Belman	69
Our home…	Yocheved Gurtler-Nuss	71
* * *	Reisha Lehrer	77
Everything is as it was…	Yakov Lochfeld	78
Events in town	Mordechai Rapoport	85
The Town	Diamand	86
The destruction of the Krasnobrod Congregation	Nathaniel Brenner	97
The Lord's Candle - a human soul	Rav R'Chaim Shaul Ya'ave”tz	100
Memorial prayer	Shlomo Zonshtein	101
A report about the first memorial assembly held for the martyrs of Krasnobrod		103

The Holocaust
* * * Introduction		106
Pages from the Flames	Moshe Fishel	107
How did I survive?	Fishel Malka	131
The Chitkov village, its life and its death	A. G. Kupferstein	135
The annihilation of Krasnobrod	Esther Lerner-Levinson	142
And I Was Left Alone	Rivka Lamm–Burstein	151
In Hell…	Miriam Kopel-Blumenthal	162
How a Jewish family was destroyed	Shlomo Untzig	168
* * * The martyrs of the Untzig Family	M. A. Untzig	175
Yakov Lederman's story	Shabtay Burg	177

Figures in Town
Rav Menachem Munish Margalit, may God avenge his blood	A. Lochfeld	187
R'Moishe'le Soifer z”l	A Barg	188
R'Moishe'le Soifer z”l	A. Rind	192
R'Moshe Leib Barg z”l	A. Elboim	193
R'Moshe Leib Barg z”l	A. Rind	194
R'Shmuel Zeinvil z”l	A. R.	195
R'Avraham Meir Sushtchek z”l	A. R	195
Itche Sender's, may God avenge his blood	A. R	196
The “Duck People”	A. R.	197
R'Shmuel Gurtler, may God avenge his blood	A. R.	199
R'Avraham Yakov Freund, may God avenge his blood	A. R.	200
R'Shmuel Malka's z”l	A. R.	201
Hersh-Leib Briks, may God avenge his blood	A. R.	202
Avraham and Yehoshua Schnor	A. R.	203
Reuven Kramer, may God avenge his blood	A. R.	205
Various figures	A. R.	205
Grona Gurtler-Lochfeld	Ben	206
Chanoch Untzig, may God avenge his blood	Tuvia	208
At the appearance of the book	A. Lochfeld	209

YIDDISH

A word from the editor	M.K.	215
Sing! (fragment)	Itzchak Katznelson	217
Introduction		219

History of the Jewish Settlement
Chapters of Krasnobrod History	Eliyahu Rind	223
The Old Synagogue	Eliyahu Rind	260

The Town
My Little Town Krasnobrod	Efraim Lochfeld	267
My Home	Yocheved Gurtler-Nuss	279
The “Freiheit” Movement in Krasnobrod	Esther Kamm	285
The Hachshara [pioneer training]	Gitl Knebel-Belman	288
Nothing Has Changed	Yakov Lochfeld	290
Episodes in the Life of the Town	Mordechai Rapoport	299
* * *	Reisha Lehrer	301
Social Awakening	Shmuel Gurtler	302
Letters in my Drawer	Gitl Barg	306
The Lord's Candle–A human soul	Rav R'Chaim Shaul Ya'ave”tz	309
In the light of memory	Esther Kam-Glickman	311
The Town	A. Diamant	314
The First Memorial Assembly of Krasnobroders in Israel		327

Destruction and Holocaust
* * *Introduction	M. K.	330
Pages from the Flames	Moshe Fishel	331
Chitkov Village—Its Life and Its Death	A. G. Kupferstein	362
On the Aryan Side	Malka Babad	369
The Decline and Fall of Krasnobrod	Esther Levinson-Lerner	382
In Hell	Miriam Kopel-Blumenthal	395
With the Partisans	Hersh Gortler	403
And I was left alone	Rivka Lamm-Burstein	407
A Slaughtered Family	Shlomo Untzig	424
* * *	Moshe Eliyahu Untzig	433
Yakov Lederman's Story	Shabtai Barg	435
YIZKOR	Shlomo Sonnstein	445
Addition to the list of the dead		448
There once was a town–it is no more	Abraham Barg	449

People
Rav Menachem Munish Margalit, HY”D	A. Lochfeld	457
R' Moishele Soifer z”l	Abraham Barg	458
R' Moishele Soifer z”l	A. Rind	464
R' Moishe Leib Barg z”l	A. Elboim	465
R' Moishe Leib Barg z”l	A. Rind	466
R' Shmuel Zeinvl Melamed, z”l	A. Rind	467
R' Abraham-Meir Shushtchek z”l	A. Rind	468
R' Abraham Yakov Freund hy”d	A. Rind	468
R' Shmuel Malke's z”l	A. Rind	469
The Duck People	A. Rind	470
R' Itche Sender hy”d	A. Rind	472
R' Shmuel Gurtler	A. Rind	473
R' Bunem Melamed hd”y	A. Rind	474
R' Mordechai Gurtler hy”d	A. Rind	478
Hersh-Leib Briks hy”d	A. Rind	481
Avraham and Yehoshua Shnur	A. Rind	482
Reuven Kramer hy”d	A. Rind	484
Various personalities	A. Rind	485
My Father Chanoch Untzig hy”d	Tuvieh	486
Yakov Zimmerman	A. Diamant	487
Mendl Farber hy”d	A. Diamant	489
Yehoshua Babad hy”d	A. Diamant	491
Grune Gurtler–Lochfeld a”h	Ben	493
From the Publisher	A. Lochfeld	494

Martyrs of the Holocaust
Words of Eulogy and Esteem	Rabbi Yitzchak Halevi Shulzinger	497
Necrology		505

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