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The organization was established when all the former residents of our city living in Israel gathered during the Pesach (Passover) holiday in 1961, at the initiative of Moshe Belivsky, Itzhak Levin, Reuven Yamnik, in Mr. Belivsky's home. It was proposed to memorialize our loved ones, victims of the Holocaust, by erecting a memorial plaque in the Chamber of the Holocaust museum on Har Zion in Jerusalem. The members eagerly approved the proposal. A committee was established, and its members were Belivsky, Yamnik, Levin, Motkov, Schwitzer and Leah Pnini-Zemelman. Large sums of money were donated to achieve this goal by all our city's former residents: both those living in Israel and those the diaspora.

Former Przedecz resident in the Chamber of the Holocaust at the unveiling of the plaque dedicated to our city's victims

We laid a wreath on the symbolic grave there. We later went to Har Zion, where the Chamber of the Holocaust was located, to unveil the memorial wall. Here too, a ceremony was held with the cantor, candles were lit for the memory of the victims, and eulogies were recited by those present. Afternoon prayers were recited, as was the kaddish for the memory of their souls. We then walked to the memorial dedicated to the heroism of fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto. When the event was over, we were all invited to the Brand family's home.

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There, members proposed to continue the memorial efforts by publishing a memorial book. On the spot, the first donations were made for this goal.

Every year, on Holocaust Memorial Day, we gather and hold a memorial evening in Tel Aviv, with all the former residents of our city and other former residents who reside abroad. A memorial ceremony, eulogies, Yizkor and El Maleh HaRachamim are recited by the cantor. The participants also recite psalms and a general Kaddish is held for all the victims.

With the book's publishing, we continued to discuss the memorial for our loved ones who perished in the Holocaust. May their souls be bound in the bundle of life.

Memorial candle that was lit in the Yad Vashem Memorial Hall by Mr. Levin		Rozesha Mokotov lights a memorial candle next to the list of victims during the memorial evening held in the JNF Hall in Tel Aviv

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Surname	Given Name(s)	Residence	Remarks
PEYSER	A.	Brooklyn, NY, USA	daughter of Zalman BOKS
RAPAPORT	Morris	Lincolnwood, IL, USA	Moshe RAPAPORT
SKOWRONSKY	Henry	Springfield, IL, USA	Chaim SKOWRONSKY
SKOWRONSKY	Jack	Chicago, IL, USA	Yakov SKOWRONSKY
TOPOLSKI	Jacob	Eastchester, NY, USA	Yakov TOPOLSKI
TORNER	Arje	Arlington, VA, USA	Arje TORNER
TORONCHIK	Jack	San Isidro, Argentina	Yakov TORONCHIK
WEIS	Jack	Moriston, NJ, USA	Yakov RAVSKI
WISHNEWSKY	Zelig	Brooklyn, NY, USA	Zelig WISHNIVSKI
WISHNIAK	Herman	St. Louis Park, MN, USA	Hershel WISHNIVSKI
ZYCHLINSKY	H.	Condesa, Mexico	Beltcha ZYCHLINSKY
ZIELINSKI	C.	Nebraska, USA	Chaim ZIELINSKI

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