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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 | Henekh Berman | 54 |
The Jews of Horodlo and Their Scholarship | Moyshe Biderman | 68 |
Horodlo, My Home Town (Memories) | B. Z. Bergman | 74 |
Memories of Horodlo | Rokhl Bergman | 88 |
The Younger Generation, its Community and Cultural Activity | Moyshe Zuberman | 96 |
Memories of the Life of Young People in Horodlo | Tsvi Plat | 101 |
The Young People of Horodlo | Rokhl Plat | 107 |
5. Horodlo In the First Months of the War | ||
Account of Shmu'el Fraynd | Shmu'el Fraynd | 117 |
Account of Ze'ev Frukht | Ze'ev Frukht | 126 |
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6. The Destruction of Horodlo (Descriptions by Survivors) | ||
The Horodlo Community From the Town's Takeover to its Bitter End | Fradl Shiffer (Perlmutter) | 131 |
The Jews of Horodlo During the War and Their Cruel Death | Aryeh Berger | 161 |
The German Occupation and the Liquidation of the Horodlo Community | 184 | |
Events During the Occupation | Arn Fuks | 198 |
The Last Road | Fradl Shiffer (Perlmutter) | 202 |
7. Customs and Figures | ||
Dearest and Most Beloved | Yosef-Khayim Zavidovich | 210 |
Unforgettable Figures | Arn Pelekh | 236 |
Reb Matis the Kheyder Teacher[2] | Yisro'el Barg | 243 |
Horodlo, My Home Town | Avrom Kulish | 249 |
Reb Yitzkhok Saler's Heroism | Meylekh Shekhter | 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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