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List of Kobryn Survivors in 1946

Translation from Yiddish by Beate Schützmann-Krebs

In Kobryn:
  1. Gitl Kvitsel(Gitl Grunt)
  2. Rive Kvitsel, with her husband and child (a daughter of Gitl Kvitsel)
  3. Michael Blyumberg[1] (a son of Beyte the porter)
  4. Blyumberg (a son of Michael Blyumberg)
  5. Shlumke Heyman (a son of Yakov the Frevisker)
  6. Avraham Nachum Shpitskovski (a son of Paltiel, the blacksmith from Zafrurud)
  7. Avroml Mazurski and child (a son of Binyomin Mazurski)
  8. [Number 8 is missing in the original.]
  9. Shloyme Daytsh (a son of Shmaye Daytsh)
  10. Motye Vetski (a daughter of Yonah the furrier)
  11. Leye Grushevski (a daughter of Ayzik, the blond blacksmith of Brisker Street)
  12. Reyzl Khadanitski (a daughter of Khatinitser of Brisker Street)
  13. Efraim Kamyenetski[2] (a son of Velvl the shoemaker from Zamyakhavitsh)

 

Remained in Kobryn and Subsequently Left
(Current Place of Residence Unknown)
  1. Khinke Goldfarb and child (a daughter of the blond tinsmith, from Brisker Street)
  2. Binyomin Pomeranyets, his wife, and her sister
  3. Yisroel Segal (a son-in-law of Gibgot, from the barracks)
  4. Moyshe Kamyenetski (a son of Yisroel the locksmith, from Brisker Street)
  5. Shloyme Kamyenetski (a son of Yisroel the locksmith, from Brisker Street)
  6. Yakov Avrom (a son of Gershon Avrom)
  7. Padaralski and family
  8. Two sons of Grinberg (sons of Noach Grinberg, the bookkeeper)
  9. Two sons of Vayner (sons of Khayim the mason)
  10. Permit (a daughter of Shamshl Mashes)
  11. Yeshaye Ezra Azatski (lived on Narodnikes)
  12. Khayim Kushnyer[3] (from Ratner Street, a furrier)
  13. Shik (a grandson of Reb Pininke)

 

Currently in Russia

  1. Velvl Mazurski
  2. Lize Mazurski (children of Mishne Mazurski and Patrike[4])
  3. Natan Pomeranyets (a brother of Binyomin Pomeranyets)
  4. Malkhiel Fialkov (a son of Yeshaye Terkl)
  5. Simkhe Adler (a son of Don Adler)
  6. Khayke Unterman (a daughter of Berish the ironmonger)
  7. M. Boym (a son of Pini the garment stitcher)
  8. P. Tenenboym (a grandchild of Berke from the hotel)
  9. Aleksander Mandelburg (unknown)
  10. Yoel Ger (a son of Yosl Ger, the barber)
  11. Meylekh Zayonts (a son of Itsl Zayonts)
  12. Krul (a son-in-law of Vaysenberg the pharmacist)
  13. Khantshe Litvinski, with her husband and child (a grandchild of Gibgot)

 

In Warsaw
  1. Gedalya[hu] Bil (a son of Menakhem Bil)
  2. Meir Ger (a son of Yosl Ger, the barber)
  3. Roza Brakhshteyn (a grandchild of Shloyme the miller)
  4. Hershl Tsukerman (a son-in-law of Mordekhay the tailor)
  5. Shirke Stavski and wife (a cousin of Bervikinkin)
  6. Eli Khayenke, wife, and two daughters (a son-in-law of Shimon the beekeeper[5])
  7. Khayim Sashitski, wife, and two children
  8. Batshe Tenenboym and two children (a daughter of Yosl Rokhtshe)
  9. Yekhezkel Khamski (a grandchild of Shimon Khamski)
  10. Tevye Krasner (unknown)
  11. [number 50 is missing in the original]

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  1. Mordkhe Kravyets (a grandchild of Paneytl)
  2. Naftali Graber (a barber)
  3. Yente Shvarts and two children
  4. Gershon Tenenboym and his wife Yente
  5. Hantverker
  6. Shevelovits (a son of Ari Shevelovits)
  7. Dovid Faynberg (a grandchild of Vaysman the feldsher)
  8. Feyvl Epshteyn (a grandchild of Yisroel-Leyb)

 

In Bidgoshtsh [Bydgoszcz]
  1. Moyshe Verkhalevski and wife

 

In Silesia
  1. Khayim Kobryniets, wife, daughter, and grandchild
  2. Leybl Reletski and child (a son of Paneytl the forwarding agent)
  3. Shloyme Nadritshni and daughter
  4. Khashe Pakter-Zivek and child
  5. Mordekhay Priluk
  6. Golde Priluk-Kaplan and child
  7. Grishe Epelboym, wife, and seven children
  8. Avraham Naymark (a son-in-law of Shloyme the miller)
  9. Feygl Gingold and two sons
  10. Berl Kupitski
  11. Miriam Kupitski and their mother
  12. Galke Palevski, husband, and child (a daughter of Sonye)
  13. Brokhe Shimanski (a daughter of Simanshtsene)
  14. Yosl Shimanski (a grandchild)
  15. Shepsl Mulyer (a son of Makhlye from the herrings)
  16. Hinde Tenenboym (the wife of Avroml Rukhovitsher)
  17. Sore Daytsh, with her husband and child (a grandchild of Shmaye)
  18. Mendl Lipshits (from Pinsker Street)
  19. Dovid Podostrovits (a tailor from Pinsker Street)
  20. Dovid Ashkenazi (lived on Vlodaver [W³odawa] Road)
  21. Tanye Kraman, husband, and four children (a daughter of Shloyme Kraman)
  22. Tsalke Goldberg (the little blacksmith from Brisker Street)
  23. Borekh Kontsiper (a son of Ari the butcher)
  24. Syomke Feder (a grandchild of Brik the confectioner)
  25. Getsl Verkhalevski (a son of the chimney sweep from Narodnikes)
The last four have already arrived in New York.

 

In Italy
  1. Mordekhay and Yudl Zaltsman (sons of Noach Zaltsman)
  2. Dr. Motl Tenenboym (a son of Teme the shopkeeper)
  3. Fanye Fuks, with her husband and daughter (now in Syria)
  4. Sholem Pesl (in Sweden)

 

Kobryn Before the War and Settled in Shanghai
  1. Yosl Ayzenshteyn, wife, and child
  2. Velvl Kozak, wife, and child
  3. Khayim Visoker
  4. Yisroel Perkovski
  5. Tsalke Tenenboym
  6. Dovid Krankloz
  7. Mordekhay Kapenshpring
  8. Sholem Shapiro
  9. Moyshe Shteynberg

 

Last Heard From Kobryn
  1. Mordekhay Faynerman
  2. Oske Shvartsman
  3. Nate Goldberg
  4. Berl Yablonski
  5. Shmuel Kirzhner
  6. Berl Blumberg
  7. Korenblum


Translator's Notes:

  1. The inserted “y” reflects a Russian-influenced orthographic convention and merely indicates the pronunciation of the following vowel, rather than representing an additional consonant sound. Return
  2. This name appears with different spellings throughout the book. Return
  3. This name appears with different spellings throughout the book. The inserted “y” reflects a Russian-influenced orthographic convention and merely indicates the pronunciation of the following vowel, rather than representing an additional consonant sound. Return
  4. The reading Patrike is uncertain. Elsewhere in the Yizkor book, this name appears in reference to a village and not to an individual, suggesting that a typographical error may have occurred in the present entry.Return
  5. The occupational designation written as באינער is unusually spelled. It has been tentatively interpreted as referring to a beekeeper; however, the possibility of a typographical error cannot be ruled out. Return
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