Căpreşti, Moldova (Map of the town)

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Maps of the town of Căpreşti from the Yizkor book

The maps labeled with translations submitted by volunteers were edited and annotated by Valentin Lupu

This image from the back flyleaves of the Căpreşti Yizkor book is a blueprint of the community house of the Kehila.

On the left is the elevation and on the right is the interior of the lower floor. It is mostly in Yiddish with few Hebrew words.
According to the document, the “People's House” was “founded and built through the initiative of Dr. Y. Kaplivotski.” The architectural drawing was a gift to Dr. Y. Kaplivotski from Herzl Geissiner, a student in the 3rd course of the Kishinev Building Institute.
You can see the location of the Kehila house in the image below, the front flyleaves of the Yizkor book, which is a map of the town. No.19 on this map is described in the legend as “the foundations of the Kehila house.” English translations appear in red type below:

The “Hasidic” synagogue
The German Synagogue [Daytsche in Yiddish]
The Big synagogue
Kaiserman's oil press
Elkis-Pekelman's oil press
Graberman theater
Town Hall
Elementary school
Abramovitz's Kiosk
Turban's pharmacy
Fidlelman's pharmacy
Vrazov's theater
Alms house
Bernstein's oil press
Bernstein's flour mill
Mikveh (ritual bath house)
The rabbi's house
The ritual slaughter house
Foundations for the “house of the people” [Kehila]
Tax paying office
Library
The bank [“the” in the original]
Police headquarters
Post Office
Shaarei Zion synagogue (Zion's Gates Synagogue)
Tehilim-Kleizl synagogue
Flour mill – Ibtser and Co. [Avitcher's?]
The Raut River
The cattle market
Oil tanks [oil in the sense of fuel, not like in “oil press”]
“Di Talike” – Yiddish for “The Slut.”
Cemetery
Water wells.

Translators' Comments:
The larger letters at the bottom say:

“Plan of the town Capresht.
Draughtsmanship by: Kaiserman and Pri-Paz.”

Notes on the name Pri-Paz from a translator:

“Pri-Paz may have been a descendant of Faynboim, which means “Fine Tree.” In Hebrew that would keep the family name's first letter (P and F are the same character in Hebrew).”

The arrow to the right says Prodonsht
The name on the house above the arrow is P/F. Galitsky
The name on the house below the arrow is Sh. Galitsky
Naye Gass means “New Street”

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