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My father, Rabbi Yaakov ben R' Eliyahu, a scholar and a man of righteous deeds with God and people. He embodied Torah, service, and acts of loving-kindness in his body and soul. His environment-our spiritual environment-was among the small group of Skierniewice Hasidim in Gritze. This group would gather occasionally at the home of Avraham Yitzchak Drezner (Dreezner) on Sabbaths throughout the year, but especially on holidays. An atmosphere of reverence, brotherhood, and friendship prevailed there. I remember the days of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah in all their glory.

My father was a man of action, but despite all his daily concerns, he did not deny himself Midrash, but rose early and stayed up late studying a page of Gemara, a book of Tanakh, legal codes, sermons, research, etc. He learned and taught.

His heart and hands were open to everyone, Jew and non-Jew alike. If a Jewish peddler or craftsman needed an act of kindness, he would strive to help him, and he would do so discreetly and with a pleasant demeanor.

His eyes were set on Torah, wisdom, and the settlement of the Land of Israel. He organized a group to purchase land for agricultural settlement in the Land of Israel and invested in it from his wealth and strength. He was constantly interested in what was happening in the Land and in the Zionist movement, and I remember from my childhood that I was his regular messenger to bring him the weekly magazine “HaMizrachi” from the home of may he live a long and good life, R' Elimelech Ben-Porat, one of the first immigrants from our town, who now lives with us in the Holy City of Jerusalem. I remember the interest and the emotional participation with which we followed the first steps of the Rogatka family (relatives of the Drezner family from Gritze) who immigrated to the Land of Israel.

Many things did not materialize, but the spirit of aspiration continues to operate to this day. Father stirred up enthusiasm for the education of young children in the “children's school” and, together with Mother, devoted himself to the education and enlightenment of his children. The melodies of Shabbat and his Gemara, full of glorious majesty, will not depart from me. He was like a roaring and awakening lion. I remember the farewell at the Viennese train station in Warsaw, in Cheshvan 5697 (1936). The atmosphere was already heavy with the feeling of an approaching holocaust. There were tears in his eyes: “The main thing is to keep the Sabbath and a page of Gemara, and the rest will come by itself.”

His companion in life, my mother Chaya Sarah, daughter of R' Mordechai Langa, courageous, devoted, watching over the ways of her household and a mother in Israel. She volunteered her strength for the benefit of the children of Israel and worked in the school kitchen.

They were people of good deeds. The parchment is burned, but the letters fly up and ascend. My educated, good, and courageous sister in times of peace and war Binah daughter of R' Yaakov.

My brother Chanoch ben R' Yaakov, alas man of action, when the tormentors appeared, you took up a wandering staff, until you reached Kaunas and disappeared.

My brother Yosef ben R' Yaakov, a small and pure child when he fell into the hands of the enemy.

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My grandfather R' Eliyahu ben Moshe Meir Klemenson, knew labor and hardship, and also success. I remember the story about one of the family's ancestors who, through his efforts, prevented pogroms by the Cossacks in the town of Smyitics during the Polish revolt.

He died from great sorrow and hardship during the Holocaust in Wierzbnik near Radom.

My grandmother Tova Klemenson, peaceful and spreading goodness even when lying on her sickbed. She passed away during the Holocaust in Wierzbnik near Radom.

My grandfather R' Mordechai ben Chaim Lenga, one of the great men of Gritze, a businessman, modest in his rulings. Many gathered in his shadow and benefited from his advice and wisdom. He was a follower of Gur.

My grandmother Esther Lenga, she extended her hand to the poor. Discreetly managed her household.

My uncle Shmuel ben Mordechai Lenga and my aunt Rivka Leah.

Their son: Meir.

Their daughter: Ita, a graduate of the Bais Yaakov Seminary in Krakow, extremely gentle.

Their daughter: Malka.

My uncle Yaakov Optowski (from Zduńska Wola), and my aunt Malka Dina nee Lenga. Their sons: Yosef wandered far together with my brother Chanoch. Chaim.

Michael…

My uncle Avraham ben Mordechai Lenga and my aunt Zlata nee Mintzberg from Radom.

My uncle Yaakov ben Mordechai Lenga.

My uncle Yehuda ben Mordechai Lenga and my aunt Lina nee Politz (from Zduńska Wola) and their children.

My uncle Zalman Pazhigoda and my aunt Chana nee Lenga and their children.

My uncle Shimon Tsipis and my aunt Blaha nee Klemenson, murdered after the war by tormentors in Wierzbnik near Radom.

Their sons: Ze'ev and Zalman.

My aunt Gitel Kazimirski nee Klemenson and her husband.

I will remember R' Mendii Librich, a complete man, a Torah scholar from a lineage of Admorim – and his family. The yearning-filled melody of “Ya Ribbon,” which he would sing on Shabbat nights at his table in the Zalesie forest, in the summer apartment of the Simcha Binem Gisser family, still echoes in my ears.

Hassidim and men of action come to my memory:

Yaakov from “Mineralna,” a farmer, a humble man, a Torah scholar from the prominent Gur Hassidim. The men of the minyan [*quorum often men required for certain religious services*] of Skierniewice Hassidim:

The brothers Avraham Yitzchak and Mordechai Mendel Dresner.

Avraham Yitzchak's son-in-law – Nachman Yechimovich, an activist, educated in the great yeshivas. Yosef, a scribe.

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Kupil Baron.

Raube'le, “Shanker,” and others.

Neighbors who were like family to us while we sat in the shadow of the shared Sukkah:

Mendel Kun (“Pachchizsh”), the tailor, Heitzman, Zilberberg, Kurtz, Licht, Greenberg, Weintraub and others.

My uncles and aunts, my relatives to the Klmanzon family, Langa, Israel and Meir Langa, all those I mentioned and those I did not mention, my teachers and masters, the people of “Tahkemoni” Morasha, our friends from the Hasidic Skierniewice and Gur families, our neighbors, acquaintances, and all our upright friends.

May God avenge their blood.

May their memory be a blessing.

From their son, M. M. Kalmanzon, and their daughter-in-law, Miriam Kalmanzon-Rabinowitsh, Their grandchildren: Jacob and Bina.

Simcha Yom Tov

When the Nazis imprisoned the Gritz Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, Simcha Yom-Tov hid in villages around Gritz and maintained contact with his Polish friends, who lived in Gritz, helping them carry out underground work. For a long time, Simcha stayed in the Gritz cemetery, in the tomb of Rabbi Moshe'le, of blessed memory. Later, his Polish friends had to leave Gritz, taking Simcha with them under a foreign name. They all settled in Warsaw on Chlodna Street, where the population was small, and from there continued their work.

Since Simcha had a crooked nose and mastered the Polish language perfectly, it was easier for him to carry out missions. There were occasions when Simcha got into the ghetto and smuggled gunpowder dust, from which explosives were made.

One day Simcha was given a mission to Żyrardów, an industrial center, to someone named Stach Kazimierz, a conductor.

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From there, the worker had to take directions to go to Łódź. Arriving in Żyrardów, he noticed someone spying on him. Simcha took to a side street to obscure Kazimierz's address and entered a dark courtyard, where the secret agent followed him. A fight broke out between Simcha and the secret agent, and when the latter grabbed for the revolver, they both struggled for life and death, until the secret agent was defeated and left lying unconscious.

From there, Simcha went to Kazimierz, where he changed into peasant clothes, adorned with black and red beads, with a basket on his arm. Thus he went to Łódź, to the comrade Jadwiga, who led him to a circle of comrades, to whom he had to deliver and from whom he had to take reports.

Returning to Żyrardów, as he approached Stach Kazimierz's house, he was overcome by a tremor. He saw that the house where Kazimierz lived was in flames – huge tongues of fire were reaching for the sky. Simcha quickly left Żyrardów and took the train to Amshinov, a town 9 kilometers from Żyrardów, and from there to Gritze, wanting to avoid train connections where there were many secret agents.

At dusk, Simcha arrived in Gritze, went to the cemetery, into the same tomb of Rabbi Moshe'le. After the sun had set, Simcha took to the side roads to the Warsaw highway, hoping for an opportunity to slip into Warsaw. Arriving at the Warsaw-Ger crossroads, Simcha was noticed by Gritze's antisemites, and in a few minutes he was surrounded by police and secret agents.

Simcha entered the churchyard where he took shelter among the dense trees. Several shots are heard and an order comes that in two minutes Simcha should surrender: Simcha answered with fire from his two revolvers, shouting: “I will not surrender alive!” When the shootings lasted for several minutes, Simcha saw that he was lost and shot the last bullet into his heart. Thus fell a Gritzer martyr and hero.

Honor his memory!

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Feivel Artman

Feivel Artman was a characteristic type of a Jewish folk person and public activist: co-founder of the Jewish People's Library and first candidate on the Bund list for the first city council in Gritze. Later active in the artisans' organization, which elected him to various important positions: chairman of the board in the Jewish Loan and Savings Bank (1924-1930), and in the elections to the city council in 1925 he was re-elected by the socialist artisan group. He was distinguished by his beautiful natural Polish accent, which aroused great respect even among the Polish councilors.

The writer of these lines was in close social relations with him and worked with him in various institutions, such as the craft organization and the People's Bank. Despite certain ideological differences of opinion, we all always appreciated his fine, calm attitude and logical thinking. He always tried to find a compromise solution according to his character: outwardly calm with an inner urge to radicalism.

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Moshe Kleinman The founder of The Gritzer Landsmanshaft organization (society) in New York. May the dear Jew, my heartfelt friend Moshe Kleinman, who founded the Gritzer Landsmanshaft organization in America, was very active in it, and participated in all the aid campaigns, never be forgotten. On November 20, 1938, he suddenly died in New York. May his memory be a blessing! Yudel Pasternak

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In the gas chambers, the Germans tortured my dear and beloved family. I will never forget them: My dear parents, Kalman and Rivka Rachel Rozental, my loving wife, Maltche, with our dear son. Jacob Rozental   I mourn my unforgettable family, who perished in the Warsaw Ghetto: Grandfather Aba Glochover, Grandmother Ester Glochover, their grandchildren: Avraham Yosef, Chana, Rachel, and Sender Zimmerman. Sheindel Langer (Babiatzky) New York Deep is my sorrow for my unforgettable brother, Meir Yechiel Masher, and sister, Rachel Leah Becker, who, with their families, were cruelly tortured by the Hitler-Germans. Miriam Baltche

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Isaac Rinkevich In the thirty-fourth Workers' Circle, where Isaac Rinkevich belonged, he wrote out $200 in my name. Of that sum, $170 remained, which I gave to the Gritzer Committee in New York, requesting that the money be for the memorial book, in memory of my dear friend. Gassi Bitter Pasternak I will always mourn my family, who were tortured by the Hitler murderers: My dear brother Isaiah Shipkovitsh, his wife Feyge and family, my dear sister Doba with her husband, Israel Dreyer and family, and the eternally unforgettable sister Chaya with her husband Moshe Dreyer and family. Abe Shipkovitsh, Chicago

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Along with the six million Jews whom Hitler and his German Nazi soldiers exterminated, my unforgettable ones also perished: Sister Feigel – born Brickman, husband Moshe Sankowitsh, her daughters – Chaya'le Hafartshik and Sara'le, all lived in Radom. Yocheved – born Brickman, the widow of Dr. Yechiel Kasher, himself a dentist, lived in Warsaw. Perl-Ite – born Brickman, her husband David, lived in Gritze. Brother: Yosef Yaakov Brickman – Rabbi in Tłuszcz, his wife, five daughters and two sons-in-law, Rabbis in Radzin and in Białe-Podlaski and three grandchildren. Their memory, the memory of the sons, daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Shia and Sarah-Hinde Brickman, will never be forgotten. Leah Brickman-Eller

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May the memory of our parents, brothers and sisters who perished for the sanctification of God and the people be eternally recorded. Penny and Philip Chelemer   I mourn my dear husband and life partner, Hanina Kramarska, who died so unexpectedly and suddenly. Miriam-Nadya, who remains in eternal mourning   To the eternal memory of our dear and unforgettable parents, David and Nety Schwartz Harry and Sam Schwartz, Mendel Margules

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Hersh Leib Garentz With aching hearts and eternally distraught, we mourn the prematurely deceased father and son, Hersh-Leib and Harbit Garentz. Harbit Garentz was born on November 3rd, 1922. During the war, he voluntarily joined the American army, which was then fighting the Germans. While on maneuvers, he was wounded. He

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had the opportunity to go home. However, Harbit refused to use the privilege and asked to be sent to the front with other soldiers to fight the Hitler murderers. In April 1944, he was already on the Italian front, where he fell heroically on September 14, 1944. The father, learning that his son was face to face with the enemy, suffered a heart attack and died on March 29, 1944, at the age of 51. Harbit Garentz Both graves, father and son, are buried in the New York cemetery, a quarter of the Gritzer countrymen. One headstone unites and perpetuates both tragically deceased victims, father and son: Hersch Leib and Harbit Garenz, who remained in eternal mourning. Mother, wife, daughter, and sister Bessie, Rachel Garentz

Shmuel Pint We mourn our beloved Shmuel Pint, who was deported from Paris and murdered in 1942 by the Nazi perpetrators. Mrs. Perl Pint and daughter   All my life I will mourn my dear ones, who were murdered by the Hitler murderers. My brothers: Hershel Rotkop with wife and children Leibish Rotkop with wife and children Israel Rotkop with wife and children My sister: Rachel Klein-Rotkop with husband and children My brothers-in-law: Yosef Pint and Berl Pint My mother-in-law: Chinke Pint Perl Pint

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Yechiel Lenga   Pinchas Lenga I will never forget my dear and precious husband Pinchas Lenga and son Yechiel Lenga (medical student), who perished at the hands of the Nazi beasts in his blossoming age. My heart will be forever pained and I will always mourn. Mother and wife: Perl Lenga             Ben Zion Pikman   Yaakov Pikman   Avraham Lachman In memory of my dear husband Avraham Lachman, my unforgettable parents Sheindel and Yaakov Pikman, my brothers: Ben Zion Pikman with his wife Rivka and children Miriam and Marcel, Michael Pikman with his wife and son, my sisters: Mania and Dvora with husband and daughter. Ester Lachman and daughter Zisel

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I will never forget the Nazi murderers who murdered my beloved mother Pesl Ambaras and my dear brother: Feiwish Ambaras, who was deported from France to a death camp where he perished. Gutche Goldfarb Rachel Romandel with her daughter I mourn my tortured family: wife Rachel (born Rachfeld) and my child Marie, who were deported from Paris to Auschwitz and tortured there. My unforgettable parents: Sheindel and Mordechai Romandel, my sister Feiga, her husband, Avraham Gurnzweig and children: Yosef, Hannah'tshe and Dvora. My sister Mania Romandel and my brother Shmuel – all perished in Poland. I will never forget them. Zechariah Romandel

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We mourn the tragic death of our dear family. Mother: Tzipora Holzman, brother and sister: Mendel and his wife Pargdeh, Rivka and her husband and children, Moshe and his wife Ruzhka Eisenberg. Shia, Yechiel, Zelig, Leiba, Baila-Zirel, we will mourn them forever. Chaya and Hershel Holzman   My unforgettable husband, Baruch Shtabzon, who was deported in 1943 and killed by the German murderers. The bereaved wife Sarah Shtabzon We mourn the death of our mother Dvora and sister Rivka. We will always remember her. Chaya and Shlomo Goldberg

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We mourn for our family: Leibel, Chana, Moshe, Motel, Chaya-Sarah, Eliyahu Poker, Baruch, Rachel-Leah, Jacob, Meir, Avigdor, Rivka Beker. We Will never forget them. Avraham Poker and Baila Beker   We perpetuate the memory of our family: Male Lemberger, Mendel, Shaindel, Bella, Rivka, Moshe Miller. Devorah Miller and David Lemberger   There is no comfort for us due to the death of our family: Shalom, Rivka-Rachel, Sarah, Israel, Miriam, Gavriel, Rozaand Chava Bromer. Baruch Bromer     We perpetuate our family: Sonya, Shaindel, Rafael, Fishel, Shayke and Ester Lieber. Shlomo Lieber     I perpetuate my dear ones: Jacob, Rachel, Itka, Shaye, Chava Yoche and David Hamer Fishel Hamer

We will always remember our family. Brother: Itshe David with wife and children. Eliyahu with wife and children, Avraham'tche with wife and children, Bendit with wife and children. Sister: Roza with husband Menashe and children, Feyge Pesi with husband and children, Leah'tshe with husband and children. Ita and Zalman Messinger Buenos Aires   We will always mourn our dear parents, sisters and brothers who perished at the hands of the Hitler murderers: Israel, Shifche, and Blime Friedman, Freide and Mendel Holtzman, Chaim and Gitel Shepshowitch with the children, Moshe Dreier with the children, Chaim and Ester Seifman with the children, Yaakov Moshe and Chana Dreier with the children, Avraham Leibish and Kaltshe Dreier with the children. Honor their memory. We will never forget you. Avraham, Tybele, Yitzchak and Yechiel Friedman I mourn my dear parents: Avraham and Chaya Koper, my dear brothers Yosef and Kalman Koper and sister Feige Koper. Hene Koper (Yorkewitsh) To the eternal memory – my parents: Feivel and Chaya Sara Brown and their grandchild Drezl. Rafael Brown N. E. (Abbreviation for Nishmatam Eden – “May their souls rest in Paradise”) Mordechai Neta, Miriam Beile, Dvora, Rachel and Avraham Dreier – all perished by the Hitler murderers. David Dreier

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We will always mourn our unforgettable: son, son-in-law, brother and sister-in-law Yisrol'ke and Dvora Feiertag with their children. Mother: Sarah, brothers: Chaim and Shmuel Feiertag, sisters: Regina and Mania   In memory: my wife Chana, children: Meir and Malka Husband and father: Leibl Kulia In everlasting memory: our brothers, sisters-in-law and children: Necha, Tzipa, with children Moshe with his wife and children, Shlomo with his wife, sister Malka Belzberg with the children. Mieta and Leiser Bokser and family Buenos Aires May our family be immortalized: Avraham and Tzipora Kramer with their four children, Yaakov Yitzchak and Chana Rivka Zimerman with two children, brother: Meir Yechiel Artman, our uncles, aunts, and cousins. Nechamia Artman – Buenos Aires. In memory of our parents: Yechiel and Chana Roitkop, sister and brother-in-law: Chaim and Rachel Klein with the children, sister: Reizel and child, brother and sister-in-law: Hershel and Motl Roitkop with the children: Leibish and Chaya Roitkop with the children Israel and Perl Roitkop with the children and Shmuel Punt Honor their memory Yaakov Roitkop and sister Perl

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Avigdor and Chana Zeifman with their two daughters We perpetuate the memory of our family. Parents: Avigdor and Chana Zeifman (Groshkevitsh). Brother: Chaim and his wife Ester (from the Dreier home) with their 6 children. Brother: Menashe and his wife Chaya Yite (from the Tauber home) with their 3 children. Brother: Yisrael Moshe and his wife Chava (from the Zeifman home) with their two children. Sister: Frimet and Dina – the wife of Salek Saltzman – all were murdered ruthlessly by the Nazi bandits. May the mark of shame of the German people never be erased. Sisters: Sarah Goldberg and Feige Leah Rozental from the Zeifman home

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We perpetuate the memory of our sisters and brothers who perished at the hands of the Hitler murderers: Rivka Goldberg, her husband Yaakov Bran with four children, Leibish Goldberg, his wife Sheindel and four children, Moshe Goldberg, his wife Leah Mandel and two children, Miriam Goldberg, her husband Itche Manel and two children. May their memory be a blessing. Chaim  Goldberg, Simcha Goldberg, Shlomo  Goldberg   We mourn our parents: Yaakov Daniel and Tzypa Friedman, brother and sister-in-law: Sho'el and Rachel with the children, Chaim and Chana Sarah with the children, brother-in-law and sister: Avraham Beitel, Sheindel and children. Rachel Leah and Moshe Friedman   With aching hearts, we mourn our parents. Father Mendel Shmer, mother Chaya-Ester, brother Zishe, his wife Perl and children, Avraham Leibish and Frimet. David and Eliyahu Shmer, Genia and child (Marseille)

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In eternal memory – Our parents: Kalman and Feige Bromberg. Brother and sister: Yosef and Judith Bromberg with the children, brother: Itche, his wife with the children, sister and brother-in-law: Devorah, her husband with children. Chaim Bromberg   We mourn our family: Parents: Feivel and Shifcha Dalman, sister and brother-in-law: Abraham and Sarah Gibersthein with their children, brother and sister-in-law: Israel and Zisel Dalman with children, brother and sister-in-law: Moshe and Bina Dalman with the children, brother and sister-in-law: Yosel Dalman, his wife and children. Rose and Isaiah Dalman We mourn our parents: Yosel and Hinde Waldman and also our sisters and brothers. Freide, Baruch and Feivel Waldman I perpetuate the memory of my dear parents, brothers, sisters with their dear children, whom the German murderers tortured and killed. Zev Dov Kukulka In eternal memory: my dear parents, brothers, sisters with their children who perished in the Nazi hell. Karola Hershkowitsh Kukulka

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Together with the six million martyrs who were murdered by the German murderers, also perished my unforgettable father and mother: Yitzchak Aharon and Chaya Elke Rozental (from the Felerman family, the daughter of Simcha Binem and Reizel Felerman), sister: Judith, (the wife of Yultroiks) with 5 children: Hentshe, Itche, Leibish, Perl and Gitl. Perl Hena (the wife of Meir Garnzeig) with three children: Chaya Elke, Avraham Chaim and Simcha Binem, Bina (the wife of Meir Shevatz, with one child Avramele, Blime (the wife of Gershon Rozenholz) with 5 children, brother Chanan who died in Russia. My uncle Kalman Rozental, his wife Zisl with 5 children, my uncle Yitzchak Waks (Yitzchak Klezmer) and his wife Rachel. Chana Rivka and Yosef Felerman with his three children: Mania, Akiva and Gitl. All of the aforementioned martyrs perished cruelly in Majdanek, except for my father who died in the Warsaw Ghetto and my brother who died in the Soviet Union. May their memory be eternal. Shlomo Meir Rozental Buenos Aires – Argentina   In everlasting memory: my mother Sarah Reisfus, sister Ita, brothers Avraham'tche and Moshe. May their memory be a blessing. Mendel Reisfus Argentina

I mourn for my parents: father Yosef Reuven and mother Mashele Epstein from Marmel family. Sisters: Regina, Blumtshe and Ite, who perished in Treblinka in the years 1941-1943. Beer Sheva, Epstein Hair Salon   I will forever lament my deceased family: Chana Dobrashklanke, Mordechai Dobrashklanke, Motel Shulzinger, Moshe David Shulzinger, Gitele Shulzinger, Israel Yaakov Shulzinger and Yente Shulzinger. Esther Avi Israel (Shulzinger) With great sorrow and deep mourning, we lament our father: David son of Yitzchak Lifshitz (a charitable man and welcomer of guests), our mother: Esther daughter of Feivel (from the Perl family) – righteous, kind-hearted and active in charitable affairs, and our brothers: Feivel, Moshe Simcha, Godel, Baruch, Chaim and Shmuel Lifshitz. Tova  Neuman Zahava Avitov To the eternal memory: Yaakov David son of Simcha Feivel Weinshnabel, his wife: Yehudit Sarah, their children: Shifcha-Reizel, Hendel, Miriam-Rivka, Avraham Yerachmiel, Israel and Yitzchak. Malka Adler Weinshnabel To eternal memory. Our father Shimon Hermalin and his wife Miriam and our sister Matil Hermalin and Chaya Rachel daughter of Israel Baron. And her husband Chaim Leser and their descendants, and our uncle David Hamer and his wife Zina and their descendants, who were murdered by the oppressor, may his name be blotted out. May their souls be bound in the bond of life. Gitel and Shlomo Baron

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How my parents wailed: Kalman and Rivka-Rachel Bromberg, brother and sister: Chaim and Chana-Feige, grandfather and grandmother: Yosef and Beile Bromberg (“Tzif-Tzif”). Moshe Buberman-Bromberg   To the eternal memory of my parents: father: Mordechai and mother Chana Blanker, sister: Feige and Golda who were murdered in Poland by the German murderers. Son and brother: Yehoshua Blanker Ben Zion and Feige Wierzbicki We mourn our unforgettable family: Ben-Zion Wierzbicki, mother: Feige (nee Geyer), brother: Israel, sister: Liuba Wierzbicki. Chaya, Baruch and Aharon Wierzbicki

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In eternal memory of our fathers and their families who were slaughtered by the Nazis during their reign in Grójec.             Moshe Aharon Grinfarb and his family       Menashe Bombelski and his family       Mendel and Chana Bayla Hershberg and their families         Batya and Aryeh Grinfarb Israel   Tzipora and Aryeh Hershberg Israel   Yisrael Zelig and Masha Bombelski Argentina

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We will eternally remember our dear and beloved parents, brothers, sisters and relatives, who perished al Kiddush Hashem (as martyrs) by the Nazi murderers. Father: Jacob (son of Moshe Himelstein), mother: Rivka (daughter of Pinchas Zelig Lachman), brothers: Sane, Pinchas, Zelig, sisters: Beile and Chana and all relatives. Son and brother: Meier Himelstein (now Hofenberg) Yair Himelstein   We mourn our family. Father: Chaim Isaac Hamer, mother: Freindl, sister: Feige-Leah, her husband ltche Tshekonoviske and three children, sister Rivka, her husband Motel Tshekonoviske and child, brother and sister-in-law Mendel and Chana Hamer. Hersh Yosef and Avraham Yaakov Hamer   May our beloved parents be immortalized. Father: Yehoshua Weigensberg, mother: Sarah Miriam Gitel Hena and Yaakov Weigensberg

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In memory of my father Joseph, my mother Meite, my brothers Israel-Yitzchak, Izik, Avraham-Chaim, Efraim Silberstein, who perished at the hands of evildoers. The code of the world cries out for the blood that reached the sky! The Silberstein family Givatayim   In memory of my dear father, Mendel Wolf, my brother: Aharon and his wife Necha and their children. My brother: Aizshe Wolf, his wife Reizel and their children, my brother: Chaim Wolf, his wife and their children, my sister: Gitel, her husband Zelig Ziberman and their children, my sister: Zisel, her husband Motel Hochberg and their children. Avraham Yaakov Wolf Givatayim   We mourn our uncle Feivel Artman, born in the village of Kurczawa Wieś near Gritze in 1888. Until April 18, 1943, he was in the Warsaw Ghetto; he was sent to Lublin, from there to Trawniki, where he was tortured. Mane Artman, Israel Sarah Artman, Argentina

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May he remember forever, the avenger of the blood of the holy ones spilled on the altar of the nation by murderers and criminals against humanity, the pure souls of my father Mordechai Menachem Drezner, may his memory be a blessing; my mother Pessa Leah; my brothers Eliyahu Tzvi and his family, and Chaim Yitzchak; my sisters Chana Perl, Hanna Miriam, and Rachel. May the earth that has absorbed their pure blood, of children and elders, never be a land of inheritance and revival for destroyers of the covenant between man and his God, forever and ever. Yaakov Drezner   May he remember, He who remembers the soul of my uncle who was cut down by the wickedness of the Nazis, Avraham Yitzchak Drezner, may his memory be a blessing; his wife Ruchama and his daughter Hanna Sarel, her husband Nachman Yechimovitz and his son Hirsh Mendel, may their souls be bound in the bond of eternal life. Yaakov Drezner In memory of my dear family who were murdered by Germans in Poland during World War II! Father, Yehuda Hoffnung, Mother, Sarah, my brothers and sisters: Moshe, Zirel (Cesia), Pessia, David, and Menachem. Their son and brother Tuvia Hoffnun In memory of our dear parents, our father: Rabbi Yitzchak-Nissan (ltshel) son of Ha-Rav Rabbi Binyamin Eliyahu Lipshitz, may his memory be a blessing, our mother Hinda, our brothers: Mordechai, Moshe, Elimelech, Avraham, our sisters: Hava, Sonia, Rachel, Perl, Chana, Kaltshe. Ruchama Alberg (Lipshitz) / Haifa Sharom Lipshitz / Yavne'el

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In eternal memory: our dear father and mother – Shlomo and Rivka Himelstein and all our relatives Chana, Freydl and Shmuel Ber Himelstein. In eternal memory: my dear parents Yidl, our mother and all our relatives. Hinde Himelstein-Mordenfeld / Sweden   We mourn our dear family who were murdered by the Hitler murderers. Father: Israel Zanger, mother: Shpetel (from the town of Aleksandrovske), sister: Rachel, brothers: Aharon and Eliezer Zanger. Perished by the German murderers in the years 1941-43. Yaakov, Kopel and Genia Zenger   In memory: my father: Israel Lenga, mother: Esther, sister: Malka-Dina, her husband Michael Braun, Bayla, Tsetil, Rachel, Sarah and Leah. Brother: Berel – perished in the years 1941-43. Lenga Avraham

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May the martyr's death of my beloved and dear mother, wife, brother, and sister with their children be immortalized for generations to come. Traitel Joseph Lipshitz     Joseph Rosenblum, his wife, and children In memory of our parents: Joseph and Gitl Rosenblum, brother and sister: Yankel, Sarah, and Tsharne Rosenblum Israel, Paris Rosenblum Eliezer, Argentina Rosenblum Miriam, Israel Rosenblum Moshe, Argentina

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In memory of our dear parents and sisters, may their memory be a blessing: Zvi (Hershil) and Esther Rachel Mintz, may their memory be a blessing, and his nieces Hinda, Tova-Leah, Rivka Reizel, a righteous man, good-hearted and loved by people, who perished at the hands of the murdering Nazis, during the Holocaust in Poland. Our father, Zvi son of Eliezer, may his memory be a blessing, passed away in the Warsaw Ghetto on the 11th of Sivan, 1941. Our mother, Esther Rachel daughter of Tova Leah Natan David, and our younger sister Rivka Reizel, may their memory be a blessing, perished in the Warsaw Ghetto on an unknown date, our sister Tova-Leah, may her memory be a blessing, perished in the Radom Ghetto on an unknown date, our eldest sister Hinda, may her memory be a blessing, passed away in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1941, her husband Chaim Roitman, may his memory be a blessing, was murdered in the Majdanek concentration camp, and their eldest son Moshe Roitman was murdered in the Skarżysko camp, may their memory be blessed. Eliezer and Joseph Mintz Israel, 19th of Elul 1955 Chana Rachel Finkelstein In everlasting memory: my parents: Kalman and Feige Roize Bromberg, who were known in the city as philanthropists, my brothers Joseph and Itshe with their families, my sisters Dvora and Tova, and my dear and unforgettable seventeen-year-old daughter Chana-Rachel Finkelstein. Honor their memory. Moshe and Eta Finkelstein

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In memory of our dear parents: Yitzchak David (son of Chaim) Frid, Devorah (daughter of Eliezer, nee Flachter) Frid, and our brother Elimelech Frid, who perished during the Holocaust in the Warsaw Ghetto. Remembered by their sons and brother Eliezer, Zvi, Yehoshua Fried   Eternal Remembrance: My deceased parents: Rabbi Meir-Asher son of Moshe, Chana daughter of Shmuel HaLevi, My sisters: Malka and Esther – and all my close and distant relatives, who were tortured by the German murderers, may their names be blotted out. S. M. Ketler

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I mourn for my sisters, brothers, and their families who were killed by the Nazis in Poland. Leibish Rechtman   I will always mourn for my parents, brothers, and sisters who were killed by the Hitler murderers. Parents: R' Mendel son of R' Meir Freidenberg, Miriam daughter of R' Yossef Amberg, brothers: Hershel, Simcha, and Joseph, sisters: Sarah-Rachel, her husband Abraham ben R' Michael Beker and two children: Zirel and Vitil. May their memory be a blessing. Son and brother David (Duvtche) Freidenberg and his family In eternal memory: Gershon ben Moshe Meir HaKohen Friedenreich, Rachel daughter of Eliezer and Leah Friedreich from the Flachter family, Abraham son of Gershon and Rachel Friedenreich, his wife Zvia daughter of Yerachmiel, their sons: Peretz and Aharon son of Abraham and Zvia, Yerachmiel Melech son of Gershon HaKohen and Rachel Friedenreich, Chana daughter of Gershon and Rachel, Zissel daughter of Gershon and Rachel, Chaya daughter of Gershon and Rachel, Sheindel daughter of Eliezer and Leah Berger (from the Flaster family), Reizel daughter of Yechiel and Sheindel Berger, Meir son of Eliezer and Leah Plachter with their children Freyl and Rachel Plachter. Remembered by their daughter and son-in-law Chava and Yitzchak Fryszblat

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Fayvel Wasserman and his wife I will never forget my unforgettable father, Bendit Rynkiewicz, who passed away in 1938. My mother Bashe, sister: Tova-Leah, brother-in-law: Fayvl Wasserman and their child, who were killed by the Nazi murderers. Jacob Rynkiewicz   We will always remember our dear friends: Yosef Ammer, his daughter Zasha, son and wife Fela Lipshitz, her sister Perl and brother Eliezer – all murdered by the Hitler beasts. May their memory be honored. Genia and Jacob Rynkiewicz

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I will always remember my parents. Father: Abraham son of Matityahu Alterman. Mother: Roza (nee Dreyer), sisters: Gitel and Pesel, brother: Yosel. All perished by the Nazi murderers. Chana Alterman   To the eternal memory – our parents and family: Abraham Isaac and Tobe Gelbardt, Melech and Sheindel Asperstein and children Samuel and Hannah Josefowicz with their sons Joseph, Chaim, Mordechai and Sarah Neiman, Moshe Gelbardt and son Joseph. Daughter Frimet and son-in-law David Berman I will never forget our deceased parents. Father: Jacob Mendel Selcer, mother: Chaya Malka Their sons Nathan Selcer, Australia – Melbourne Zvi Selcer, Israel To eternal memory: my parents: Jacob son of Isaac and Leah (daughter of Mendel) Wiskus. My brother Isaac. Moshe and Mendel and their families, his wife: Sarah daughter of Joseph and his son Mendel. Pinchas Wiskus

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In memory of our family, may their memory be a blessing, who perished: – Father: Moshe son of Yehuda Leib Shlamberg – a righteous and God-fearing man. Mother: Dvora daughter of Avraham Chaim of the Zilberstein family – a devoted mother to her children, generous of heart and seeking good for all in need. Brothers: Eliyahu, David Mordechai-Mendel, and sister Malka – were with their parents in the Warsaw Ghetto and perished with all of our brethren in the valley of slaughter. Brother: Yisrael – was in the Radom Ghetto with his family and perished. Sister: Zlata – who hid in Gritze, was eventually caught by the Germans, who murdered her. Brother: Simcha – was buried alive with another 42 young men in a corner of the town of Gritze. May God avenge their blood! From the family, the survivors Miriam Shlamberg (Margalit) Sarah Shlamberg (Klopot) Avraham Shlamberg   In memory of my dear parents: – Shmuel (son of Yitzchak) Rotheiser, born in 1888, Chinka (daughter of Yechiel) Rotheiser, born in 1898, my sister Rachel (daughter of Chinka) Friedman (nee Rotheiser) born in 1915 and her family (her husband Avraham and her child Esther). Who perished during the Holocaust in the Warsaw Ghetto. Remembers them Their son and brother Arieh Rotheiser How I bewail my family: father Yerachmiel Yosef, son of Matityahu Alterman; mother Chaya Sarah of the Danziger family; sisters Chana Dina and her husband Yosef; Miriam Rachel, Hena Zissel, and Leah Esther; brother Yitshel. All perished at the hands of the Nazi murderers. Yisrael Ber Alterman

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We mourn all the Gritzer Jews who were cruelly tortured by the German murderers     Gritzer Landsmanshaft Organization in America Organization of Emigrants from Gritze Israel Gritzer L. L. Society in Argentina Gritzer Federation in France

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Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this in a book as a memorial and recite it to Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”

(Exodus – Beshalach 17:14)

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