Kuty, Ukraine

Kittever Memorial Book
(Kuty, Ukraine)

48°15' / 25°11'

Translation of
Kittever yisker-bukh

Author: Eisig Husen

Published in New York 1958

Acknowledgments

Our sincere appreciation to Rhoda Kuflik
for donating the translation of her father's book
and permission to place it in the JewishGen Yizkor Book site.

We wish to thank Ala Gamulka for editing the translation
and to Genia Hollander for typing
up the English text to facilitate its addition to this project
and to Sondra Ettlinger for extracting the pictures
from the original book, enabling their addition to the project.

This is a translation of: Kittever yisker-bukh (Kittever memorial book),
Author: Eisig Husen, Kittever Sick and Benevolent Society in New York, Published: New York 1958 (Y 240 pages)

Note: The original book can be seen online at the NY Public Library site: Kuty (1958)

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Kittever Yizkor Book

In Three Parts:

First Part: The Life and Work of the Kittever Jews

Second Part: The History of the Destruction

Third Part: The Names of the Martyrs

By Eisig Husen

New York, 1958

Translated from the Yiddish by Stanley Scheindlin. D.Sc.

Preface

First Part: The History of Kittev

Kittev and Its Landscape 13

The History of Kittev 16

Kittev Between the Two Wars 19

Historic Personalities and Spiritual Leaders 23

Kittever Synagogues and Houses of Study 36

Jewish Livelihoods in Kittev after World War I 39

Jewish Life in Kittev After World War I 43

Sabbaths, Holidays and Life-Style 48

Family Festivities of Kittever Jews 60

Kittever Heroes 63

Kittever Nicknames and Types 67

Polish Jewry Before World War II 73

The German Invasion of Poland 81

Second Part: The Destruction

Kittev Under the Soviet Occupation 89

The Destruction 105

Kittev After the Departure of the Soviet Army 107

The Pogrom in Yablonitse 110

Kittev Under the Romanian and Hungarian Occupation 112

Kittev Under the German Occupation 114

The First Kittever Judenrat 117

The Tragedy of the Jewish Refugees from Hungary 121

The German Tax Bureau 123

The Judenrat 127

The Extermination of the Jewish Intelligentsia in Stanislav 132

The First Juden-Akzion in Kolomei 134

The Juden-Akzion in Kossev 135

Juden-Akzions in the Nearby Cities and Towns 145

The Juden-Aktion in Zablatov 149

The Juden-Akzion in Zshabieh 151

The Final Weeks Before the Juden-Akzion in Kittev 152

The Last Bloody Final Day of Passover (Achron shel Pesach) in Kittev 158

The Death March 163

The Final Road 167

The Dead City Kittev – Without Jews 171

Third Part: The Names of the Martyrs (Holy Ones)

The Names of the Martyrs 177

Final word 204

First Kittever Illness Support Association in New York 206

Tenth Anniversary of the Kittev Ladies Relief Auxiliary 218

A Letter to the Author from the President of the Kittever Assoc. of N.Y. 221

Kittever Pictures Section 222

Afterword by the Author’s Daughter, Rhoda Kuflik

Additional pictures fom Rhoda Kuflik

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In Three Parts:
First Part:	The Life and Work of the Kittever Jews
Second Part:	The History of the Destruction
Third Part:	The Names of the Martyrs

Preface

First Part: The History of Kittev

Kittev and Its Landscape	13
The History of Kittev	16
Kittev Between the Two Wars	19
Historic Personalities and Spiritual Leaders	23
Kittever Synagogues and Houses of Study	36
Jewish Livelihoods in Kittev after World War I	39
Jewish Life in Kittev After World War I	43
Sabbaths, Holidays and Life-Style	48
Family Festivities of Kittever Jews	60
Kittever Heroes	63
Kittever Nicknames and Types	67
Polish Jewry Before World War II	73
The German Invasion of Poland	81

Second Part: The Destruction

Kittev Under the Soviet Occupation	89
The Destruction	105
Kittev After the Departure of the Soviet Army	107
The Pogrom in Yablonitse	110
Kittev Under the Romanian and Hungarian Occupation	112
Kittev Under the German Occupation	114
The First Kittever Judenrat	117
The Tragedy of the Jewish Refugees from Hungary	121
The German Tax Bureau	123
The Judenrat	127
The Extermination of the Jewish Intelligentsia in Stanislav	132
The First Juden-Akzion in Kolomei	134
The Juden-Akzion in Kossev	135
Juden-Akzions in the Nearby Cities and Towns	145
The Juden-Aktion in Zablatov	149
The Juden-Akzion in Zshabieh	151
The Final Weeks Before the Juden-Akzion in Kittev	152
The Last Bloody Final Day of Passover (Achron shel Pesach) in Kittev	158
The Death March	163
The Final Road	167
The Dead City Kittev – Without Jews	171

Third Part: The Names of the Martyrs (Holy Ones)

The Names of the Martyrs	177

Final word	204
First Kittever Illness Support Association in New York	206
Tenth Anniversary of the Kittev Ladies Relief Auxiliary	218
A Letter to the Author from the President of the Kittever Assoc. of N.Y.	221

Kittever Pictures Section	222

Afterword by the Author’s Daughter, Rhoda Kuflik
Additional pictures fom Rhoda Kuflik