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This is the English translation of the Memorial book "The Jews of Czestochowa." originally published in Yiddish in 1947.This book contains first-hand descriptions of the rich life of the Jewish community of Czestochowa before the Shoah and eye- witness accounts of its destruction.May this book serve as a memory to those who perished and the community that was destroyed.

This is the Memorial Book of the destroyed Jewish community of Kobylnik Belarus, also known as Narach. It contains the history of the community, first-hand accounts of survivors and emigres from the town who managed to survive the Shoah (Holocaust).We, the children in the Diaspora, who do not read Yiddish or Hebrew will benefit from these English translations. We might will find some stories contradicted or repeated, but remember the people th...

This is the English translation of the memorial book of the destroyed Jewish Community of Turobin, Poland.This book contains first-hand descriptions of the rich life of the Jewish community of Turobin before the Shoah and eye- witness accounts of its destruction.May this book serve as a memory to those who perished and the community that was destroyed.

The Dobrzyn-Golub Yizkor Book evokes both pleasure and pain: pleasure from the nostalgic accounts by the Dobrzyn Jews who emigrated before World War II, and pain from the narratives describing the destruction of all traces of the town's rich Jewish culture. For beginning in 1939 its Jewish population was savagely expelled and murdered, all Jewish institutions were eradicated, and even the Jewish cemetery was obliterated.This book contains chil...

This is the third Edition of this book. It now includes new material at the end about the new Synagogue Square Memorial (July 2019) and renovations at the Yurburg Jewish Cemetery. English translation of the Memorial Book for the Jewish Community of Yurburg, Lithuania. Contains the history of this vibrant community from before the Holocaust, eye-witness accounts of the Shoah, as told by its former residents. Yurburg is situated on the shores of...

In the 19th century, Kishinev was the economic and cultural capital of Russian Bessarabia By mid-century, Jews made up almost half the population, the community supporting a synagogue, a Jewish hospital, and numerous schools. The Haskelah, Hasidic, Zionist, and revolutionary movements contributed to its lively intellectual ferment. In April 1903 and October 1905, two anti-Jewish riots took place that would forever link Kishinev with the word "...

Often when we study the Holocaust the focus is on how Jewish life ended - the restrictions, the round ups, the ghettoizations, the transports, the deaths. But how much do we know about how these communities lived? Who were their members, their leaders? How were they organized? How did they understand their place in the world? What were their stories, passed from generation to generation?On December 8, 1941 the Nazis expelled the last Jews from...

The Germans invaded Poland on Friday, the 1st of September 1939 and entered Czenstochow on Sunday, the 3rd. This invasion was the beginning of the end of the Jewish community, which had existed in Czenstochow for hundreds of years. The Jewish population of approximately 30, 000 men, women and children enjoyed an active economic, political, cultural and religious life. All of it was erased.Resistance and Death in the Czenstochow Ghetto tells th...

The Zbaraz Memorial BookYears ago, a small group of people, émigrés from Zbarazh, had the idea of establishing a memorial for this ancient community, whose generations and influence spread beyond its limited borders. They wanted to commemorate their community, this glorious community, whose Jews were lost in the Holocaust.It was difficult to attain the historical material needed to give an impression of the city, material that would testify to...

Jews first settled in Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine) after its foundation in 1778, and in 1804 the town was included in the Pale of Settlement. The community numbered 376 in 1805 and 1, 699 in 1847. With the growth of the city in the second half of the 19th century Jews began to move there from other parts of Russia and played an important role in its commerce and industry. Pogroms occurred in Dnepropetrovsk and the vicinity on July 20-21, 1883, in ...

This is the Memorial (or Yizkor) Book for the destroyed Jewish Community of Roman, Romania. It was written by emigrees and survivors of the Shoah who gathered in their new homes and wrote their memories of their destroyed community.The Romanian city of Roman is situated in the northeastern part of the country, at the confluence of the Moldova and Siret rivers, on the great road of the Siret, which long ago connected the north of Moldova with t...

Stryj was first populated by Jews in the middle 16thcentury. The permit to build the first synagogue was given in 1689. Since the beginning of their settlement in Stryj the Jews made their living by selling spirits, wholesale and retail merchandising, providing tax and customs services and banking for the nobles. After Poland was partitioned in 1772, Stryj became part of the Austrian Empire. At the time there were about 440 Jewish families in ...

Radzivilov was once a prosperous Russian frontier town connecting the Russian and Austrian Empires. Because of its location, it was a center for trade, and had a thriving Jewish community. During the first World War it became a front line for different warring armies, and was nearly destroyed. Later it became an arena for the war between Ukrainian Nationalists and Bolsheviks, until a new Polish government was established. With it came a rebirt...

This book tells about Brody's Jews during a period of 400 years of the existence of their community: about the changes they went through, the days of flourishing and glory and the days of lowliness and poverty, and the way Brody came to be called "Jerusalem of Galitzia", until its destruction during the Holocaust. The book begins with the history of the community from its establishment until its destruction (1588 - 1943). Then the description ...

This extraordinary book is a collection of memories from child survivors of the Minsk Ghetto, Belarus. These are rare and moving personal testimonies, and this is a book of some significance for it opens a window on the rarely told story of the Holocaust in Belarus, in particular the Minsk Ghetto. Between 1941 and 1943 approximately 80, 000 Jews lived in or pass through that place of terror, as a result of starvation and repeated brutal pogrom...

The Korelichi (Korelitz, Karelichi) Memorial Book is the English translation of the Yizkor (Memorial) Book published in 1973 by survivors and former residents of this town, situated in present-day Belarus. Written originally in Yiddish and Hebrew and with some abridged English summaries, it commemorates their beloved families and town and provides a vivid portrayal of Jewish life in Korelitz before and during World War II. In addition, there i...

Memorial or Yizkor or Book of the Jewish Community of Dusiat, Lithuania. Translation of Ayara Hayeta B'Lita: Dusiat B'Rei Hazichronot, compiled and edited by Sara Weiss-Slep, ©1989 Tel AvivAlternate names of the town are: Dusetos [Lithuanian], Dusiat/Dusyat [Yiddish], Dusiaty [Russian, Polish]Compiled by Sara Weiss-Slep. Edited and produced by Hedva Scop and Olga Zabludoff

Memorial Book for the13 destroyed Jewish Communities of Galicia: Dziedzilow, Winniki, Barszczowice, Pidelisek, Pidbaritz, Kukizov, Old Jarczow, Pekalowice, Kamenopole, Nowy Jarczow, Kamionka Strumilowa, Kulikow (Presently in the Ukraine) and Osijek in Croatia.This memorial (yizkor) book tells the story of 13 small Jewish towns that were eliminated without leaving a trace. Yet, Jews had lived for centuries in these small communities. They are g...

Yeshayahu Drucker devoted a good part of his life to rescuing Jewish children from non-Jewish homes. Many parents had given their children to Polish neighbors for safekeeping during the war. Unfortunately most of the parents did not survive the Shoah. At the end of the war, there was no one to claim the children and they remained with the "adopted" Polish families. Following his discharge from the Polish army, Yeshayahu Drucker devoted himself...

If you visit Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki, nothing remains of a vital community which was exterminated on December 12, 1942 with the liquidation of the ghetto by the Nazi occupiers. My father returned to Nowy Dwor for just one day after the war looking for family members. He wandered the streets and recognized no one until he met one of the town's two Jewish survivors of that final deportation. My father left knowing with certainty the awful, dire fat...