Aleksandrów Lódzki, Poland

Aleksandrow – near Lodz
(Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland)

51°49' / 19°18'

Translation of
Aleksander (a. y. Lodz)

Editor: N. Blumenthal

Published in Tel Aviv 1968

This is a translation of: Aleksander (a. y. Lodz) (Aleksandrow – near Lodz)
Editor: N. Blumenthal, Association of Former Residents of Aleksandrow in Israel,
Published: Tel Aviv 1968 (H, Y 391 pages)

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Translated by Yocheved Klausner

[H] Publishing the book 9

[Y] Publishing the book 11

The History of the Town

[Y] Homeland Yehoshua Zehndorf 15

[Y] There once was a Jewish community S. P. 16

[H] My town… Nathan Posner 18

[H] My town Aleksander Sara & Yakov Perlmutter 19

[Y] My town Aleksander Sara & Yakov Perlmutter 21

[H] Aleksandrow Ben-Ziom Pomeranz 26

[H] Aleksandrow N. B. 28

[Y] A collection of facts Menachem Winter 34

[H] A collection of facts Menachem Winter 34

The dynasty of the Aleksandrow ADMORs Y. Ben-Dov 39

[Y] The Aleksandrow “Court” Menashe Ungar 50

[H] The “Seder” in Heaven M. Lipman 53

[H] Shabbat in town Nathan Posner 56

[H] Memories from my childhood Shlomo Baruchoni 57

[Y] Crumbs of memories Israel Farber 63

[Y] My Aleksandrow Yechiel Poisner 71

[H] My town and my home Yitzhak Wunsh 72

Between Two World Wars

[Y] My town Yitzhak Zehndorf 79

[Y] The Community Meir Sonenberg 87

[Y] The Town Council Meir Sonenberg 89

Parties

[Y] The Workers' Section Shmuel Perlmutter 92

[H] The development of the Zionist movement Moshe Handelsman 98

[Y] The “Bund” Avraham Tziashniak 100

“Po'alei Zion” Ya'akov Perlmutter, Yitzhak Zehndorf 111

“Po'alei Zion” left wing Shmuel Perlmutter 119

[Y] BETAR in Aleksandrow Menachem Winter 129

[Y] The BETAR kibbutz Meir Alek 130

[Y] The Revisionist Organization Meir Alek 132

[H] The “Mizrachi” Organization Aharon Yitzhak Fleishman 134

“Hechalutz Hamizrachi” Nathan Posner 136

“Hechalutz Haklali” B. Z. Pomeranz 138

“Gordonia” Sara Karmi (Scherman) 142

“Poalei Agudat Israel” Eliezer Cohen 143

Culture and Sports

[Y] Sport Clubs Shabtai Frankental 145

[H] Sports in town: soccer Nathan Posner 148

[Y] The Drama Circles Avraham Lerner z”l 150

The Professional Movement

[Y] The workers' Section Shmuel Perlmutter 154

The establishment and development of the professional movement Meir Sonenberg 160

Education and Aid Institutions

[H] The “Mizrachi” School and its teachers Ben-Zion Pomeranz 168

[H] The “Mizrachi” School Efraim (Fishel) Olek 171

[Y] The Interest-Free Loan fund Ben-Zion Chilewitz 172

“Hachnasat Kallah” [aid for the needy brides] Yakov Perlmutter 175

“Accommodation for the sick” Avraham Wielinski 176

Miscellaneous

[Y] A social phenomenon S. P. 179

[H] Kalmus the cantor B. Z. Pomeranz 180

[Y] Heroic mercy Menchem Winter 183

When pogroms broke out, the leaders of the people came forward (after Judges 5:2) Ben-Zion Pomeranz 185

The Holocaust

[Y] A tear for my town Ben-Zion Pomeranz 189

[H] Tears for my town Ben-Zion Pomeranz 195

[Y] The events in Aleksandrow 199

[Y] Aleksandrow Rav Shimon Huberband, may God avenge his blood 203

[Y] Rabbi Yitzhak Menachem Danziger, the Aleksandrow rabbi Rav Shimon Huberband, may God avenge his blood 206

[Y] Reports about the destruction of Aleksandrow 208

[H] Aleksandrow Gedalia F. 209

[H] The beginning of the occupation Gedalia Frankental z”l 211

[H] Pogroms in Aleksandrow A. Wielinski 214

[Y] The destruction of Aleksandrow A. Wielinski 217

[Y] The Aleksandrow Germans during the War Israel Farber 221

[Y] Yom Kippur with the Germans Ben-Zion Chilewitz 223

[H] One chapter from the days of the Holocaust Rivka Stein (Scherman) 226

[Y] In Aleksandrow with the Germans Avraham Tziashniak 228

[Y] The last rabbinic dynasty Israel Farber 233

[Y] With Aleksandrow Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto Israel Farber 237

[Y] At the Aleksandrow rabbi in the Warsaw Ghetto Simcha Turkeltaub 243

[H] How I was saved from the claws of the enemy Zev (Wolf) Greenspan 247

[Y] Wanderings of an Aleksandrow Jew Meir Goza 251

[Y] From those years Meir Alek 257

[Y] How I saved my child Miriam Yashinski 266

[Y] In the ghettos and in the camps Akiva Radomski 270

[Y] My fate during the war Nachman Baharier 280

[Y] My fate [Y[ Yehuda Goldsmidt 283

[Y] She saved the lives of three Jews Shabtai Frankental 284

[Y] On the road to Israel Menachem Winter 286

[Y] Before and after the destruction Moshe Schiflinger 288

The Aleksandrow Jews who perished in the Holocaust 298

Personalities and Figures

R'Chanoch Heinich Alter z”l B. Z. Pomeranz 333

Mordche'le Greiman B. Z. P. 336

Michael Greiman B. Z. P. 337

Aharon Hochman M. Handelsman 338

Moshe Widavski Simcha Scherman 340

Baruch Sonnenberg S. Perlmutter 340

Baruch Sonnenberg 341

[Y] A Poem dedicated to Poverty Baruch Sonnenberg 342

Alter Silberberg Nathan Posner 342

Necha Zalman Nathan Posner 343

[Y] Chana Mindel the Rebbetzin [the rabbi's wife] B. Z. P. 344

Yakov Chanoch Yakobowitz P. Ben-Zion 346

Yitzhak Rebbe'le B. Z. P. 347

The teacher Avraham Yakov Litvin z”l Moshe Rosenblatt 349

Little Moshe'le B.Z. Pomeranz 350

The melamed Moshe Pinchas Navozhna Nathan Posner 352

Israel Sarvanogora z”l B.Z. Pomeranz 353

Gedaliahu Frankental z”l B.Z. Pomeranz 355

Eliahu Fein Simcha Scherman 356

Yehoshua Zehndorf S. Perlmutter 357

Israel Yehoshua (Maniek) Zehndorf z”l Yitzhak Zehndorf 358

Two Poems Y. S. Zehndorf 360

Avreime'le Kahn S. Perlmutter 362

Simcha Kopel Avraham Tziashniak 363

Shiye Rivan B. Z. P. 364

Efraim Menashe Scherman Ben-Zion Pomeranz 366

After the War

[Y] After the destruction Avrahan Tennenbaum 371

As I returned to Aleksandrow Yitzhak Zehndorf 373

[H] Information about the activities of the Organization 377

[Y] The Activities of the Organization 385

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[H]	Publishing the book		9
[Y]	Publishing the book		11

The History of the Town

[Y]	Homeland	Yehoshua Zehndorf	15
[Y]	There once was a Jewish community	S. P.	16
[H]	My town…	Nathan Posner	18
[H]	My town Aleksander	Sara & Yakov Perlmutter	19
[Y]	My town Aleksander	Sara & Yakov Perlmutter	21
[H]	Aleksandrow	Ben-Ziom Pomeranz	26
[H]	Aleksandrow	N. B.	28
[Y]	A collection of facts	Menachem Winter	34
[H]	A collection of facts	Menachem Winter	34
	The dynasty of the Aleksandrow ADMORs	Y. Ben-Dov	39
[Y]	The Aleksandrow “Court”	Menashe Ungar	50
[H]	The “Seder” in Heaven	M. Lipman	53
[H]	Shabbat in town	Nathan Posner	56
[H]	Memories from my childhood	Shlomo Baruchoni	57
[Y]	Crumbs of memories	Israel Farber	63
[Y]	My Aleksandrow	Yechiel Poisner	71
[H]	My town and my home	Yitzhak Wunsh	72

Between Two World Wars

[Y]	My town	Yitzhak Zehndorf	79
[Y]	The Community	Meir Sonenberg	87
[Y]	The Town Council	Meir Sonenberg	89

Parties

[Y]	The Workers' Section	Shmuel Perlmutter	92
[H]	The development of the Zionist movement	Moshe Handelsman	98
[Y]	The “Bund”	Avraham Tziashniak	100
	“Po'alei Zion”	Ya'akov Perlmutter, Yitzhak Zehndorf	111
	“Po'alei Zion” left wing	Shmuel Perlmutter	119
[Y]	BETAR in Aleksandrow	Menachem Winter	129
[Y]	The BETAR kibbutz	Meir Alek	130
[Y]	The Revisionist Organization	Meir Alek	132
[H]	The “Mizrachi” Organization	Aharon Yitzhak Fleishman	134
	“Hechalutz Hamizrachi”	Nathan Posner	136
	“Hechalutz Haklali”	B. Z. Pomeranz	138
	“Gordonia”	Sara Karmi (Scherman)	142
	“Poalei Agudat Israel”	Eliezer Cohen	143

Culture and Sports

[Y]	Sport Clubs	Shabtai Frankental	145
[H]	Sports in town: soccer	Nathan Posner	148
[Y]	The Drama Circles	Avraham Lerner z”l	150

The Professional Movement

[Y]	The workers' Section	Shmuel Perlmutter	154
	The establishment and development of the professional movement	Meir Sonenberg	160

Education and Aid Institutions

[H]	The “Mizrachi” School and its teachers	Ben-Zion Pomeranz	168
[H]	The “Mizrachi” School	Efraim (Fishel) Olek	171
[Y]	The Interest-Free Loan fund	Ben-Zion Chilewitz	172
	“Hachnasat Kallah” [aid for the needy brides]	Yakov Perlmutter	175
	“Accommodation for the sick”	Avraham Wielinski	176

Miscellaneous

[Y]	A social phenomenon	S. P.	179
[H]	Kalmus the cantor	B. Z. Pomeranz	180
[Y]	Heroic mercy	Menchem Winter	183
	When pogroms broke out, the leaders of the people came forward (after Judges 5:2)	Ben-Zion Pomeranz	185

The Holocaust

[Y]	A tear for my town	Ben-Zion Pomeranz	189
[H]	Tears for my town	Ben-Zion Pomeranz	195
[Y]	The events in Aleksandrow		199
[Y]	Aleksandrow	Rav Shimon Huberband, may God avenge his blood	203
[Y]	Rabbi Yitzhak Menachem Danziger, the Aleksandrow rabbi	Rav Shimon Huberband, may God avenge his blood	206
[Y]	Reports about the destruction of Aleksandrow		208
[H]	Aleksandrow	Gedalia F.	209
[H]	The beginning of the occupation	Gedalia Frankental z”l	211
[H]	Pogroms in Aleksandrow	A. Wielinski	214
[Y]	The destruction of Aleksandrow	A. Wielinski	217
[Y]	The Aleksandrow Germans during the War	Israel Farber	221
[Y]	Yom Kippur with the Germans	Ben-Zion Chilewitz	223
[H]	One chapter from the days of the Holocaust	Rivka Stein (Scherman)	226
[Y]	In Aleksandrow with the Germans	Avraham Tziashniak	228
[Y]	The last rabbinic dynasty	Israel Farber	233
[Y]	With Aleksandrow Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto	Israel Farber	237
[Y]	At the Aleksandrow rabbi in the Warsaw Ghetto	Simcha Turkeltaub	243
[H]	How I was saved from the claws of the enemy	Zev (Wolf) Greenspan	247
[Y]	Wanderings of an Aleksandrow Jew	Meir Goza	251
[Y]	From those years	Meir Alek	257
[Y]	How I saved my child	Miriam Yashinski	266
[Y]	In the ghettos and in the camps	Akiva Radomski	270
[Y]	My fate during the war	Nachman Baharier	280
[Y]	My fate [Y[	Yehuda Goldsmidt	283
[Y]	She saved the lives of three Jews	Shabtai Frankental	284
[Y]	On the road to Israel	Menachem Winter	286
[Y]	Before and after the destruction	Moshe Schiflinger	288
	The Aleksandrow Jews who perished in the Holocaust		298

Personalities and Figures

	R'Chanoch Heinich Alter z”l	B. Z. Pomeranz	333
	Mordche'le Greiman	B. Z. P.	336
	Michael Greiman	B. Z. P.	337
	Aharon Hochman	M. Handelsman	338
	Moshe Widavski	Simcha Scherman	340
	Baruch Sonnenberg	S. Perlmutter	340
	Baruch Sonnenberg		341
[Y]	A Poem dedicated to Poverty	Baruch Sonnenberg	342
	Alter Silberberg	Nathan Posner	342
	Necha Zalman	Nathan Posner	343
[Y]	Chana Mindel the Rebbetzin [the rabbi's wife]	B. Z. P.	344
	Yakov Chanoch Yakobowitz	P. Ben-Zion	346
	Yitzhak Rebbe'le	B. Z. P.	347
	The teacher Avraham Yakov Litvin z”l	Moshe Rosenblatt	349
	Little Moshe'le	B.Z. Pomeranz	350
	The melamed Moshe Pinchas Navozhna	Nathan Posner	352
	Israel Sarvanogora z”l	B.Z. Pomeranz	353
	Gedaliahu Frankental z”l	B.Z. Pomeranz	355
	Eliahu Fein	Simcha Scherman	356
	Yehoshua Zehndorf	S. Perlmutter	357
	Israel Yehoshua (Maniek) Zehndorf z”l	Yitzhak Zehndorf	358
	Two Poems	Y. S. Zehndorf	360
	Avreime'le Kahn	S. Perlmutter	362
	Simcha Kopel	Avraham Tziashniak	363
	Shiye Rivan	B. Z. P.	364
	Efraim Menashe Scherman	Ben-Zion Pomeranz	366

After the War

[Y]	After the destruction	Avrahan Tennenbaum	371
	As I returned to Aleksandrow	Yitzhak Zehndorf	373
[H]	Information about the activities of the Organization		377
[Y]	The Activities of the Organization		385