Grojec, Poland

Grizer Scroll
(Grójec, Poland)

51°52' / 20°52'

Translation of
Megilat Gritse

Editor: I.B.Alterman

Published in Tel Aviv 1955

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This is a translation of: Megilat Gritse (Grizer Scroll),
Editor: I.B.Alterman, Grizer Association in Israel, Published: Tel Aviv 1955 (H,Y 408 pages)

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Translated by Yocheved Klausner

Preface [H]	I. B. Alterman
The destroyed Grojec community [H]	S. M. Kettler	5
The destroyed Grojec community	S. M. Kettler	18
The wooden synagogue [H]	Eng. David Dubowitz	38
The old Grojec synagogue	Eng. David Dubowitz	42

Jewish Social life in Grojec

The Zionist Movement	I.B. Alterman & S.M. Kettler	51
The activity of Po'alei Zion	A. Greenfarb	79
The Aguda and its institutions	* * *	83
The Bet Yaakov School and the Agudat Israel Women	* * *	86
The activity of the Bund in Grojec	L. Kula	89
The Bund movement in Grojec and its leaders	Leon Aller	101
The Professional Labor Union	Refael Broyn	111
Foundation of the Craftsmen Organization	Yakov Kristal	113
Aid for Jewish children	* * *	115
The economic Anti-Semitic fight against Jews	* * *	118

Types and Personalities

The town Grojec	Yosef Heftman	125
Grojec of long ago	I. Mastboim	129
The Grojec Rabbi [H]	Rav Simcha Elberg	131
The Grojec Rabbi	Rav Simcha Elberg	143
Grandchildren	I. B. Alterman	159
Bendit Rinkyewitz	Genia Rinkyewitz	165
The rabbi, my Torah teacher	I. B. Alterman	169
Asher Zelig	Leibel Kula	172
The Grojec mother	A. Friedman	175
Israel Klepfisch	S. M. Kettler	178
He was active in cultural matters	A. Friedman	180
The tormented workers of the Jewish public library		185
Chanina Kramarske	E.	187
Avraham Dreier	* * *	190
Yosef Dreier	I. B. A.	192

Episodes and Pictures

The first Jewish Labor Organization	Avraham Bornstein	201
The first revolutionaries	Meir Rubin	203
The “Little Bund”	Yakov Rinkyewitz	205
Seven “spies”	H. Goldberg	208
The Grojec jail	David Dreier	212
Through the Grojec little streets	Avraham Friedman	214
On the Eve of Yom Kippur]	S. M. Kettler	217
My years in the Heder	W. Kula	222
Childhood years	Eliezer Bokser	225
Impossible to forget	Refael Broyn	227
My home of long ago	Chana Kaper - D. Yurkewitz	229
My world has disappeared	I. B. Alterman	231

The Destruction of the Jewish Community (Personal experiences, testimonies and recorded facts)

Before the downfall	I. B. Alterman	239
War		243
Occupation of Grojec		247
The first hunt		248
Polish prisoners		252
We are chased to Germany		254
In Rzeszow		259
In Czenstochow	Recorded and told by Avraham Hammer	262
Provocations		265
The members of the Judenrat		269
Establishment and activity of the Judenrat	From the notes of S. M. Rosenthal	275
A contribution		279
Life in the Ghetto		281
The first deportation		282
The second deportation		283
In the Warsaw Ghetto		287
How I escaped from the ghetto		288
Grojec Jews in Byalabrzeg		290
Deportation of the Jews from Byalabrzeg		292
In Skarzhisk		292
The last deportation		294
Forced labor camp in Smolensk		295
* * *
Grojec Jews, who perished in Smolensk	Yosef & Avraham Yakov Hammer	299
Grojec Jews, who perished in France	A. Goldfarb	300
200 Grojec Jews, who were buried alive	Yitzhak Barenstein	301

Poems

Holy	Shaul Maletz
Yizkor
A lament for my town

Grojec Jews in the World (Activity of the Landsanshaft Committees)

Immigration of Grojec Jews to France	A. Goldfarb	313
Accomplishments of the L.L. organization in Argentina, 1945-53	Leibel Kula	314
The Grojec Landsmanshaft Organization in America	Shaul Maletz	318
Twelve years of the “Former Grojec Residents” organization in Israel	* * *	323

Y I Z K O R

Akiva Laufer	Yafo Har-Zahav Burger	349
Moshe Nisel Teitelboim	Yudel Pasternak	350
Esther-Beene Keiser-Rochfeld	S. M. Kettler	351
Israel Diamant	Z. Ben-David	354
Gershon Klein	Yosef & Avraham Hammer	354
I remember them and I weep	M. M. Kalmansohn	358
Simcha Yom-Tov	Avraham Friedman	360
Feivel Artman	S. M. Kettler	362
List of Martyrs from Grójec, Poland		366

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