Rozniatow, Ukraine

Yizkor Book in Memory of Rozniatow
(Rozhnyativ, Ukraine)
48°56' / 24°9'

Translation of Sefer zikaron le-kehilat Rozniatow

Edited by Shimon Kanc

Published in Tel Aviv, 1974
Rozniatow, Perehinsko, Broszniow and environs societies in Israel and the USA

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This is a translation from: Sefer zikaron le-kehilat Rozniatow, Perehinsko, Broszniow, Swaryczow ve-ha-seviva
Yizkor-book in memory of Rozniatow, Perehinsko, Broszniow, Swaryczow and environs,
Editors: Shimon Kanc, Tel Aviv, Rozniatow, Perehinsko, Broszniow
and Environs Societies in Israel and the USA, 1974 (H,Y,E, 595 pages).

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Translated by Jerrold Landau

May G-d Remember

Introduction 6

A map of Rozniatow 8

My Town a poem by Yechezkel Neubauer of Petach Tikva 14

The Town and its Walls (photo) 15

The City and its Walls 16

Our Town by Z. Friedler 17

Chapters of History by P. Kanner 18

Rabbis Hassidim and Influential People

Rabbis by Yehuda Har Zohar 23

The House of the Rabbi by M. Fruchter 35

Yisrael Leizer Bencer – One of the Thirty-Six Tzadikim
Rabbi Hamerling, The Rabbinic Judge Rabbi Y. Tz. Korn, Clergy, Ritual Slaughterers, Ritual Circumcisors, Rabbis, Scribes by Y. Rechtschaffen 38

The Old Kloiz and its Worshippers by M. Stern 46

The Zionist Movement

Rozniatow During the Days of the Zionist Vision by Dr. Ch. Berger of blessed memory 53

The Zionist Organizations - The General Zionists, Poale Zion, Mizrachi,
Achva, Bnei Akiva, Gordonia, Hashomer Hatzair, Betar, Stam Chalutz,
The Kazinu by Y. Rechtschaffen^[1] 54

The Hebrew Library by Avraham Friedler-Scharf of blessed memory 62

Reb Bendet Elimelech – "Hamevaser Zion" by Y. Har-Zohar 65

Jewish Education

My Teachers and Educators by Ben-David Schwartz 69

Reb Yechiel Mechel by D. Faasberg 73

Youth of Rozniatow by Y. Neubauer 74

The Teachers in our City by Y. Rechtschaffen 76

Educational Institutes by Y. Friedler 80

Events in the Public School by Sima Letichevski 82

Characters and Personalities

Impressions and Happenings by Y. Rechtschaffen-Ritz 89

Jews of my Old Town by Z. Friedler^[2] 98

After the First World War by B. Z. Horowitz of blessed memory 103

In Memory of Chanina Weisman by P. Kanner 110

My Father Moshe Branik by Yitzchak Barkai-Branik 113

Baruch Keller by A. Friedler-Scharf 118

Avraham Zavierberg – the Man and his Activities by Y. Har-Zohar 119

Avraham Zauerberg 123

My Grandfather Avraham by Esther Har-Zohar 124

Righteous Women by Miriam Har-Zohar 126

Maskilim by M. Fruchter 131

Sh. Shalom in Rozniatow by Sh. Gross 132

The Beloved and Pleasant Ones by M. Stern 133

From Generation to Generation by D. Stern 142

My Parents by M. Stern 149

Yaakov the Lame by Z. Weinfeld 153

In Memory of Those that have Passed by Y. Neubauer 154

Destruction and Annihilation

During the Years of the Holocaust by Yeshaya Lutwak ^[4]
1938
The Invasion of 1939
The Expulsion
Exile In Dolina
Hirsh Gelobter
In the Valley of Murder
A Monument to a Dear Soul
My Wanderings
Reb Moshele the Shochet – Weiser
In the Stryj Ghetto
Rabbi Shlomo Perlow,the rabbi of Bolekhov
The Escape from the Camp
In the Forests of Dolina
High Holy Day Prayers in the Forest of Dolina
The Battle and Murder in the Forests of Dolina
The Budding of Freedom
Our Mighty Ones
About Another Brave Person
157

What happened to me during the Holocaust by B. Z. Horowitz ^[5] 207

In the Place of Murder by Z. Weinfeld 215

Righteous Gentiles by Z. Weinfeld 217

Prehinsko

The Town of Perehinsko by A. Winkler 222

Rabbi David Rosenbaum of holy blessed memory by A. Brandwein 224

Yehuda Berelfein by Yonah Yungerman 232

Father's House by Yehuda Langnauer 237

Yiddish Section of the Yizkor Book

Our Yizkor Book by Z. Friedler 241

The History of Our Shtetl by M. D. Lutwak of blessed memory
The End Came
My Years in Rozniatow
The Beginning
The Great Fire
Jewish Livelihood
Communal Relations between the Jewish and Christian Communities
Fairs
Hassidim and Maskilim
First Drama Circle
A Torah Scroll is Carried to the Synagogue
The Activity of the Jewish Community and its Head Vove Hoffmann
The Synagogue, the Kloiz, and the Beis Midrash
Shamashim (Beadles)
The Maskil Chaim Yoel Taneh
The Parliament of Yossel Kasner
Chanina Weissmann
Feivel Reisler
Mordechai Kriegel
Hersch Rechtschaffen
Advocates
Physicians
Folks-Schulen
The Mobilization
Surprising Events
The Jewish National Council
Sport Clubs
Yad Charutzim
Yiddish Theater
Jewish Victims of World War I
In Perehinsko
247

Going Back in Time and Years by B. D. Horowitz of blessed memory 319

Groups and Organizations

Parties and Organizations by Y. Rechtschaffen ^[1] 324

The Zionist Movement by B. Z. Horowitz of blessed memory 331

Planting in the Land of Israel a poem by Avraham Zauerberg 334

Personalities and Ways of Life

Jews of my Old Town by Z. Friedler ^[2] 336

There Once Was a Town by A. Friedler-Scharf of blessed memory 341

Rozniatow my Shtetl by Y. Neubauer 342

Times and Surroundings by Sh. Gross of blessed memory 343

The Rabbi's Son in Vienna by Sh. Gross of blessed memory 348

Prayer Houses by B. Z. Horowitz 353

The Third Sabbath Meal in the Old Kloiz by M. Fruchter 362

A Winter Sabbath by Sh. Kirshenbaum 364

Fires in the Town by Y. Rechtschaffen 365

Vove Hoffman by T. Weisman-Hoffman 370

Home Sickness and Duty by S. Enis 375

The Lamed-Vovnik by Y. Axelrad ^[3] 376

To Our Land by M. Hoiftman 378

Broszniow

My Shtetl by M. Auslender 381

The First Jews in the Town by B. Nirenberg 384

Swaryczow

Jews in the Town by Z. Weinfeld 389

A Tear for the Beautiful Murdered People by Yehudit Heisler-Friedman 391

Holocaust and Murder

In the Vale of Lament and Anguish^[4] by Y. Lutwak 394

Through Fire and Blood in the Years 1939-1956 by B. Z. Horowitz of blessed memory ^[5] 445

Our Heroes by Y. Lutwak ^[4] 455

The Priest and the Rabbi by Y. Har-Zohar 460

And Thus it Was… by Z. Friedler 463

In Memoriam – Yitzchak Spiegel, Shmuel-Leib Rosenbaum, Reb Yechezkel Nussbaum, Reb David Glass 468

The Children From Whom We Were Bereaved – Eliahu Hausler, Mordechai Schnitzer Yosef Friedler, Yoel Friedler, Eliezer Sternberg, Michael Dingut 471

A Memorial for Those Who Left Us 474

Memorial Lights 475

Family Tree of the Weinfeld Family 476

Memorial dedications 477-518

Necrology 519-537

Translation of photo captions from the Hebrew-Yiddish section

The English section

Rozniatow by Simon Lieberman 3-14

My First Visit to Rozniatow 15-19

Rozniatow by Pinio Kanner – Moshe David Lutwak 20-47

Necrology 49-58

Translator’s Footnotes

There is significant overlap between these Hebrew and Yiddish sections. However, the overlap is not complete – for example, the Yiddish section has a description of the Communists which is not in the Hebrew, and the Hebrew section includes a description of Kazinu and Bnei Akiva which is not in the Yiddish. The Yiddish section’s subheadings are not listed in the table of contents. They are: Achva, Hitachdut – Poale Zion, Mizrachi, Gordonia, Hashomer Hatzair, Betar, Stam Chalutz, Communists, Activists.

There is a significant overlap between these Hebrew and Yiddish sections, but once again, they do not seem to be exactly equivalent.

A Lamed-Vovnik (literally, ‘one of the thirty six’), is a reference to a special righteous person who conceals his righteousness. Jewish legend has it that there are always 36 such special righteous people in the world.

This long chapter of Holocaust history is equivalent in Hebrew and Yiddish, with the exception of a short preface to the Yiddish chapter. The Yiddish chapter on ‘Our Heroes’ which begins on page 455 and forms a separate chapter in the Yiddish, is included in the single Hebrew chapter under a subheading. In the Hebrew it starts on page 201 and goes to the end. The Hebrew version does not have an entry in the table of contents.

There is apparently much overlap of history in these two sections, but they are not equivalent. The Yiddish section goes into much detail of events after the war.

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May G-d Remember
Introduction	6
A map of Rozniatow	8
My Town a poem by Yechezkel Neubauer of Petach Tikva	14
The Town and its Walls (photo)	15
The City and its Walls	16
Our Town by Z. Friedler	17
Chapters of History by P. Kanner	18

Rabbis Hassidim and Influential People
Rabbis by Yehuda Har Zohar	23
The House of the Rabbi by M. Fruchter	35
Yisrael Leizer Bencer – One of the Thirty-Six Tzadikim Rabbi Hamerling, The Rabbinic Judge Rabbi Y. Tz. Korn, Clergy, Ritual Slaughterers, Ritual Circumcisors, Rabbis, Scribes by Y. Rechtschaffen	38
The Old Kloiz and its Worshippers by M. Stern	46

The Zionist Movement
Rozniatow During the Days of the Zionist Vision by Dr. Ch. Berger of blessed memory	53
The Zionist Organizations - The General Zionists, Poale Zion, Mizrachi, Achva, Bnei Akiva, Gordonia, Hashomer Hatzair, Betar, Stam Chalutz, The Kazinu by Y. Rechtschaffen^[1]	54
The Hebrew Library by Avraham Friedler-Scharf of blessed memory	62
Reb Bendet Elimelech – "Hamevaser Zion" by Y. Har-Zohar	65

Jewish Education
My Teachers and Educators by Ben-David Schwartz	69
Reb Yechiel Mechel by D. Faasberg	73
Youth of Rozniatow by Y. Neubauer	74
The Teachers in our City by Y. Rechtschaffen	76
Educational Institutes by Y. Friedler	80
Events in the Public School by Sima Letichevski	82

Characters and Personalities
Impressions and Happenings by Y. Rechtschaffen-Ritz	89
Jews of my Old Town by Z. Friedler^[2]	98
After the First World War by B. Z. Horowitz of blessed memory	103
In Memory of Chanina Weisman by P. Kanner	110
My Father Moshe Branik by Yitzchak Barkai-Branik	113
Baruch Keller by A. Friedler-Scharf	118
Avraham Zavierberg – the Man and his Activities by Y. Har-Zohar	119
Avraham Zauerberg	123
My Grandfather Avraham by Esther Har-Zohar	124
Righteous Women by Miriam Har-Zohar	126
Maskilim by M. Fruchter	131
Sh. Shalom in Rozniatow by Sh. Gross	132
The Beloved and Pleasant Ones by M. Stern	133
From Generation to Generation by D. Stern	142
My Parents by M. Stern	149
Yaakov the Lame by Z. Weinfeld	153
In Memory of Those that have Passed by Y. Neubauer	154

Destruction and Annihilation
During the Years of the Holocaust by Yeshaya Lutwak ^[4] 1938 The Invasion of 1939 The Expulsion Exile In Dolina Hirsh Gelobter In the Valley of Murder A Monument to a Dear Soul My Wanderings Reb Moshele the Shochet – Weiser In the Stryj Ghetto Rabbi Shlomo Perlow,the rabbi of Bolekhov The Escape from the Camp In the Forests of Dolina High Holy Day Prayers in the Forest of Dolina The Battle and Murder in the Forests of Dolina The Budding of Freedom Our Mighty Ones About Another Brave Person	157
What happened to me during the Holocaust by B. Z. Horowitz ^[5]	207
In the Place of Murder by Z. Weinfeld	215
Righteous Gentiles by Z. Weinfeld	217

Prehinsko
The Town of Perehinsko by A. Winkler	222
Rabbi David Rosenbaum of holy blessed memory by A. Brandwein	224
Yehuda Berelfein by Yonah Yungerman	232
Father's House by Yehuda Langnauer	237

Yiddish Section of the Yizkor Book
Our Yizkor Book by Z. Friedler	241
The History of Our Shtetl by M. D. Lutwak of blessed memory The End Came My Years in Rozniatow The Beginning The Great Fire Jewish Livelihood Communal Relations between the Jewish and Christian Communities Fairs Hassidim and Maskilim First Drama Circle A Torah Scroll is Carried to the Synagogue The Activity of the Jewish Community and its Head Vove Hoffmann The Synagogue, the Kloiz, and the Beis Midrash Shamashim (Beadles) The Maskil Chaim Yoel Taneh The Parliament of Yossel Kasner Chanina Weissmann Feivel Reisler Mordechai Kriegel Hersch Rechtschaffen Advocates Physicians Folks-Schulen The Mobilization Surprising Events The Jewish National Council Sport Clubs Yad Charutzim Yiddish Theater Jewish Victims of World War I In Perehinsko	247
Going Back in Time and Years by B. D. Horowitz of blessed memory	319

Groups and Organizations
Parties and Organizations by Y. Rechtschaffen ^[1]	324
The Zionist Movement by B. Z. Horowitz of blessed memory	331
Planting in the Land of Israel a poem by Avraham Zauerberg	334

Personalities and Ways of Life
Jews of my Old Town by Z. Friedler ^[2]	336
There Once Was a Town by A. Friedler-Scharf of blessed memory	341
Rozniatow my Shtetl by Y. Neubauer	342
Times and Surroundings by Sh. Gross of blessed memory	343
The Rabbi's Son in Vienna by Sh. Gross of blessed memory	348
Prayer Houses by B. Z. Horowitz	353
The Third Sabbath Meal in the Old Kloiz by M. Fruchter	362
A Winter Sabbath by Sh. Kirshenbaum	364
Fires in the Town by Y. Rechtschaffen	365
Vove Hoffman by T. Weisman-Hoffman	370
Home Sickness and Duty by S. Enis	375
The Lamed-Vovnik by Y. Axelrad ^[3]	376
To Our Land by M. Hoiftman	378

Broszniow
My Shtetl by M. Auslender	381
The First Jews in the Town by B. Nirenberg	384

Swaryczow
Jews in the Town by Z. Weinfeld	389
A Tear for the Beautiful Murdered People by Yehudit Heisler-Friedman	391

Holocaust and Murder
In the Vale of Lament and Anguish^[4] by Y. Lutwak	394
Through Fire and Blood in the Years 1939-1956 by B. Z. Horowitz of blessed memory ^[5]	445
Our Heroes by Y. Lutwak ^[4]	455
The Priest and the Rabbi by Y. Har-Zohar	460
And Thus it Was… by Z. Friedler	463
In Memoriam – Yitzchak Spiegel, Shmuel-Leib Rosenbaum, Reb Yechezkel Nussbaum, Reb David Glass	468
The Children From Whom We Were Bereaved – Eliahu Hausler, Mordechai Schnitzer Yosef Friedler, Yoel Friedler, Eliezer Sternberg, Michael Dingut	471
A Memorial for Those Who Left Us	474
Memorial Lights	475
Family Tree of the Weinfeld Family	476
Memorial dedications	477-518
Necrology	519-537
Translation of photo captions from the Hebrew-Yiddish section

The English section
Rozniatow by Simon Lieberman	3-14
My First Visit to Rozniatow	15-19
Rozniatow by Pinio Kanner – Moshe David Lutwak	20-47
Necrology	49-58