Garwolin, Poland

Garwolin Memorial Book
(Poland)
51°54' / 21°38'

Translation of Garwolin yisker-bukh

Edited by: Moshe Zaltsman, Baruch Shein

Published in Tel Aviv – New York – Paris 1972

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Garwolin yisker-bukh (Garwolin memorial book) ed. Moshe Zaltsman, Baruch Shein
Tel Aviv – New York – Paris 1972, Garowilin Societies (H, Y 304 Pages)

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Translated by Gloria Berkenstat Freund

Garwolin and its Surroundings Josef Milner 1–3

The Rabbi Baruch Szajn 2–3

The Dayan [judge of the religious court] Meir Jechiel Rubin 4

1917–1918–1919 D. Ben Dow Berman 5–6

Memory Book – a Command for all Generations to observe Jaakow Menachem Zinger z”l 7–8

Notes from Garwolin Alter Klajman 9–13

This Happened Meir Brankarz 14–22

Political and Communal Activities of the Young Zysze Nochgielt-Nungold 23–25

My Childhood Years Szejndla Lewin 27–30

Thirteen Years in Garwolin [H] Baruch Szajn 31–40

As Much as I Remember Ryfka Perkal-Lewin 41–50

A Beautiful Dream (verse) Beryl Ambaras 51–52

Memories of the Shtetl [town] Mojsze Klajnman 53–63

The Sun Has Set Michal Kojfman 64–72

One in a Million Mojsze Handkan 73–78

My Home and my Town [H] Amaron Agman Anglister 79–90

Our Family Shlomo Blas 91–92

My Father's House Meir Szolem Lewin 93–97

My Grandfather's Home Mojsze Bursztajn 98–102

Home of Reb Matisyahu Rubin Meir Jechiel Rubin 103

My Parents' Home Jechiel Fiszman 104

My Home Ryfka Hochberg-Kirszenboim 105–106

Hard to Believe Cypora Ciszyński (Fajcze Kirszenboim) 107–108

Chaim Melamed [teacher] and the Lame Leah Rachela Hirszfeld vom Fom 109

The Autobiography of a Townsman Chaim Wolf Sztabowicz 110–112

The Gravedigger of Garwolin Sz. Tenenboim 113

Our House Chana Karpfman -Rozenberg 114–117

My Grandfather Joszua Wampan (z”l) 118–121

Garwolin in Three Eras and Generations Szlomo Nachszon-Szlang 122–123

My Shtetl, Garwolin Johoszua Sokol 124–126

Memories Meir Borowski 127

One from a Family Izrael-Meir Popower 128

House of Reb Leibl Ahronson, of blessed memory Jechiel Rubin 129

The Shtetl [town] is not Forgotten Alter Klajnman-Borowski 130

The town of my Birth [H] Chaim Rubak 131

The Beis haMedrash [house of study and prayer] of Garwolin Mojsze Bursztajn 131–132

Economic Organizations in Town [H] B. Sz. 133

The Artisans M. R. 133–134

A Disturbed Simkhas-Torah Juda Rubin 135

Memories of Garwolin Chana Hermanowicz 136–137

A Darling Child (a portrait) [H] Aaron Agman-Anglister 137

The Pechadnie Alley Estera Trusterman-Zylberman 138

Remembrances Ryfka Perkal-Lewin 139

Memories Rochla Miller 140

The Beginning of the Devastation Mordka Rotman 140

The BETAR Sport Organization in Garwolin [H] Juda Rubin 141

Pages from My Memory Zysze Nochgield 142–144

There Once Was Alter Klajnman 145–155

A Short Story from the Past (Verses) Beryl Ambaras 156–157

My Aliya to Eretz Israel [H] Izrael Aronson 158–161

On New Paths Meir Szolem Brukarz 162–163

A Visit to Garwolin in May, 1971 M. Sz. B. 163

The Pump (Tales with a Moral) [H] Brusz 164–166

Lyrical Sketches (Verses) Meir Brukarz 167–169

A Wedding Wish (Verses) Beryl Ambaras 170–172

Miniatures Mojsze Klajnman 173–178

A Letter to a Garwoliner Michal Kojfman 178

Dreams about the Shtetl [town] Sholom Nachszon 179

The Broken Mirror Mikhal Kojfman 180–181

Garwolin Sz. L. Sznajderman 181

Garwolin Types Alter Klajnman 182–185

Why should I Want to Live (verses) Acharon Agman Anglister 186

My Experiences in September Meir Herc 187–193

The End of the Garwolin Community Meir Klajnboim 194–195

The Burial of the Martyrs J. H. 195

My Experiences with the Germans Mojsze Klajnboim (Bat Jam) 196–204

From a Letter Mendel Cymbrowicz 204

At the Outbreak of the War Cyryl Minc 205–206

The Kurcer Family Matka (the mother) 206

On the Ruins of Garwolin Icze Klajnman 207

On the Aryan Side Chana Karpman-Rozenberg 208–215

My Memories from the Town [H] Jechiel Fiszman 216

With the Gerer Hasidim [H] Meir-Jechiel Rubin 217

I Search for my Family Fajwel Pitkowicz 218

From my Own Experiences Szyja Bryf 219

The Holocaust Awrum Rozenberg 220–222

My Road of Suffering Arje Heldenberg 223

And the Miracle Did Not Happen Szapsaj Radoszyński 224

Under the Hitleristic Regime Mojsze Klajman 225–228

Pages from My Life Aleksander 229–242

In Memory of Our Home [H] Jechuda Chaja Jomtow 243–245

The Reward: a Pinch in the Cheek Acharon Agman Anglister 246

From Garwolin to Auschwitz [H] NF”SZ 247–254

The Cemetery Jewry [H] Szmuel Moses 255–259

Yiddish (a poem) Mojsze Klajman 260

Yes, I Was in Auschwitz Zysze Nochgeld 261–264

Bloody Verses Mojsze Klajman 265–266

The Klajnman Family (Necrology) 267

From the Valley of Tears Aachor Lande z”l 268–269

People Write Izrael Grynszpan 269

People Write Mosze Rapaport 270

Escape with the Sefer-Torah [Torah Scroll] Mosze Fiszman, Jehuda Rubin 270

The Death of the Rabbi [H] Nachman Abramowir z”l 271

The destruction of Garwolin Nachman Hungold 272

About the Association of former Garwolin Residents Juda Rubin 273

Thus Did We Begin Zysze Nochgield 274–276

Av Harachamim [Prayer in Memory of the Dead] [H] 277

In Memory of Friends

Hershl Lajfer, may the Lord avenge his blood Jechiel Fiszman 278

Moshe Rozenberg, may the Lord avenge his blood Jechiel Fiszman 278

Tsipora (Feyga) Anglister, may the Lord avenge her blood Baruch Szajn 278–279

Chaya, may she rest in peace–in Memory of my Young Beloved Wife [H] Acharon Anglister 279

Leibl Mokotow, of blessed memory Baruch Szajn 280

Yehusha Karpman, of blessed memory Aarom Agman Anglister 284

Yehoshua Wampan, of blessed memory

For Man is Like a Tree in a Field [after Deut. 20:19] [H] Mosze Klajman 282

A Pioneer in all his Deeds [H] Jechiel Fiszman 282

Heavy Mourning for the people of Garwolin [H] Baruch Szajn 283

It is Difficult to Accept the Fact [H] Chaja Fajgenboim 283

A Life full of activity [H] Mordechaj Isz-Tow (zal) 283

He Was… [H] Acharon Agman 248*

Roza and Avraham Burowski [H] Their son Meir 284

Reb Yissakhar-Dov Blank, of blessed memory

Biographical Lines [H] J. Hameiri 285

A Person with Roots [H] Mojsze Bursztajn 285

He Loved Torah and charity [H] Jechiel Fiszman 285

One of the First [H] Baruch Szajn 286

He loved the Torah [H] Acharon Agman 286

Reb Shmuel Laksman, of blessed memory Szlojme Nachszonszlag 287–288

In White Dress [H] Jechuda Rubin 288

Garwolin people who Perished in the Holocaust [H] 289–293

My Family Szymszon Kazirow 294

Garwoliner from Ghetto Parysow Taken to Treblinka 295

List of the Garwolin People 296–298

Pages for Additional Notes 299–301

In Memory of the Fallen IDF Soldiers from Garwolin 302

In Memory of Deceased Former Garwolin Residents 303

List of pictures

Księga Pamiątkowa Garwolin

* probably should be 284

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Garwolin and its Surroundings		Josef Milner	1–3
The Rabbi		Baruch Szajn	2–3
The Dayan [judge of the religious court]		Meir Jechiel Rubin	4
1917–1918–1919		D. Ben Dow Berman	5–6
Memory Book – a Command for all Generations to observe		Jaakow Menachem Zinger z”l	7–8
Notes from Garwolin		Alter Klajman	9–13
This Happened		Meir Brankarz	14–22
Political and Communal Activities of the Young		Zysze Nochgielt-Nungold	23–25
My Childhood Years		Szejndla Lewin	27–30
Thirteen Years in Garwolin	[H]	Baruch Szajn	31–40
As Much as I Remember		Ryfka Perkal-Lewin	41–50
A Beautiful Dream (verse)		Beryl Ambaras	51–52
Memories of the Shtetl [town]		Mojsze Klajnman	53–63
The Sun Has Set		Michal Kojfman	64–72
One in a Million		Mojsze Handkan	73–78
My Home and my Town	[H]	Amaron Agman Anglister	79–90
Our Family		Shlomo Blas	91–92
My Father's House		Meir Szolem Lewin	93–97
My Grandfather's Home		Mojsze Bursztajn	98–102
Home of Reb Matisyahu Rubin		Meir Jechiel Rubin	103
My Parents' Home		Jechiel Fiszman	104
My Home		Ryfka Hochberg-Kirszenboim	105–106
Hard to Believe		Cypora Ciszyński (Fajcze Kirszenboim)	107–108
Chaim Melamed [teacher] and the Lame Leah		Rachela Hirszfeld vom Fom	109
The Autobiography of a Townsman		Chaim Wolf Sztabowicz	110–112
The Gravedigger of Garwolin		Sz. Tenenboim	113
Our House		Chana Karpfman -Rozenberg	114–117
My Grandfather		Joszua Wampan (z”l)	118–121
Garwolin in Three Eras and Generations		Szlomo Nachszon-Szlang	122–123
My Shtetl, Garwolin		Johoszua Sokol	124–126
Memories		Meir Borowski	127
One from a Family		Izrael-Meir Popower	128
House of Reb Leibl Ahronson, of blessed memory		Jechiel Rubin	129
The Shtetl [town] is not Forgotten		Alter Klajnman-Borowski	130
The town of my Birth	[H]	Chaim Rubak	131
The Beis haMedrash [house of study and prayer] of Garwolin		Mojsze Bursztajn	131–132
Economic Organizations in Town	[H]	B. Sz.	133
The Artisans		M. R.	133–134
A Disturbed Simkhas-Torah		Juda Rubin	135
Memories of Garwolin		Chana Hermanowicz	136–137
A Darling Child (a portrait)	[H]	Aaron Agman-Anglister	137
The Pechadnie Alley		Estera Trusterman-Zylberman	138
Remembrances		Ryfka Perkal-Lewin	139
Memories		Rochla Miller	140
The Beginning of the Devastation		Mordka Rotman	140
The BETAR Sport Organization in Garwolin	[H]	Juda Rubin	141
Pages from My Memory		Zysze Nochgield	142–144
There Once Was		Alter Klajnman	145–155
A Short Story from the Past (Verses)		Beryl Ambaras	156–157
My Aliya to Eretz Israel	[H]	Izrael Aronson	158–161
On New Paths		Meir Szolem Brukarz	162–163
A Visit to Garwolin in May, 1971		M. Sz. B.	163
The Pump (Tales with a Moral)	[H]	Brusz	164–166
Lyrical Sketches (Verses)		Meir Brukarz	167–169
A Wedding Wish (Verses)		Beryl Ambaras	170–172
Miniatures		Mojsze Klajnman	173–178
A Letter to a Garwoliner		Michal Kojfman	178
Dreams about the Shtetl [town]		Sholom Nachszon	179
The Broken Mirror		Mikhal Kojfman	180–181
Garwolin		Sz. L. Sznajderman	181
Garwolin Types		Alter Klajnman	182–185
Why should I Want to Live (verses)		Acharon Agman Anglister	186
My Experiences in September		Meir Herc	187–193
The End of the Garwolin Community		Meir Klajnboim	194–195
The Burial of the Martyrs		J. H.	195
My Experiences with the Germans		Mojsze Klajnboim (Bat Jam)	196–204
From a Letter		Mendel Cymbrowicz	204
At the Outbreak of the War		Cyryl Minc	205–206
The Kurcer Family		Matka (the mother)	206
On the Ruins of Garwolin		Icze Klajnman	207
On the Aryan Side		Chana Karpman-Rozenberg	208–215
My Memories from the Town	[H]	Jechiel Fiszman	216
With the Gerer Hasidim	[H]	Meir-Jechiel Rubin	217
I Search for my Family		Fajwel Pitkowicz	218
From my Own Experiences		Szyja Bryf	219
The Holocaust		Awrum Rozenberg	220–222
My Road of Suffering		Arje Heldenberg	223
And the Miracle Did Not Happen		Szapsaj Radoszyński	224
Under the Hitleristic Regime		Mojsze Klajman	225–228
Pages from My Life		Aleksander	229–242
In Memory of Our Home	[H]	Jechuda Chaja Jomtow	243–245
The Reward: a Pinch in the Cheek		Acharon Agman Anglister	246
From Garwolin to Auschwitz	[H]	NF”SZ	247–254
The Cemetery Jewry	[H]	Szmuel Moses	255–259
Yiddish (a poem)		Mojsze Klajman	260
Yes, I Was in Auschwitz		Zysze Nochgeld	261–264
Bloody Verses		Mojsze Klajman	265–266
The Klajnman Family (Necrology)			267
From the Valley of Tears		Aachor Lande z”l	268–269
People Write		Izrael Grynszpan	269
People Write		Mosze Rapaport	270
Escape with the Sefer-Torah [Torah Scroll]		Mosze Fiszman, Jehuda Rubin	270
The Death of the Rabbi	[H]	Nachman Abramowir z”l	271
The destruction of Garwolin		Nachman Hungold	272
About the Association of former Garwolin Residents		Juda Rubin	273
Thus Did We Begin		Zysze Nochgield	274–276
Av Harachamim [Prayer in Memory of the Dead]	[H]		277

In Memory of Friends
Hershl Lajfer, may the Lord avenge his blood		Jechiel Fiszman	278
Moshe Rozenberg, may the Lord avenge his blood		Jechiel Fiszman	278
Tsipora (Feyga) Anglister, may the Lord avenge her blood		Baruch Szajn	278–279
Chaya, may she rest in peace–in Memory of my Young Beloved Wife	[H]	Acharon Anglister	279
Leibl Mokotow, of blessed memory		Baruch Szajn	280
Yehusha Karpman, of blessed memory		Aarom Agman Anglister	284
Yehoshua Wampan, of blessed memory
For Man is Like a Tree in a Field [after Deut. 20:19]	[H]	Mosze Klajman	282
A Pioneer in all his Deeds	[H]	Jechiel Fiszman	282
Heavy Mourning for the people of Garwolin	[H]	Baruch Szajn	283
It is Difficult to Accept the Fact	[H]	Chaja Fajgenboim	283
A Life full of activity	[H]	Mordechaj Isz-Tow (zal)	283
He Was…	[H]	Acharon Agman	248*
Roza and Avraham Burowski	[H]	Their son Meir	284
Reb Yissakhar-Dov Blank, of blessed memory
Biographical Lines	[H]	J. Hameiri	285
A Person with Roots	[H]	Mojsze Bursztajn	285
He Loved Torah and charity	[H]	Jechiel Fiszman	285
One of the First	[H]	Baruch Szajn	286
He loved the Torah	[H]	Acharon Agman	286
Reb Shmuel Laksman, of blessed memory		Szlojme Nachszonszlag	287–288
In White Dress	[H]	Jechuda Rubin	288
Garwolin people who Perished in the Holocaust	[H]		289–293
My Family		Szymszon Kazirow	294
Garwoliner from Ghetto Parysow Taken to Treblinka			295
List of the Garwolin People			296–298
Pages for Additional Notes			299–301
In Memory of the Fallen IDF Soldiers from Garwolin			302
In Memory of Deceased Former Garwolin Residents			303

List of pictures

Księga Pamiątkowa Garwolin