Sefer Nesvizh, The Nesvizh Yizkor Book

. The Nesvizh Yizkor Book
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Translation of
Sefer Nieswiez

Edited by: David Shtokfish, Nieswiez Societies in Israel and the Diaspora,

Published in Tel Aviv, 1976,(H,Y, 531 pages)

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This is a translation from: Sefer Nieswiez (The book of Nieswiez),
Editors: David Shtokfish, Tel Aviv, Nieswiez Societies in Israel and the Diaspora, 1976 (H,Y, 531 pages).

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Hebrew

A. From the Recent and Distant Past – Binyamin Yoeli/Nesvizh
History of the city and Stories of the Jewish Community from the day it was founded until W.W. II (1939)		17
Dedication		17
1. Nesvizh – Where the Princess of Radzivil resides		17
2. The formation of the Jewish settlements;		19
3. The public and economic live of the Jewish community in the 16th and 17th centuries;		20
4. The Jews of Nesvizh in the 18th century;		21
5. Nesvizh under Russian rule from 1793 after the second division of Poland;		24
6. The Jews lives in Nesvizh in the last quarter of the 19th century and in the beginning of the 20th century;		27
1. In the war years 1914-1916;		40
2. The February revolution 1917 until the German occupation in 1918;		40
3. Under German occupation 1918;		42
4. During the Soviet rule 1919;		42
5. Under the Polish rule 1919-1920;		43
6. During the short Soviet rule 1920;		45
7. Under the Polish rule 1920-1939;		45
8. The Zionist activity		49
9. Statistics of the Jews of Nesvizh in different periods		52
Remarks and references; list of abbreviations and acronyms; bibliography; list of key names		52
Name Index – History of Nesvizh		57

B. Way of life, Memories, and the Public life
To my town with pity	M. Ben Artzi (Shteinhouse) R.I.P.	59
The Kuzymir Synagogue	Shalom Cholevsky	62
Nesvizh our city	Ruvin Alpert R.I.P.	63
Dashuk Synagogue	Gershon Gefen (Paianis)	65
In the streets of my town	Noach Shkaler	68
The Nesvizh market	Yael Coral (Eisenshdat)	72
Schools organizations and yeshivas	Yaakov David Butzin	73
The pedagogical friend and the presidency of the “culture” chapter	A. Guterman	76
“Culture” school	Gershon Bergson	79
Our street Michaeli Shuk	Yaakov Krunitz	81
My Town and My Family	Gavriel Katz	82
My city of youth	Moshe Eisenfeld	83
City in Israel (songs)	Chayim Friedshtein R.I.P.	84
A Jewish City	Mordechai Ze'ev Raisin	85
Synagogues in Nesvizh	Kalman Yitzchaki (Iskov)	88
Going on the road	Dr. Moshe - El Azar Eisenshdat	90
The “Cheder” of My Father, My Teacher, Gershon Ze'ev Damesek	Shlomo Damesek	91
Chapters from the Book “There Too the Sun Shone”	Shlomo Damesek	95
My visit with Prince Albert Radjiville	A. Guterman	99
Tzeira Zion/Poaleh Zion	Binyamin Yoeli (Yovalyosky)	101
Poalah Zion in Nesvizh	Shlomo Damesic	103
“Fryheight” movement	Avraham Barzin	104
Hashomer Hatzair	Avraham Niv (Katznovsky)	105
Hashomer–HaTzair Struggles for Its Existence	Shlomo Tzur (Velochiansky)	110
“Gordonia”	Shevach Eden Eisenbud)	114
About “Gordonia”	Ishai Mazin	117

C. The War, Holocaust, and Heroism
The first day of war	Rachel Ostrinsky	121
During the Soviet rule September 1939; expectations;sequences; against Kitrug; the youngsters underground; refugees	Shalom Cholavsky	121
The Soviet rule in Nesvizh in the years 1939-1941	Yitzchak Alperovich	125
The Holocaust echoes (songs)	Ishai Mazin	127
Nesvizh That Was and Does Not Exist Anymore	Gavriel Katz	128
Memories From the Days of the War	Yosef Damesek	129
In the Shadow of Death	Shulamit Gordon–Damesek	129
Under Seige The school; the weapon; the demolition of ghetto Horodzai; the revolt; the forest; wandering; searches for weapons; the Kapulska Brigade; in action; connections; Stulpatzy the battles of Staritzey and Lavi; Bauriliky actions; the Jews of Severshna; the ambush in Zouostrovitch; the hunt; indication of splitting; not on the gun by itself; Rujani; informingthe population; again Pulsia; from the family store; Sabitzeh; within the liberation; across from my home	Shalom Holavsky	133
Drops of consolatoryin the cup of sorrows	("Hatzofeh")	163
Berl Alferovitch R.I.P	Yitzchak Alferovitch	164
In Gershon Farfel's Home	Gershon Gefen	165
Curtain of bloodshed went down on the Nesvizh community	Avraham Barazin	166
Why did werebel	Shalom Chulavsky	167

D. People
From his autobiography	Shlomo Maimon	171
Our house in Burnadinska Street: Rabbi Moshe Paiyanas and his life history; Ferralle the treasurer; Yitzchak Moltzadsky; My mother Elizabeta Avramovana	Gershon Gefen (Paiyanas)	174
The Rabbis of Nesvizh, Famous People, and Nesvizh Natives	Moshe Tzinovitz	190
Some of Our Personalities	Shalom Cholavsky	198
They were three	Gershon Gefen(Peiyanas)	206
The last Generation	Binyamin Yoeli (Yovalyosky)	211
The Jews of “holidays” and high holidays	Gershon Gefen (Peiyanas)	213
Binyamin Eisenbod	ShevachEden	218
Cantors- Synagogue Leaders-Public Emissaries and others who like to chant and pray	Gershon Gefen (Peiyanas)	221
The Rabbi and the Judge/or the hen without Gall	Binyamin Yoeli (Yovalyosky)	229
Rabbi Darkuzimar	Yoseph Moshe and Yisrael Burgansky	229
Rabbi Dov Bar Halpern R.I.P.	YaakovDavid Butzin	231
The history of an ancient Jewish family	Naftali Herzog	231
My family	Nisan Torov	234
From our people	Tzvi Kaplan	235
The Judge Rabbi Yitzchak Davidovsky	Gershon Gefen (Peiyanas)	236
People	Shlomo Damesek	240
Elishevah Eshkol; my friend Ben Artzi	Levy Ben Amitai	247
Ben Artzi in his youth	Binyamin Yoeli	247
Avinovitzky Fivish: A person in his body	Uri Kaysari	248
The string that is twisted three times will not tear soon	A. Guterman	249
Rabbi Avraham Puchovsky	A. Guterman	252
Simcha Chayim Vilkomitz	Tidhar	254
Moshe the Butcher - protector of the weak	Kalman Iskov Yischaky	254
The characteristics of Yerachmiel Shkalar	Feivel Millstein	254
Two people	Yehuda Arieh Lavine	255
This is how a human lives and dies	P. Hielprin	255
Rabbi Nachum Tzechanuvich's family	Yehuda Alperovich	256
Naftali Hayutin and Rabbi Shlomo Lavine	Yaakov David Butzin	257
My friend Nachmiel Vinkler	A. Guterman	257
The teacher Shaul Friedstein	A. Guterman	258

E. To the Memory of the Absent
To the Memory of Yehoshua Puchovsky	Ze'ev Gach–Ornan	259
Reb Shmuel Yosef Butzin, May His Memory Be for a Blessing	Y. Vallach	259
Yosef Barzin, May His Memory Be for a Blessing	Avraham Lisod	260
Four Personalities	Yehudah Alperovich	261
To the Blessed Memory of Gershon Lemesh	Yehudah Alperovich	262
Pesach Kubel, May His Memory Be for a Blessing	Buma Katznovsky (Avraham Niv)	262
You Were Like a Father to Us	Gershon Gefen	263
Akiva Barzilai and The Story of His Life	Shmuel Eisenstadt	264
Batya Wallach, May Her Memory Be for a Blessing	Chedva Lachovitsky	266
Itzik	In “Gadna” Camp	266
Captain Yitzchak Katz, May His Memory Be for a Blessing	Gershon Gefen	267
Reb Gershon Farfel, May His Memory Be for a Blessing	Shalom Cholavsky	268
Reb Chaim Eliyahu Friedshtien	Avraham Niv (Katznovsky)	268
Rafi (Refael) Katznovsky	Avraham Niv (Katznovsky)	269
Yosef Tzachanovich		269
Arieh Shamushkovitz		270
Pesach Mazin		270
Chaim Maza		270
Freydl Rosovsky		271
Yosef, son of Baruch Shamushkovsky, May His Memory Be for a Blessing		271
Eliyahu, son of Getzel Farfel		271
Pesach Kubel		271
Gensia Malevsky		271
Eka Vasilovsky–Miller		272
Pesya Friedshtien		272
Avraham Tzudik		273
Shalvin, Bernard (Shalvitzki, Boruch)		273
Breina Golden, May Her Memory be for a Blessing		273
Reuven Alpert		273
Gavriel Avnieli (Epshtein), May His Memory be for a Blessing		273
Yoseph Lifshitz		274
Yoseph Shamushkovich		274
Aaron Ruzofski	A. Barzin	274
Gavriel Katz		274
Zalman Shifres	Binyamin Yoeli	274

Yiddish		277

1. From the Near and Distant Past
History of the city and of the Jewish community, of its interference – until the outbreak of the Second World War	Binyamin Yoeli	279
The seat of Radziwill rulers		279
How the Jewish settlement formed		280
The social and economic life of the Jewish community in the 16^th and 176^th century		281
Jews in Nesvizh in the 18^th century		282
Nesvizh under the Russian power – from the year 1793, after the second partition of Poland		283
Jewish Life in Nesvizh in the Last Quarter of the 19^th Century and the Beginning of the 20^th Century		285
In the years 1914 – 1916		289
From the Februuary Revolution in 1917 until the German occupation 1918		290
Under the Soviet rulers – 1919		291
Under Polish Rule (1919–1920)		292
Under the brief Soviet rule (1920)		293
Independent Poland (1920–1939)		293
On The Threshold of This Century	Noach Mishkovsky	298
Establishment of the second Jewish school in Russia		298
My socialist society work in Nesvizh		302
In the Years 1905-1906	Shimeon Damesek	304
The Diligent Ones – a description of the Nesvizher yeshiva in the year 1872		305
Documents Tell the Story		307
Hebrew kindergarten in the name of C. N. Bialik in Nesvizh		307
Regional Conference of the Tarbut teachers in Nesvizh		307
Handwritten letter		307
Cash collection for the exiled Of Germany		307
A letter from Rabbi Yoel Rozovsky		307
Printed Certificate		308
Other handwritten material		309

2. Styles, Memories, Social Life
Jewish society life in the 30s	Yitzchak Alperovich	313
Institutions of Learning and Philanthropic and Cultural Institutions	Shlomo Farfel	319
A Full Blooded Jewish Life	Yitzchak Shachor (Itshe Charny)	324
Pictures and memories of Nesvizh	Moshe Aizenbud	327
My father used to tell…	Moshe Aisenbud	329
The gardener cooperative	Zev (Velvel) Breslov	337
The Children's organization “Skif”	M Aizenbud	338
Of the Nesvizher Jewish manner	Moshe Blachinsky	340
Memories of the old life	Binyamin Yoeli	343
This all belongs to the past	Rachel Yasinafsky	347
Inside Nesvizh		348
Memories of a Bundishn father	Shimon Netzov	351
During the First World War and After	Yehuda Leker	352
In Those Days	Shlomo Damesek	353
The Shtetl Snov	Chaim Yelin	357

3. In Wartime, In The Ghetto, In The Forest
September 17 1939	Moshe Blachinsky	361
Under Soviet Rule in the Years 1939–1941	Moshe Aizenbud	362
On the Threshold of Destruction	Y. Alperovitz	370
The Testament of the Martyrs	Moshe Lachovitzky	372
Memories of the Ghetto and the Forest	David Farfel	389
Bondage, resistance, death	Yishai Mazin	412
A Glorious Chapter of Jewish Resistance	Yitzchak Alperovich	427
Falsehood and Truth About Jews and Jewish Resistance in Nesvizh	Mordechai W. Bernstein z”l	430
In the Ghetto and With Partisans in the Volozhiner Forests	Moshe Damesek	433
My Experience During the Hitlerist Occupation	Yehudis Mirsky–Damesek	440
Jews Made A Resistance	Laizer Katzovich	444
Story of a Fighting Prisoner and Partisans	Dov Berezin	445

4. Figures
The Gaon of Nesvizh	Dr. A. Koralnik	451
The Engraver Hershko Leibowicz from Nesvizh (1700-1770)	Yosef Sandel	453
Leibowicz Hersh (Herszek)		456
Undzer Foter Shomer	Miriam Shomer-Cunzer	456
Falk Heylperin [Halperin]	B. Tsh.	459
Lipowski Nakhum	Y. Kh.	460
Beker Yosef		461
My Grandfather Falk	Falk Halperin	461
Rebbe Meirke	Falk Halperin	463
The Poresh	Shlomo Damesek	467
Moshe Eliezer Eizenstadt		468
Dr. Moshe Eliezer Eizenstadt		468
Lazar Fogelman	M.Sh.	469
Elihu-Yisroel Radunsky		470
Akiva Baksht	M. Eisenbud	470
Benyamin Graubart		470
Mikhal Czarni, of blessed memory	Yitzhak Alperovich	470
Jews from My Home City	Yakov Andrusier	471
From Our Way (Rav Moshe Tsitsis; the Letter–Writer; Yasche the Doctor King; King Ramaz the Nihilist; the Single–Daughter Genius)		473
My Family		475
Abba the Chasid and Other Nesvizher Jews		476
Yankel the Blacksmith		479
Shlomo Lansky (1914–1942)		480
Motte Ber Zatorensky		480
The Two Spirits (Basha and Perla)		481
The Unknown Singer (Syomka Farfel)		484
Kashmirantses		485
Conspirators		488
Shalom Shapiro z”l		490
Rav Aharon Levin the Shoichet z”l		490
The Death of my Father		491
My Sessions With Yoel Razowitzky		492
Name and Address		492
The Names and Nicknames as I Remember Them		493
Nicknames and the Family Names		494

5. Index – Eternal Pages
Necrology		501
Memorial Scroll		506

6. Sons of Nesvizh in Israel and the Diaspora
From Irgun Veterans from Nesvizh in Israel	Avraham Berezin	509
About the Activity of the Nesvizher Landsmanshaft in Israel	Avraham Berezin	510
A Little Story of the Nesvizher Compatriots in America	Velvel Belmont	511

7. Reserve
On Wings of Memories	Nachum Krasnoslisky	519
“Nesvizh Group” in Rechnovot	Tzipporah Bat–Ami	521
Sayings of the People of Nesvizh		522
Memorial Plates – Remembrance of the Shoah and Warning to the Future Children of our Nation	B. Yoeli	522
To Their Memory
Rav Yosef–Ber Soloveichik		523
Beile–Henya Angilovitz		523
Pesach Berezin z”l		523

Fallen Soldiers, Children of Those from Nesvizh – To Their Memory
Dani (Daniel) Berkovitz		524
Yoav Yakir		525
Mordechai (Moti) Madin (Medvitzky)		525
About the Old Nesvizh	Shalom Balavsky	527
Shlomo Maimon – the Greatest Jewish Philosopher		529
The Ninth Account – The Bloody Day For The Nesvizher Jews	Moshe Lachovitzky	530

Name Index–Hebrew and Yiddish Sections
Subject Index

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