Trakai, Lithuania

Troki
(Trakai, Lithuania)

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Translation of
Troki

Editor: Former Residents of Trakai in Israel

Published in Tel Aviv 1954

Acknowledgments
Project Coordinator
Fred Millner

Translator

Rabbi Molly Karp

Our sincere appreciation to Yad Vashem
for the submission of the necrology for placement on the JewishGen web site.

This is a translation of: Troki
Editor: Former Residents of Trakai in Israel, Published: Tel Aviv 1954 (H 79 pages)

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With the Book The Editorial Staff 7

Troki (A Poem, a section from the poem “Vilna”^[1]) 9

Troki – A Jewish Town That Was Asher Shomrony-Straus 11

The Fundamental Bill of Rights of the Jews of Troki (from “Faithful Town” by Sh. Y. Fein) 52

The New Troki – A Historic Review Asher Shomrony–Strauss 54

The Miracle Did Not Occur Zvi Hasdai 62

The Bundle of Memories Rabbi Mr. Nahum Partzovitz^[2] 64

A Troker Ballad Shimshon Kahan 72

The Mail in Troki Avraham Kotz 73

The Last Days of Troki (from the book “Lithuania” that was published in the United States,
a section from the impressions of Yaakov Saperstein of Wysoki Dwór) 75

List of the Slain 77

Translator's footnotes:

https://books.google.com/books?id=raUYBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA251&lpg=PA251&dq=Zalman+shneur+Vilna&source=bl&ots=ODTf7sETWc&sig=Teul7GFwdgbFzr3gAXVnLX4C2Iw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiYgJ_Q5bLOAhVK7IMKHfpTAvwQ6AEIHzAA#v=onepage&q=Zalman%20shneur%20Vilna&f=false

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nochum_Partzovitz

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With the Book	The Editorial Staff	7
Troki	(A Poem, a section from the poem “Vilna”^[1])	9
Troki – A Jewish Town That Was	Asher Shomrony-Straus	11
The Fundamental Bill of Rights of the Jews of Troki	(from “Faithful Town” by Sh. Y. Fein)	52
The New Troki – A Historic Review	Asher Shomrony–Strauss	54
The Miracle Did Not Occur	Zvi Hasdai	62
The Bundle of Memories	Rabbi Mr. Nahum Partzovitz^[2]	64
A Troker Ballad	Shimshon Kahan	72
The Mail in Troki	Avraham Kotz	73
The Last Days of Troki	(from the book “Lithuania” that was published in the United States, a section from the impressions of Yaakov Saperstein of Wysoki Dwór)	75
List of the Slain		77