This contribution is a translation, by David Goldman of Brooklyn, New York, of the introductory pages, table of contents, list of survivors, memorials, an errata page, and a few miscellaneous sections from Megiles Gline (The Scroll of Gline), Edited by Henoch Halpern, published by The Gliniany Emergency Aid Committee, New York, 1950 (307 pages, Yiddish). At a future date other sections of the book will be translated and submitted to this Web site.

The list of survivors is given first as it is printed in the book, that is, divided by country, but with none of the lists alphabetized. Appended to the translation is this list of survivors in alphabetical order, with the country of residence in 1949/1950 following each name in parentheses. The alphabetized list was prepared by Anne Halpern.

Yizkor [Memorial]	A
A Thank You to All Colleagues	B
Forward	1
A Word to the Readers	7
Historical Information about the Shtetl Gliniany	10
Historical Facts and Tradition	11
Followers of the False Messiahs Shabtai Zevi and Jacob Frank in Gline	14
The Shtetl	16
Occupations of Gline Jews	28
Religious Life of Gline Jews	44
The Chassidic Influence on the Shtetl	44
The Synagogue	47
Customs and Practices in the Shtetl	52
Jewish Holidays in the Shtetl	56
Rabbis and Righteous Jews in Gline	68
The Death of the Rebbe and his Replacement	77
The Rabbinate in Gline	78
Talmudic Scholars in Gline	88
Writers and Poets in Gline	89
Community, Heads of the Community, Religious Officials	93
Synagogue Custodians, Cantors and Prayer Leaders	97
Community Trustee, R. Shmuel Leib Neschles	101
Religious Schools in the Shtetl	102
Religious Teachers in Gline	103
Various Organizations in Gline	106
The Gline River	113
The Public Bath and Sweat Bath	113
The Grove, The Uncultivated Field	115
Military Conscription	116
Fires in Town	117
The Great Fire in Gliniany	119
Cultural Life in Town	122
R. Yankele, Chaya Esthers	125
R. Yosef Horowitz	125
Rabbi Baruch Boseches	127
R. Leib Shrabber (Leib Volf)	127
The Baron Hirsch School in Gline	130
Part Two
The Period of the Lovers of Zion Movement and Zionists in Gline	139
The Death of Dr. Theodore Herzl	147
The Battle on Two Fronts	149
Zionist Orators in Town	151
R. Motek Halpern (Mordechai son of Yechezkel)	151
The Spoiled Sabbath	152
The Workers of Zion Association	157
The Jewish National House in Gline	162
The Pure Language	165
Community Conditions in Shtetl before 1914	165
Personalities of Jews in Gline	169
Jews in Villages around Gline	184
Gline before World War I	186
Part Three
A Revolution Comes Along	188
Under the Russian Government	190
Under Austria Again	192
The Ukrainians Take Over Gline	194
The Poles Take Over Gline	195
To Be Remembered Forever	196
The Cholera Epidemic	197
Aid Sent by Gliniany Jews to Their Hometown Between 1919-1939	198
Zionist Activity in Gline after the Fall of the Austrian Empire	204
The Economic Situation of the Jews in Gline	206
Jewish Community Life in Gline between the Two Wars	208
Gline Youth before World War II	210
Spiritual Life before World War II	212
The Detention of the Jews by the Gentiles	213
Part Four
Why?	216
Gline on the Eve of World War II	219
Gline Jews Sent to Russia	222
The Start of Our Great Disaster	224
Torah Scrolls Were Burned	229
Ukrainians Take Over the Town	231
For a Memorial	234
Nine Gline Jews Murdered in the Loshek Forest	237
Petlura's Actions	243
Gline Jews Taken for Slave Labor	244
The Work of the Judenrat and "Contributions"	247
A Miracle Happened	252
The Karvitch Camp	253
The Yochtorov Camp	257
Part Five
Gline Jews Taken to the Premishlan Ghetto	260
I Am The Brave One (Letters from Survivors)	261
Martyrs of Gline, for an Eternal Memorial	276
The Extermination of Several Families	280
The Murder of the Wolf Katz Family	281
Revenge!	285
Relief Work	288
Gline Survivors after World War II	291
(Gline Survivors after World War II  in alphabetical order)
Afterword	294
Remembering the Dead of the Town	295
To Be Remembered Forever	296
Errata	307

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