Telekhany, Belarus

Telekhan Memorial Book
(Telekhany, Belarus)

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Translation of
Telekhan

Edited by: Sh. Sokoler

Published in Los Angeles, 1963

Acknowledgments

Project Coordinator

Ray Stone

Translations

David Goldman

Donated translations

Ray Stone

Rita Krakower Margolis

Our thanks to Phyllis Goldberg for scanning the English section of the book.

This is a translation from: Telekhan: Telekhan memorial book,
ed. Sh. Sokoler, Los Angeles, 1963, Telekhan Memorial Book Committee, 204 pages, H,Y,E

Note: The original book can be seen online at the NY Public Library site: Telechany

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(Portions in Yiddish)
5	Introduction
6	Foreword	Mashele Roseman
9	The Story of how Telekhany was Destroyed	Asher Gursthtel
28	The world became poorer	Esther Miller
43	The Munich Conference	Aaron Klitenick
47	My brother is alive!	Dina Godiner
52	Telekhany and World War One
62	September 21, 1939
66	My brother Shmuel	Esther Godiner Miller
71	The Lives and work of the Telekhany Youth	Mina Baron
83	Shlomo Landman's Story
87	Also from our birthplace Telekhany	Mashele Roseman
88	A Eulogy to burned down Telekhany	Moshe Bernstein
89	The Famous Date - Remembered Forever!	Lazer Lutsky
95	Memories of Telekhany	Golda Stolyar
101	I Remember my Hometown	Riva Chaim Reuvens
102	The Power of Goodness	Chaim Finkelstein
104	The Oath	Esther Miller
105	A letter from Telekhany	Esther Miller
106	The Sacred Chain	Dina Godiner-Klitenick
110	The Tormented Community of Telekhany	Yehusha Sklar
111	Telekhany
114	The family of Mordechai Gurstal
117	Memories of Telekhany	Akiva Alevitsky
128	A Chapter from "From Telekhany to America"	Esther Miller
133	My Flowers on the Mass Grave	Laibel Eisenberg
136	A Free Loan Society and Food Bank for the Poor in Telekhany	Golda Bookman-Landman
137	What I remember from my young days in Telechan	Chana Godiner
138	A letter to the Yizkor book committee	Mendel & Kaleh Bernstein
139	We had “Sarah-Do-Good” in Town	Riva Rosenberg
140	A Report from Gershon Gurstel
142	Azriel the mute's tragic death
144	Pictures and Images of Life in Telekhany	Gershon Gurstel
148	Yosef Tchernichov Danieli, of Blessed Memory
150	A Sacred Memorial to my Dear Mother, Chaya-Esther	Mashele Roseman
152	Telekhany Burial Society	Gershon Telechaner
153	Moshe Vichnes and his Family from Telekhany
155	Map of Telechan
156	Map of Polozia
157	Telechan in Pictures

(Portions in Hebrew)
173	Introduction
175	The Home of Rabbi Yosef Hakohen Glick in Telekhany	Mayer Goldsmith
180	The Gurstel-Gurion Family and the Zionist Movement in Telekhany
181	Jacob Eisenberg, son of Liba and Shmuel Chaim Eisenberg
182	Biography of Laibel Eisenberg, the son of Azriel and Minka
182	Biography of Tzipora Eisenberg, the Daughter of Minka and Azriel
182	Biography of Zvi Eisenberg, the son of Israel
183	In sacred everlasting memory of our martyrs

(English Section)
3	On the Trail of the Telekhany Tragedy	Boris Ustinov
6	A Great Loss for the World	Esther Miller
10	How it all began
13	The Tragic Death of Azriel the Mute

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