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Memorial Book
of the Community of Zborow

(Zborov, Ukraine)

49°40' / 25°09'

Translation of
Sefer zikaron le-kehilat Zborow

Edited by Eliyahu (Adik) Zilberman

Published in Haifa, 1975


 

Acknowledgments

Project Coordinator

Ann Gleich Harris

 



This is a translation from: Sefer zikaron le-kehilat Zborow, (Memorial book of the community of Zborow),
edited by Eliyahu (Adik) Zilberman; published by the Zborow Society. Haifa, 1975 (Hebrew, Yiddish, 477 pages).



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Title
Author
Lang.
Page
Front pages
From The Editors H 9
From The Editors Y 11
The Contents 13
 
The History of the Jews in Zborow
The Historical Background of Zborow Y.G. Labiner H 17
Zborow According to the Russian Encyclopedia in 1952 A. Silberman H 22
Additional Historical Facts About Zborow Yehudit Katz H 24
The Messengers of National Revival in Our Town and Its First Activist Mordechai Marder, z”l H 26
 
The Scroll of Horror
Passing Thoughts During the Days of Shiva [Mourning] Y. G. Labiner H 37
In the Zborow Ghetto and in the Bunker Zvi (Hersh) Fuhrman H 39
In the Zborow Ghetto and in the Bunker Zvi (Hersh) Fuhrman Y 50
The Sufferings of a Holocaust Survivor David Mauerstein H 65
The Sufferings of a Holocaust Survivor David Mauerstein Y 69
Letters From the Valley Of Death Ida Berger, z”l H 75
Letters From the Valley Of Death Ida Berger, z”l Y 84
Among the Wolves–The One Who Saved Jews Sima Zeiger (Jung) H 97
Hiding from Death Tziporah Schindelheim (Stock) H 103
In the Struggle for Life Michael Jung H 104
Memories from the Period of Horror Chula (Helena) Brojde (née Zipora) H 107
Memories from the Days of Horror Leib Kronisch, z”l H 111
Reflections of Moshe Jung, z”l, and His Wife Moshe Jung and Regina Jung Y 123
And the Ukrainians Slaughtered ... Shmuel Stark H 130
The Zborow Labor Camp Benedict Friedman H 131
Sheltered by Christian Friends Paye Shapira Y 133
From the Testimony of Mr. Tzvi Ebers   H 145
From the Memoirs of a Jewish Fighter – A Soldier in the Red Army Shmuel Jung H 148
I Was an Aryan Arye Jung H 149
An Authentic Testimony Via a Letter Chula (Helena) Zipora H 158
Father Jan Pablitzki Gad Rotem H 160
Segments of Sad Memories Shmuel Silberman H 162
Visit to Mass Grave of Zborow's Jews Lipa Fisher H 164
“We Accuse” (A. The Story of Aron – B. The Story of Ela) Lena Kichler-Silberman H 165
In Zborow Under Nazi Oppression Menachem Doll, z”l Y 175
Dora the Nurse Menachem Doll, z”l Y 179
Rescuer of the Jews, Antoshu Suchinski   H 181
Itche Zeiger, z”l   H 181
The Tree Planting Ceremony in Ya'ar HaKdoshim [The Forest of the Martyrs] Remarks by A. Silberman H 182
Uprising Attempt in the Zborow Ghetto Gershon Schneider H 183
Levi Remer, z”l, the Commander of the Zborow Ghetto Uprising Gershon Schneider H 184
Binyamin Plisner, z”l, One of the Rebels Gershon Schneider H 185
My Wanderings with the Red Army Soldiers Tzvi Katz H 186
The Righteous Among the Nations in Our Town   H 187
In the Soviets' Instruments of Torture Michael Fuhrman H 188
 
Memories, Images and the Way of Life
From the Memories of a Zborow Man Josef-Gershon Labiner H 191
Remarks for the Article by Josef Gershon Labiner Y. Redler-Feldman (R' Binyamin) H 211
“From Zborow to the Kinneret” – Segments from the book by R’ Benjamin   H 213
Communities Leaders and Public Activists Binyamin Reiss H 245
The Main Public Institutions Binyamin Reiss H 255
“The Kitchen” Binyamin Reiss H 262
“The Kitchen” Binyamin Reiss Y 266
The Zionist-Pioneering Movement Eliyahu (Adyk) Silberman H 272
Zborow between the Two World Wars A. Rotem (Roth) H 282
The Public Image of Zborow Gershon Schneider H 286
The HeChalutz Movement in Zborow Dov Mehlzak H 293
When I Remember, My Heart Shrinks… Itka Strasberg (Linder) H 297
A Few Memories of My Birthplace Natan Heiman, z”l H 299
Shredded Memories Yehudit Katz H 301
Zborow of Yesterday Efraim Katz H 303
The Town That No Longer Exists Leah Gang (nee Schechter) H 306
Memories of My Youth Shlomo Amitai (Wahrhaftig) H 307
I Recall Those Young Years Meilech Diamond Y 309
The Youth Movement of Zborow Moshe Shapira H 311
Kol Nidre Night in the Town Zelig Yaron (Jaeger) H 314
Several Characters in the Town Zelig Yaron (Jaeger) H 315
Zborow During Holidays and Weekdays Yakov Weller H 318
During Weekdays Yakov Welle H 319
A Few Memories Eli Richter H 322
The Orthodox Community in Zborow Michel Roth H 324
Beta'r in Zborow Shmuel Hollander and Michael Fuhrman H 328
The Chapters of Zborow Azriel Pollak H 330
The Organization of Former Zborow Residents in the US Eliyahu (Adyk) Silberman H 336
Parshat (Tale of) Balamut Binyamin Reiss H 339
Title Page To Ohel Moshe [Moshe's Tent]   H 341
The Ruling of Rabbi Zweig   H 342
This Is How the Ukrainian Boycott Conspiracy Was Foiled Binyamin Reiss H 343
 
Personalities and Community Leaders
R' [Rabbi] Binyamin (Yehoshua Redler-Feldman, z”l)   H 351
Simcha Bunim Feldman, z”l   H 353
HaRav Benzion Schalita, z”l   H 354
Rabbi Shlomo Kleinhandler, z”l   H 354
Rabbi Alter (Moshe Yonah Halevi) Zweig, z”l   H 355
Aron Czapnik, z”l G[ershon] Sch[neider] H 355
In Memory of Dr. Moshe Brumer, z”l Azriel P[ollak] H 356
Moshe Chaim Silberman, z”l G[ershon] Schneider H 357
Yisrael Katz, z”l B. R. [Binyamin Reiss] H 357
The Social Activist Mendel Sigal, z”l   H 358
Naftali Katz, z”l   H 359
Hersh Shapira, z”l   H 360
Yakov [Jacob] Fuchs, z”l Adyk [Silberman] and Gershon [Labiner] H 361
Memories of the Holy Martyrs Joel Buchwald H 362
Mendel Jung, z”l   H 362
Yakov Mendel, z”l   H 362
Abba Waltuch, z”l   H 363
Arye (Leib) Adler, z”l   H 363
Pesach (Poldi) Auerbach, z”l   H 364
Aisev Silberman, z”l Adyk and Solo [Silberman] H 365
Zeinvel (Zebulon) Liebling, z”l   H 366
Yitzchok Auerbach   Y 367
Shemesh, Moshe   Y 372
 
In Memory of Those Who Fell Defending the Homeland
Asher Halpern z”l   H 375
With Every Fiber of His Being David Halpern H 378
David, Son of Esther and Shmuel Schneider Gershon Schneider H 379
Michah Heiman “Mishka,” z”l   H 381
In Memory of Michah Heiman, z”l Uncle Zelig Yaron (Jaeger) H 382
Shmuel Katz, z”l   H 383
Shmulik, My Dearest, My First Born   H 385
Moti Shapira, z”l   H 386
 
In Memory of the Victims of the Shoah
My Father/My Teacher Moshe Chaim and My Mother/My Teacher Chana Silberman Eliyahu (Adyk) Silberman H 391
In Memory of the Family of Mendel Halpern-Segal, z”l Eva Halpern Adler H 395
Esther and Shmuel Schneider, z”l Gershon Schneider H 396
A Righteous Man Munyev [His Son-in-law] H 397
To Remember the Family of Abraham Haber Clara Haber Schneider H 399
The Family of Yankel Roth, z”l Arye Rotem H 400
To Remember the Family of Fischel Zipora Zipore Sisters H 401
My Family Zelig Yaron (Jaeger) H 402
In Memory of My Childhood Home Yetti Karpin (Dawidsohn) H 403
In Memory of the Pfeffer Family Rozia Pfeffer Altman H 404
Rabbi Herschel Schachter–On His Parents of Blessed Memory   H 407
My Childhood Home–The Shlomo Linder Family Yechezkel Linder H 408
In Memory of the Mehlsack and Linder Families Dov Mehlsack H 409
Memories of My Childhood Home Yehudit Liebling Katz H 410
Elka Mintzer (nee Katz) May God Avenge Her Blood Efraim Katz H 411
These Were Our Parents [A Portrait of My Parents] Jacob Heller, Shifra Greenspan, Julia Heller H 412
The Families of R' Yakov and R' Shimshon Pollak Azriel Pollak H 413
In Memory of the Family of Rivka Katz, z”l Shalom and Tzvi Katz H 414
In Memory of the Klahr Family Leah Gang (Schachter) H 415
Jacob Uscher Thaler, z”l Maltsche Klahr Marder and David Klahr H 415
The Schachter Family, z”l Leah Gang (Schachter) H 416
In Memory of the Family of Itzy and Sara Shapira (Stoltzenberg) z”l Yehuda and Moshe Shapira (Stoltzenberg) H 417
In Memory of the Family of Aron Bord, z”l Yeshayahu Bord H 418
In Memory of My Parents: Menacham and Esther Roth, My Brother, and My Sisters, z”l Michael Roth H 418
Death of My Mother, Genentche Dimand, Brother, Meir, and Sister, Salke, and Her Husband, Mordisch Adler, and Child Meilech Dimand Y 419
In Memory of Three Village Families Avraham Felsteiner H 420
In Memory of Our Parents, z”l Hersh (Tzi) and Michael Fuhrman H 422
In Memory of My Family Eliyahu Richter H 423
In Memory of My Dear Ones Who Perished in the Shoah Shamai Spindel (Remer) H 424
In Memory of the Family of Hirsh (Herman) Rapp A. Z. H 425
The Family of Shmuel Adler, z”l Avraham Adler H 426
 
To All Those Who Died in Eretz Yisrael
Joseph Auerbach, z”l   H 429
Leah (Lenka) Auerbach, z”l   H 429
Shoshana (Roza) Riemen, z”l   H 430
Chana Schapira from the Pollak family, z”l   H 431
Arye Marder (Leybush Heiman), z”l   H 432
Nachum Linder, z”l   H 433
Sarah Linder (née Sam), z”l   H 433
Elka Wald (née Schneider), z”l   H 434
Rivka Katz (née Liebling), z”l   H 435
Sarah Jaeger, z”l   H 436
Josef (Yoske) Khlar, z”l   H 437
Moshe Jung, z”l   H 437
Eliezer Spindel (Remer) z”l   H 438
Emil Brumer, z”l   H 438
Moshe Kronberg (son of Chaya-Eydel), z”l   H 438
Tzvi Rosenbaum, z”l   H 439
Rivka Wolkowicz (Pollak), z”l   H 440
Binyamin Buchwald, z”l   H 440
Natan Heiman, z”l   H 441
Penina Leinwand-Rosenfeld, z”l   H 444
Moshe ben Pinchas Pfeffer, z”l   H 445
Meir Labiner-Roth, z”l   H 445
 
Yizkor [Memorial] Pages
List of Victims     450
Memorial Ads Section     466
On the Occasion of the Presentation of the Book     476
 
Indices (not in the original book)
Photo Captions
Index of Names in Photo Captions
Organizations



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