Częstochowa, Poland

Czenstochover Landsmanschaft in Montreal
(Częstochowa, Poland)
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Translation of
Tshenstokhover landsmanshaft in Montreal

Editor: B. Orenstein

Published in Montreal, 1966

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This is a translation from: Tshenstokhover landsmanshaft in Montreal,
Czenstochover Landsmanschaft in Montreal, Editor: B. Orenstein,
Publisher: Czenstochover Society in Montreal, 1966 (Y 328 pages)

Note: The original book can be seen online at the NY Public Library site: Czestochowa (1966)

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Translated from the Yiddish by Gloria Berkenstat Freund

The page numbers in the original are listed out of sequence

Forward	Shmuel Prakasz	9
Czenstochow - Poem	Dr. Benyamin Orensztajn	8
The History of the Czenstochower Landsmanschaft [organization of people from the same town]		10
Archival Documents		62
Czenstochower Relief Committee in New York	Avraham Bomba and Karl Wargon	77
The Founding and Activities of the Czenstochower Help Union and Surrounding Area in Toronto	Moshe Frank	82
Message	The Rabbi Benyamin Borzykowski	78
Message	Kopl Konarski	79

Portrait and Picture Album of Czenstochower Landsleit [people from the same town]
Leibke Yakubowicz	Dr. Benyamin Orensztajn	85
Rafal Federman	Dr. Benyamin Orensztajn	99
Shlomo Waga	Dr. Benyamin Orensztajn	87
Tzvi Rozenwajn	Dr. Benyamin Orensztajn	102
Berl Ickowicz	Dr. Benyamin Orensztajn	105
Harry Klein	Dr. Benyamin Orensztajn	107
Berek Piepcz	Dr. Benyamin Orensztajn	114
Dovid Koniecpoler	Dr. Benyamin Orensztajn	116
The Biography of a Czenstochower Landsleit [person from the same town] in Israel	Wolf Skorupa	118
Dr. Benyman Orensztajn	Tzvi Rozenwajn	91
My Biography	Leibke Yakubowicz	109
Shmuel Silver (Zilberberg)	Leibke Yakubowicz	97
A Tragedy in A Czenstochower Family in Montreal	Harry Klein	113

Short Biographies with Pictures of:
Berl Ickowicz and Sala Ickowicz		123
Miriam Altman and Moshe Altman		124
Dr. Benyamin Orensztajn		125
Rywka Abramson and Shlomo Bialystoker		126
Morris Bobrow (Bobrowski) and Chana Boruchowska-Prakasz		127
Ahron Birenbaum and Frimet Birenbaum		128
Liebish Birenbaum And Shlomo Birenbaum		129
Berl Broder and Leibl Broder		130
Makhel Bergman and Janos Berk (Berkowicz)		131
Zofia Grajcer and Stashek Grajcer		132
Mordekhai Dudkewicz and Mordekhai Herszlikowicz		133
Shlomo Waga		134
Adam Walas (Wroclowski) and Suzy Walas (Wroclawski)		135
Josl Wroclawski and Manye Lajchter		136
Chaya Zylberberg and Shimkha Silver (Zylberberg)		137
Darke Zylberszac (Zilbers) and Tadek Zylberszac (Zilbers)		138
Yitzhak Jakubowicz (Jablan) and Mendl Jablan (Yakubowicz)		139
Meir and Fela Chlapak		140
Attorney Bernard Lazarowicz and Sabina Lazarowicz		141
Natalya Lazarowicz and Yisroel Lapides		142
Moshe Lewkowicz and Regina Lewkowicz		143
Darke Lerner and Simon Lerner		144
Hela Najfeld and Zelig Najfeld		145
Lucy Nisker and Zelig Najfeld		146
Hanka Segal and Liber (Bobek) Segal		147
Ester Srebrink and Edward Srebrink		148
Nadjzia Sporn and Eva Frajberg		149
Berek Piepcz and Josef Prakacz		150
Shmuel Prakacz and Tsela Piepcz		151
Mendl Frydlender and Chana'le Frydlender		152
Avraham Kaminski and Motek Kajzer		153
Yehezkiel Konarski		154
Monya Konarski and Nety Konarski		155
Gutke Kartuz and Staszek Kartuz		156
Harry Klein (Hershl Klajner) and Chava Klein		157
Helina Rozenblum and Hershl Rozenblum		158
Morjdze Rozenberg and Nute Rozencwajg		159
Ruwin Rudnicki and Dovid Rudnicki		160
Shlomo Szwimer and Berl Szinkorski		161

Czenstochow During the Years of the Annihilation and Death
Dates of the Deportations in Czenstochow	Dr. Benyamin Orensztajn	164
The Nazi Murderer Degenhardt	Dr. Benyamin Orensztajn	165
The Evacuation Transport from HASAG Peltzer to Germany	Dr. Benyamin Orensztajn	174
The Resistance Struggle of the Czenstochower Judenrat [Jewish council] Against the Nazi Regime	Dr. Benyamin Orensztajn	191
Days of Awe, 1943-1944 in the Concentration Camp HASAG Peltzer and the Life History of Two Czenstochower Young Khazonim [cantors]	Dr. Benyamin Orensztajn	213
A Chapter from My Survival in Czenstochow During the Nazi Period	Dr. Benyamin Orensztajn	219
Episodes from Nazi Valley of Tears	Dr. Benyamin Orensztajn	248
The Death of Czenstochower Jewry in the Nazi Period	Harry Klein	225
The Bloody Purim in The Small Czenstochower Ghetto	Harry Klein	246
From the Small Ghetto to Blizin to Auschwitz	Harry Klein	260
Czenstochower Landsleit [people from the same town] in the Cieszanow Concentration Camp	Leib Bergman	257
The Death of Czenstochower Jewry	Shlomo Waga	243
A Dream that Was Not Realized	Shlomo Waga	266
The Beginning of the Destruction of Czenstochow	Moshe Altman	241
The Tragic Yom-Kippur of 1942	Moshe Altman	231
From Rottleberode to Gardelegen	Hershl Rozenblum	234
Klobuck, a Jewish Shtetl [town] Near Czenstochow	Rywka Abramson	236
Czenstochower Alleys	Tzvi Rozenwajn	237
Shadows at Night	Tzvi Rozenwajn	268
My Mother's Last Minutes	Dovid Koniecpoler	323

Poetry and Literature
My Former Home	Harry Klein	259
The First Aktsia [deportation]	Rywka Kope	273
Shoes	Harry Klein	274
Beshart [Predestined]	Dr. Benyamin Orensztajn	275
In the Small Ghetto	Dr. Benyamin Orensztajn	275
Bread	Dr. Benyamin Orensztajn	276
HASAG	Dr. Benyamin Orensztajn	278
The Letter Carrier	Dr. Benyamin Orensztajn	279
Young Jewish Writer in the Yizkor Book, Czenstochow	A. Chrablowski	281
Bunker 39 in Czenstochow	Sarah Hamer-Jaklin	284

Types and Images from a World that has Perished
The Rabbi Josef Prakasz, may the memory of a righteous man be blessed		289
Dr. Philip Frydman's Contribution to the History of Czenstochow		293
Yehezkiel Silver (Zilberberg), may he rest in peace		297
Reb Avraham Wajskop, of blessed memory		302
Reb Shlomo Lerner, may he rest in peace		303
Reb Shlomo Dilewski, may he rest in peace		305
Eide Maze, may she rest in peace		306
Perl Prakasz, may she rest in peace		310
Felicia Walas (Wroclowski) may she rest in peace		316
Rena Waga, may she rest in peace		318
Yakov Klajner, may he rest in peace	Tzvi Rozenwajn	321
In Memory of My Parents who Perished Kiddush haShem [in sanctification of God's name]	George Klein	299
Funeral Oration	Shmuel Prakasz	314
In Memory of My Deceased Friend, Josef Zilberberg	L. Jakubowicz	327
List of Martyrs from Memorial pages		328
The Bright Image of Czenstochower Holy and Martyred Bentsl, may he rest in peace	Shmuel Prakasz	324
Dr. Henrik (Hershl) Lazarowicz, may he rest in peace	Eliash Stajnic	326
Several Dozen Eternal Memories, Pictures, Contributions, Greetings

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