Drohiczyn, Poland

Drohiczyn Book
(Poland)

52°24' / 22°39'

Translation of Sefer Drohiczyn

Edited by:
D. Shtokfish

Published in Tel-Aviv, Israel, 1969

Acknowledgments

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This is a translation from:
Sefer Drohiczyn; Drohiczyn Book, ed. D. Shtokfish, Tel-Aviv, 1969 (H,Y,E)

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Title Author Page

Preface Moshe Tzur 1

Forward Moshe Tzur 7

1. There Was Once A Shtetl

Drohichin – Rise and Fall of a Shtetl (Hebrew) David Sztokfisz 9

Drohichin - Rise and Fall of a Shtetl (Yiddish) David Sztokfisz 23

Our Drohichin Ahuvah Linchevsky 45

My Childhood Memories Ahuvah Linchevsky 47

Four Jewish Generations in Drohichin (Hebrew) Mendl Turnowsky 59

Four Jewish Generations in Drohichin (Yiddish) Mendl Turnowsky 71

Story About the Destruction of Drohichin Jews Heinrich Kardosh 89

Remembering our Shtetl Rabbi Shalom-Shahne Poley (Polakewich) 92

The Chevrah Kadisha (Burial Society) and the Cemetery Gershon Lev 105

Saving Two Girls from Christianity Bessy Stotsky 107

My Home Chana Shemesh 109

Protect, Sorrow, My Home Zvi Domvisky 111

Murder of the Drohichin Youth Mendl Son of Baruch Reznik 114

On the Way to Learn Miriam Kleiger 117

A Remembrance Hershl Small 119

The Making of the World War (Hebrew) Moshe Tzur 121

The Making of World War II (Yiddish) Moshe Tzur 142

Drohichin Judaism Tzipora Freidman (Weissitz) 169

From Drohichin to Palestine Shlomo Wotshazsh 175

2. Characters And Portraits

Imagination of Fear Poah (Pesha) Kot 189

Ahuva Linchevsky Hershl Reznik 196

Jews From Drohichin Moshe Tzur 198

Yosef Tarmony z”l Ben Zion Kleiger 217

Abraham Chaim and Chana Basha Zucherman z”l Ya'akov Sogolawvitsh 218

First Zionists Immigrate to Palestine Miriam Levi (Tarnivsky) 223

My father Rabbi Zev Avol z”l Chayim Avol 225

My father Shlomo Drogitshinsky David Drogin 228

Iser Bystryn of Blessed Memory E. Ben Ezra 230

Rabbi Abraham Yitzchak the holy Chana Volker 235

The Exodus from Drohichin Adelman z”l 236

Gershon Stotsky z”l David Drogin 237

3. The Road Of Pain And Doom

Remember! Moshe Tzur 241

I will not forget! Leba Bronstein 242

The Army of Machzorim Letters of my People Sonya Gold 246

Expulsion From Drohichin Y. Sogolovitz 253

Diary of Pain and Suffering Shmuel Mordechai Lev 258

Disaster Drohichin (Hebrew) Pltyl (Palta) Poterman 333

Disaster Drohichin (Yiddish) Pltyl (Palta) Poterman 348

The Flight of a Drohichiner Jew Wolf Vishnia 372

Drohichin under the Hitler Era Rule Simcha Borshtein 374

The Story of a 12 Year Old Child Bella Bronstein 375

I Am A Living Witness Israel Drogotshinsky 394

Christians Treated Me Well Hinda Sarashka (Blumshtein) 400

My War Years in Russia Miral Rubenshtein (Foterman) 404

In A World With Good Farmers Chanina Livson 416

We Came to Our Life Journey Aytika Puterman 422

Testimony From Gershon Lev (Lew) Gershon Lev 430

In The Blackest Hell Ayda Broda (Orlinsky) 432

Good Times With My Brother Fishl Groda 441

Survival Was Thanks to Good People Leah Litman Groda 449

My Life Hung By A Hair Gadalya Groda 453

Struggle Drove My Life Bayla Groda Silverman 461

My Life in World War II Shlomo Goldvassser 465

Suffering Homeless Chaim Avol 472

The Merciful Gentiles Of Drohichin E. Rostol 481

My Savior Was A Catholic Priest Fayga Reznik 484

The World In A Ghetto Mendl Reznik 490

Our Whole Family Was Murdered Yoel Reznik 505

Revenge Chaim Lezer 510

4. Drohichiners In Israel And In Land Of Our Dispersion

Drohichiners in Israel Moshe Tzur 521

Drohichiners in America – A Document of Light 526

5. Memoirs

Necrology 537

List of Martyrs 549

6. English Section

Forward 3

My Childhood Memories Ahuvah Linshevsky 5

Our Town Drohichin Rabbi Shalom-Shahne Poley (Polakewich) 15

Jewish Girls Saved from Apostasy Bessy Stotsky 23

Odyssey of a Jewish Girl Bella Bronstein 29

Diary of Pain and Suffering Shmuel Mordehai Lev 42

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Title	Author	Page
Preface	Moshe Tzur	1
Forward	Moshe Tzur	7

1. There Was Once A Shtetl
Drohichin – Rise and Fall of a Shtetl (Hebrew)	David Sztokfisz	9
Drohichin - Rise and Fall of a Shtetl (Yiddish)	David Sztokfisz	23
Our Drohichin	Ahuvah Linchevsky	45
My Childhood Memories	Ahuvah Linchevsky	47
Four Jewish Generations in Drohichin (Hebrew)	Mendl Turnowsky	59
Four Jewish Generations in Drohichin (Yiddish)	Mendl Turnowsky	71
Story About the Destruction of Drohichin Jews	Heinrich Kardosh	89
Remembering our Shtetl	Rabbi Shalom-Shahne Poley (Polakewich)	92
The Chevrah Kadisha (Burial Society) and the Cemetery	Gershon Lev	105
Saving Two Girls from Christianity	Bessy Stotsky	107
My Home	Chana Shemesh	109
Protect, Sorrow, My Home	Zvi Domvisky	111
Murder of the Drohichin Youth	Mendl Son of Baruch Reznik	114
On the Way to Learn	Miriam Kleiger	117
A Remembrance	Hershl Small	119
The Making of the World War (Hebrew)	Moshe Tzur	121
The Making of World War II (Yiddish)	Moshe Tzur	142
Drohichin Judaism	Tzipora Freidman (Weissitz)	169
From Drohichin to Palestine	Shlomo Wotshazsh	175

2. Characters And Portraits
Imagination of Fear	Poah (Pesha) Kot	189
Ahuva Linchevsky	Hershl Reznik	196
Jews From Drohichin	Moshe Tzur	198
Yosef Tarmony z”l	Ben Zion Kleiger	217
Abraham Chaim and Chana Basha Zucherman z”l	Ya'akov Sogolawvitsh	218
First Zionists Immigrate to Palestine	Miriam Levi (Tarnivsky)	223
My father Rabbi Zev Avol z”l	Chayim Avol	225
My father Shlomo Drogitshinsky	David Drogin	228
Iser Bystryn of Blessed Memory	E. Ben Ezra	230
Rabbi Abraham Yitzchak the holy	Chana Volker	235
The Exodus from Drohichin	Adelman z”l	236
Gershon Stotsky z”l	David Drogin	237

3. The Road Of Pain And Doom
Remember!	Moshe Tzur	241
I will not forget!	Leba Bronstein	242
The Army of Machzorim Letters of my People	Sonya Gold	246
Expulsion From Drohichin	Y. Sogolovitz	253
Diary of Pain and Suffering	Shmuel Mordechai Lev	258
Disaster Drohichin (Hebrew)	Pltyl (Palta) Poterman	333
Disaster Drohichin (Yiddish)	Pltyl (Palta) Poterman	348
The Flight of a Drohichiner Jew	Wolf Vishnia	372
Drohichin under the Hitler Era Rule	Simcha Borshtein	374
The Story of a 12 Year Old Child	Bella Bronstein	375
I Am A Living Witness	Israel Drogotshinsky	394
Christians Treated Me Well	Hinda Sarashka (Blumshtein)	400
My War Years in Russia	Miral Rubenshtein (Foterman)	404
In A World With Good Farmers	Chanina Livson	416
We Came to Our Life Journey	Aytika Puterman	422
Testimony From Gershon Lev (Lew)	Gershon Lev	430
In The Blackest Hell	Ayda Broda (Orlinsky)	432
Good Times With My Brother	Fishl Groda	441
Survival Was Thanks to Good People	Leah Litman Groda	449
My Life Hung By A Hair	Gadalya Groda	453
Struggle Drove My Life	Bayla Groda Silverman	461
My Life in World War II	Shlomo Goldvassser	465
Suffering Homeless	Chaim Avol	472
The Merciful Gentiles Of Drohichin	E. Rostol	481
My Savior Was A Catholic Priest	Fayga Reznik	484
The World In A Ghetto	Mendl Reznik	490
Our Whole Family Was Murdered	Yoel Reznik	505
Revenge	Chaim Lezer	510

4. Drohichiners In Israel And In Land Of Our Dispersion
Drohichiners in Israel	Moshe Tzur	521
Drohichiners in America – A Document of Light		526

5. Memoirs
Necrology		537
List of Martyrs		549

6. English Section
Forward		3
My Childhood Memories	Ahuvah Linshevsky	5
Our Town Drohichin	Rabbi Shalom-Shahne Poley (Polakewich)	15
Jewish Girls Saved from Apostasy	Bessy Stotsky	23
Odyssey of a Jewish Girl	Bella Bronstein	29
Diary of Pain and Suffering	Shmuel Mordehai Lev	42

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