Halmeu, Romania

. In Memory of the Communities
of Halmin-Turcz and Vicinity
(Halmeu, Romania)

47°58' / 23°01'

Translation of
Zikhron netsah la-kehilot ha-kedoshot Halmin-Turcz
ve-ha-seviva asher nehrevu ba-shoa

Editor: Yehuda Schwartz

Published in Hadera, 1968

Major funding for this translation was provided
by the Halderstein Owl Trust in memory of Louise (Schwartz) Low,
Holocaust victims Elemer Schwartz and Yolan (Schwartz) Weiss,
and the many other descendants of Isidore and Mali Schwartz

The book has been translated by Jerrold Landau

This is a translation of: Zikhron netsah la-kehilot ha-kedoshot Halmin-Turcz ve-ha-seviva asher nehrevu ba-shoa
(In memory of the communities of Halmin-Turcz and vicinity),
Editors: Yehuda Schwartz, Halmin-Turcz and Vicinity Society. Hadera, 1968 (138 pages; H).

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

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Foreword	Menachem Carmi	1
Introduction	Yehuda Schwartz	3
Scroll of Remembrance: Representatives of the communities and the classes		4
About the Memorial Ceremony		5
The letter of the Chairman of the Organization of Halmeu Natives		7
Section of the poem “Eli Eli Nafshi Bechi”	Y.L. Bialer	8
Address of the School Principal, Mr. Yehuda Schwartz		9
Words of Eulogy of the rabbi of the city, the Rabbi and Gaon Rabbi David Werner, may he live long		10
Address of the Deputy Mayor of Hadera Mr. Mordechai Kostlitz		11
Address by Mr. Shlomo Zimrony, Representative of the Community of Klausenberg		12
Address of Mr. Menachem Carmi, Representative of the Natives of Halmeu		13
The community of Halmeu	Rachel Schwartz	14
Societal life in Halmeu	Rachel Schwartz	16
A Collection of Student Compositions Reflecting on the Commemoration Ceremony of the Communities		17
Yizkor…A prayer		18
The letter of HaRav Yeshayahu Barkai		18a
Commemorating the community - How?		19
Halmeu	Yehudah Schwartz	21-75
The Rabbis	Yehudah Schwartz	24
The Courts of the Admorim and Rebbes in Halmeu	Yehudah Schwartz	33
The Beis Midrash of the Hassidim		35
Aspects of Jewish Life		53
The Physicians		60
The Grain Merchants		60
Charitable and Benevolent Institutions		62
Youth Organizations		63
Portrait of the Town		64
Jews of the Surrounding Villages		67
Halmin - Halmi - Halmeu		69
“The National Hebrew Covenant and the Jewish Party”		69
On the Way to the Holocaust		71
After the Destruction		73
A Letter to the Editor from David Meir Appel		75
An Important Jewish City	David Glick	77
The Holy Community of Turcz	Moshe Fish	78-87
I Will Not Forget Them	Pinchas Schwartz	87-93
Reb Aharon Kahane of blessed memory	Tzvi Kahan	94-96
Stories of my Family in Bătarci	Yehudit Reichberger (Landau)	96-98
Perpetuating the Holy Community - Halmeu	David Meir Apel	99
A Memorial to those that Went - Auschwitz, 5704 (1944)	Eliezer Zicherman	101
Reb Zeev Aryeh (Wolf Leib) Farkas of blessed memory		103
In Memory of the Traub Family from their son Menachem Mendel		104-108
Memories from the Holy Community of Halmeu as a Torah Center	Rabbi Yeshayahu Barkai	108a
In Memory of my Father Reb Yosef Weiss of Blessed Memory	Pearl Weiss	109
The World of Yesterday and Today ( biographical notes)	HaRav Yeshayahu Barkai	109a
For the Elevation of the Souls of the Martyrs of Halmeu		111-112
From Slavery to Redemption	Malka Schwarz	113-120
Experiences in a Work Camp in Ukraine	Yehuda Schwartz	121-128
Conclusion	Yehudah Schwartz	129-130
List of names mentioned in the book		131-138
Table of contents		139
List of photographs		140

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