Journal Dedicated to the Inauguration of the Three Monuments in Memory of the Jews of Belchatow

0 Journal Dedicated to the Inauguration
of the Three Monuments,
Erected in Memory of
the Jews of Belchatow,
Assassinated by the Nazis During the Years
of the Second World War
1939-1945

(Bełchatów, Poland)

51°22' / 19°23'

Translation of
Belchatow
Publicacion de la Sociedad de Residentes de Belchatow en la Argentina
Numero dedicado a la Inauguracion de los
tres Monumentos, erigidos en memoria de los
JUDIOS DE BELCHATOW,
asesinados por los Nazis durante los anos de la
Segunda Guerra Mundial 1939-1945

Edited by: Y.M. Pukacz, H. Goldminc, Z. Przedborski

Published in Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 1994

Acknowledgments

Project Coordinator

Roni Seibel Liebowitz

Scanning and Technical Support

Jerry Liebowitz

This is a translation of: Belchatow: Publicacion de la Sociedad de Residentes de Belchatow en la Argentina,
Numero dedicado a la Inauguracion de los tres Monumentos, erigidos en memoria de los Judios de Belchatow,
asesinados por los Nazis durante los anos de laSegunda Guerra Mundial 1939-1945
(Belchatow: Publication of the Society of the Residents of Belchatow in Argentina,
Journal dedicated to the Inauguration of the three Monuments, erected in memory
of the Jews of Belchatow, assassinated by the Nazis during the years of the Second World War 1939-1945)
ed. Y.M Pukacz, H. Goldminc, Z. Przedborski, published in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in October 1994

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Publication of the Society of Residents of Belchatow in Argentina

Journal Dedicated to the Inauguration of the
Three Monuments,
Erected in Memory of the
JEWS OF BELCHATOW,
Assassinated by the Nazis During the Years of the
Second World War
1939-1945

October 1994	Number 7	Buenos Aires
MELINCUÉ 3172 – 5° piso – Dio. D – (1417) – Buenos Aires – ARGENTINA

Translated by Jerry Liebowitz

[Yiddish cover and title page]
The 18^th of July 1994 [Y.M. Pukacz]	1
Y.M. Pukacz – 60 Years of Creative Work [in Buenos Aires]	3
Mendel Kaufman – Memories of Belchatow	11
Yakov Tzingler [New York] – My Childhood	19
Avraham Raizen – This is Precious [a song]	23
Shmuel Flakovitzh [Israel] – Eve of Destruction [Erev Khurbn]	24
Letter from Moshe Levkovitzh – A Heartrending Document …	27
Dvorah Machabanski – My Last Day in Belchatow	31
A Poignant Document – A Testament of the Last Victims …	33
A. Gilbert [Australia] – First Encounters After the Holocaust [Khurbn]	35
Julian Tuvim – We, Polish Jews	37
Speech of Menachem Sharon – Given in Belchatow on September 17, 1989	38
H. [Heszke] Goldminc – Revived Memories and Bitter Reality	42
Yehoshe Piasek – Jews from Belchatow Visit Parental Graves …	48
Zainwel Przedborski, To His 85 Years	53
Heszke Goldminc, To His 85 Years	55
Leibl Hecht – A Greeting	57
Yankl-Meier [Pukacz] – Those Who Are Gone	58
Yakov Tzingler, o”h*	62
Hillel Belchatowski [New York] – Our Activities in North America	63
Yankl Stilman [New York] – Heartache -- 50 Years Later	65
Y.M. Pukacz [Buenos Aires] – Here is the Grave	67
Rachel Baumwol [Israel] – Song [Their Ashes]	70
Yankl Michulkis – An Ache That Has No Consolation!	71
Our Acts of Remembrance [Yizkor-Aktn]	77
Y.M. Pukacz – There Are No More Jews in Polish Villages [shtetlach]	80
Antoni Slonimski – The Elegy of the Polish-Jewish Villages [shtetlach]	83
Menachem Sharon relates … – The “Flight” [escape] from Poland	84

The Spanish Section (from back cover)

The Deniers of the Holocaust – S.S. Wilhelm	129
Do Not Forget – Marga Goldminc = Haar	127
The Legacies of the Past – Jorge Hait	124
History of the Jews of Belchatow – Prof. Félix Fridman	121
Taube – Gabriel Alejandro Rozenzon	117
Speech of M. Sharon in Belchatow	107
Memories – Rosa Goldminc Bensusan	104
Three Monuments in Poland – Jacobo Meier Pukacz	102
There Are No More Jews in the Polish Villages – I.M. Pukacz	100
Elegy of the Jewish Villages – Antoni Slonimski	98
Adhesiones [Advertisers and Supporters]	91-97

* o”h = olav hashalom (rest in peace)

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