Hvizdets, Ukraine

Memorial Book for Gwozdziec and Vicinity
(Hvizdets, Ukraine)

48°35' / 25°17'

Translation of
Sefer zikaron Gwozdziec ve-ha-sevivah

Edited by Mendel Zilber

Published in Ramat Gan, 1974

Acknowledgments

This is a translation from Sefer zikaron Gwozdziec ve-ha-sevivah
(Memorial book for Gwozdziec and vicinity)
Mendel Zilber, Ramat Gan 1974 (351 pages H,Y)

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TOC translated by Mira Eckhaus

For the memorial book of Gwozdziec (review) Y. K. Zeltzer 1

A look at the past Sh. Kugler 36

Memories of the town M. Lehrer 41

Gwozdziec, the place where I spent my childhood and youth M. Naveh 57

The town's youth in the 1920s D. Haspel 64

The “Bnei Akiva” youth movement in Gwozdziec Y. Shikler 68

The nest of Beitar R. Tzomer 69

Memories of the “Hashomer Hatzair” nest H. Haspel 73

Longing M. Feller 74

The wooden synagogue in Gwozdziec M. Zilber 77

Description of the paintings and inscriptions in the wooden synagogue in Gwozdziec M. Zilber 92

Legends and Stories About the Old Synagogue in Gwozdziec (A compilation) 132

Destruction of the town D. Neiberger 135

The aktzias and the burning of the ghetto in Gwozdziec, in the ghettos, on the roads and in the camps Taybale 139

In the ghettos and hiding places D. Neiberger 160

Memories of the Holocaust period M. Lautman 163

In the Red Army and Russia M. Tzomer 169

Events during the Holocaust period F. Schmeltzer 174

The story of Grisha Z. Shalem 176

List of Gwozdziec martyrs 185

Index of names and topics 217

Translation into Yiddish 220

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For the memorial book of Gwozdziec (review)	Y. K. Zeltzer	1
A look at the past	Sh. Kugler	36
Memories of the town	M. Lehrer	41
Gwozdziec, the place where I spent my childhood and youth	M. Naveh	57
The town's youth in the 1920s	D. Haspel	64
The “Bnei Akiva” youth movement in Gwozdziec	Y. Shikler	68
The nest of Beitar	R. Tzomer	69
Memories of the “Hashomer Hatzair” nest	H. Haspel	73
Longing	M. Feller	74
The wooden synagogue in Gwozdziec	M. Zilber	77
Description of the paintings and inscriptions in the wooden synagogue in Gwozdziec	M. Zilber	92
Legends and Stories About the Old Synagogue in Gwozdziec	(A compilation)	132
Destruction of the town	D. Neiberger	135
The aktzias and the burning of the ghetto in Gwozdziec, in the ghettos, on the roads and in the camps	Taybale	139
In the ghettos and hiding places	D. Neiberger	160
Memories of the Holocaust period	M. Lautman	163
In the Red Army and Russia	M. Tzomer	169
Events during the Holocaust period	F. Schmeltzer	174
The story of Grisha	Z. Shalem	176
List of Gwozdziec martyrs		185
Index of names and topics		217
Translation into Yiddish		220