Ratno, Ukraine
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Translated by Jerrold Landau
(Translator's note: This list does not include the uncaptioned drawings that appear on various
pages in the book, as well as the map on page 70. These will be noted in the text as they appear.)
| 17 | The title page of the Booklet on Ratno by F. Held |
| 19 | Etrog box (from the 17th century) |
| 24 right | Reb Aharon-Moshe Melnik |
| 24 left | The “Cantonist” Reb Shmuel the son of Reb Pinchas Berg |
| 26 | Reb Ben-Tzion Steingarten, a town notable |
| 27 | An ancient Torah crown |
| 28 | Germans in the Old Cemetery during the First World War |
| 29 | The New Cemetery |
| 31 | On Krywa Street in the Autumn |
| 33 | Boating on the Pripyat River |
| 35 | Reb Yechiel Wilkomirski |
| 36 top | Next to the Droog home (the roof is covered with wooden shingles) |
| 36 bottom | A small bridge over the Pripyat |
| 39 top | The Tashlich service at the Pripyat |
| 39 bottom | Fall scenery |
| 40 | Liber Karsh, a communal leader |
| 42 | Yehoshua Pogatch, one of the first Maskilim in Ratno, next to his father D. Pogatch |
| 46 | Reb Meir-Shmuel Marder, the veteran Jewish “Starosta” |
| 47 | The town marketplace |
| 52 | Bottom row (from right to left): Reb Fuchs-Shapira (perished), Y. Chayat, P Yunevitz. Second row: unidentified, Nota Roizkes (perished), P. Droog of blessed memory. Top row: A. Y. Ginzburg (perished), P. Marin, L. Shapira |
| 53 | Avraham Telson, one of the first teachers and Maskilim |
| 54 | Among the piles of straw and hay |
| 57 | Fishel Held and his family |
| 58 | A Polish Independence Day celebration |
| 64 | The teacher and students in the School in Kremno |
| 65 | A letter from the community of Ratno regarding the collection of material for the book on the Balachowiczes |
| 70 | Map of Ratno |
| 72 | Yudel Konishter |
| 77 top | Yitzchak-Hirsch Held |
| 77 bottom | The directors of the People's Bank (1925) |
| 78 | The volunteer firefighters |
| 79 | The WIZO women's organization (July 8, 1932) |
| 81 | A rally in the yard of the town hall in honor of May 3 |
| 83 top | Activists of the League for the Working Land of Israel. Among them: Y. Chayat (of Israel), Moshe and Yisrael Honik (of Argentina), A. Y. Reif. The rest of them perished. |
| 83 bottom | In the shade of the thick tree in the Old Cemetery |
| 84 | The first group of scouts |
| 87 | The “Tarbut” School at its inception. Among the students: Moshe Gutman of blessed memory, Aryeh Avrech of blessed memory, Moshe Stern, Moshe Droog, Ruth Greenstein, Pnina Droog of blessed memory, Pesl Miryo of blessed memory, Sara Papir-Goldman, Sara Gunzburg-Schwartz, Mordechai Gefen |
| 89 | In the Old City. |
| 92 | Mendel and Gittel Klein, Yitzchak-Hirsch and Riva Fuchs, Dvora Choker, Feiga and Shachna Steinberg, Maya Steingarten, Pearl and Yitzchak Shapira |
| 93 | A group of activists. Bottom: Amalia Droog, Sheina Itzikson, Feicha Honik. Sitting A. Ginzburg, Pogatch, Esther Eilbaum, Chaim Steinberg, Sara Yunevitz. Standing: M. Eilbaum, B. Cohen, A. Held, Ch. Rider, Shapir |
| 94 | Young Chalutz (Hechalutz Hatzair) in Ratno, Passover 5688 |
| 95 | Hechalutz in Ratno Sept. 27, 1930 |
| 96 | Elka Papir on Hachshara in Kosow (1935) |
| 100 | The Second World Seminar of Hechalutz Hatzar in Grochow (1931). At the rightmost edge of the top row: Avraham Grabov of blessed memory. At the left most edge of the third row: Shmuel Goldman |
| 101 | The Cyzyk Group in Ratno. September 27, 1930 |
| 102 | Sara Ginzburg, Ruth Greenstein and Shmuel Goldman of Ratno on Hachsharah in Klosow |
| 104 | The Hechalutz Carpentry Workshop in the town. |
| 106 | Older members of Hashomer Hatzair. Nine of them made aliya to the Land of Israel. The rest perished in the Holocaust |
| 107 | Summer Moshava of Hashomer Hatzair in the village of Wydranycja |
| 108 | Golda Droog (standing) and her friends Bilha and Zahava |
| 109 | The cooks at the Summer Moshava: M. Droog. Ch. Grabov, H. Karsh, Y. Sandiuk, D. Grabov, Z. Feintuch (all in Israel), and Y. Frigel (perished) |
| 111 top | Reb Asher Leker, delegate of the Jewish National Fund. One of the honorable men of the town. |
| 111 center | Members of Hashomer Hatzair of Ratno in the Hachshara Camp of Czestochowa |
| 111 bottom | Hashomer Hatzair of Ratno, Lag Baomer 5692 (1932) |
| 112 | Right to left: Moshe Droog (in Israel), Aryeh Avrech and Mordechai Yanover of blessed memory |
| 113 | Group of Hachsharat Beitar in Zelba on Simchat Torah, 5694 (1933) |
| 115 | Activists of the Orphanage in 1928. Among them: Moshe Reicher, Mendel Blatt, Yaakov-Hirsch Held and Label Baion |
| 116 | Workers in Ratno (1930) |
| 119 | At the first snow |
| 122 | “The Yeshiva Bachur” play by the group of amateurs. All of the participants in the play perished, with the exception of A. Liberman. |
| 126 | Group of members of Hechalutz in 1929. Sitting (from right to left): P. Honik, Sh. Itzikson (perished), B. Cohen (Argentina), Sh. Pogatch and G. Karsh (perished). Standing: A. Droog (perished), A. Held (Israel), L. Baion (Mexico), M. Shapir, G. Shapira, R. Ponetz, Ch. Marsuk, and L. Aharonson (perished) |
| 129 top | In the Old City in the winter |
| 129 bottom | Agricultural Hachsharah, in a manner of speaking, in front of the camera... |
| 131 top | Jews and Ukrainians at the Third of May Celebrations |
| 131 bottom | A Wedding of the Honik family. The grandmother is in the center. |
| 136 | Pages from “Hamelitz” with an article about Ratno by Y. Finkelstein |
| 137 top | The directors of the “Tarbut” School. From right to left: Noach Kotzker, Mrs. Katz, M. Gamarnik (all perished), and the secretary A. Held (Israel) |
| 137 bottom | Amalia Droog of blessed memory, one of the founders of Hashomer Hatzair |
| 138 | Students of the “Tarbut” School with the teachers Kotzker, Klonitzky and Bokser |
| 139 | The 5691/2 (1931/2) school year |
| 140 | The committee and the teachers of the “Tarbut” School in Ratno, July 3, 1932 |
| 142 | A class of the “Tarbut” School with the teachers Rosen, Lewin, Kotzker, and the secretary A. Held |
| 144 | The summer Moshava of the “Tarbut” School in Ratno, Wydranycja, July 25, 1932 |
| 145 top | The Kamiler House -- the headquarters of the activities of the youth movements |
| 145 bottom | Young Zionists in the town. Top row right to left: A. Marsik (perished), M. Gutman (Israel), D. Fuchs (Argentina), G Weinstock (perished), M. Stern (Israel), Y. Shapira (killed in the Soviet army), B. Eilbaum, Sh. Cohen (Argentina), A. Avrech (died). Second row: M. Kamper (died in Canada) M. Gefen (Israel), Ch. Ginzburg (perished), M. Droog, Sh. Ginzburg (United States), P. Vernik (Israel), M. Grabov (Argentina), M. Rider (killed in an accident in Ratno),. Bottom (kneeling): Y. Karsh, R. Kaminer (perished), D. Marin (Israel). |
| 146 | Letter from the directors of “Tarbut” to Y. Konishter in Argentina |
| 148 | Reb Shlomo-Aharon Olitzky |
| 153 | Chanuka party with the participation of a guest from the Land of Israel -- M. Gefen. 1936 |
| 158 top | A gathering of town mayors of the region of Ratno with the participation of the rabbinical judge Shlomo-Tovya Friedlander and the teacher Noach Kotzker |
| 158 bottom | The “Tel Chai” troupe of Hashomer Hatzair with the counselors Golda Droog (standing) and Zeev Grabov (seated) |
| 162 | A group of youths in Ratno (1935). The following is written on the back of the photo: “I take leave of my friends, saying to them: my brothers be in peace, and let us be together in the fields of our mutual homeland.” Written by A. Papir (Nir) |
| 175 | “To the mountains I will lift my eyes, from whence will my help arise” (Psalms). The artist - Ben. |
| 179 | “Who would make my head water, and my eyes a source of tears” (Psalms). Artist -- Ben (Translator's note: actually, this is from Jeremiah, 8:23.) |
| 183 | Yehuda Kagan as a soldier in the Red Army (1945) |
| 186 top | Yehuda Kagan in the War of Independence |
| 186 bottom | Meir Blit, a partisan from the village of Datyn |
| 187 | Yaakov Grabov as a soldier in the Red Army |
| 213 | From right to left: M. Tiktiner, Yisrael Chayat and Shalom Tiktiner |
| 214 top | Yitzchak Shapira, who fell in a battle near Warsaw as a soldier in the Red Army; Meir Grabov |
| 214 bottom | Pearl Vernik Karsh with her daughter in line to receive a meal at a detention camp in Cyprus. |
| 220 | A group of women Holocaust survivors from Ratno in Munich |
| 221 | Shlomo Vernik and Yisrael Steingarten in Carmona (Italy) |
| 223 | A Passover Seder in the “Achdut Yisrael” group in Santa-Cesaria, Italy (1945). Yaakov Steingarten is at the head of the table. |
| 225 | Elchanan and Yisrael Steingarten at the head of a demonstration against the White Paper in southern Italy. |
| 227 | Avraham Cohen (perished) and Shlomo Perlmutter -- Ratno natives |
| Shlomo Perlmutter and Yaakov Kaldner in Moscow | |
| 232 top left | Members of the partisan headquarters with General Feodorov (in the center). Standing at the right edge -- Sh. Perlmutter |
| 232 bottom | The partisan unit of General Feodorov. Third from right in the top row -- Sh. Perlmutter |
| 233 | Shlomole on a journey with the partisan unit |
| 235 top | Shlomole decorated with medals |
| 235 bottom | Shlomole at the time of the giving of the verdict on Vanka |
| 236 | Yisrael Honik and his wife from Argentina at a meeting with Ratno natives in Israel |
| 237 top | A memorial of the martyrs of Ratno in Buenos Aires |
| 237 bottom | The committee of the Organization of Ratno Natives in Argentina (1946). Sitting right to left: H. Cohen, A. Feigelis, Y. Tucker, Ch. Steinberg, M. Honik, M. Telison. Standing: Y. Honik, Y. Wilkomirski, Y. Fuchs, Y. Werag, A. Y. Rief, B Tanis |
| 256 | At the editorial board of “Einikeit” in Moscow (June 1944), with one of the Jews of Moscow |
| 272 | M. Gefen and M. Stern, members of Givat Hashelosha, in the Yam Hamelach Group of Hakibbutz Hameuchad (1931) |
| 274 | Zelda and M. Gefen and their children next to their barn in Kfar Sirkin (1956) |
| 275 top | Shmuel Marder and Mordechai Gefen with building workers in Petach Tikva |
| 275 bottom | Veterans and new immigrants from Ratno. Top: Maya and Miriam Weinstock -Gefen. Sara Ginzburg, Ethel Gutman. Bottom: Pnina and Moshe Droog, Mordechai Gefen |
| 277 | A group of the first Olim from Ratno. On the bottom: M. Gutman of blessed memory, M. Gefen, Sh. Marder. On top: A Kosnik, M. Stern, M. Droog, Sh. Lavie, A. Feintuch |
| 279 top | Moshe Droog as an iron worker on the roof of a building in Haifa |
| 279 bottom | M. Droog with residents of Netanya digging defense positions in the region of Kfar Yonah (1948) |
| 280 top | Moshe Droog on a machine gun course in the forests of the Carmel |
| 280 center | Armored vehicles of the Haganah ascending to the forests of the Carmel |
| 280 bottom | Yehudit Sandiok, M. Droog, Dvora Grabov and Feiga Marin at Kibbutz Mesilot |
| 282 | Shmuel Goldman at a formation of watchmen |
| 283 | Shmuel Goldman with his oldest son at Ayelet Hashachar. |
| 286 top | Ratno natives at the drilling of wells in the area of Herzliya |
| 286 bottom | Members of the pioneering movements taking leave of the head of their organization, Moshe Droog, before his aliya to the Land of Israel. |
| 287 | Simcha Lavie (Leker) |
| 290 | Eliahu Feintuch (first from the left on the bottom) with soldiers of the brigade in Italy |
| 291 | E. Feintuch as a soldier in the British Army |
| 292 | Charna Givoni (Greenstein) |
| 295 | One of the walls in Heichal Volhyn |
| 296 | A page of the minutes of a meeting of the committee in 1945 dealing with assistance to the survivors of Ratno. |
| 297 top | Ratno natives at a memorial in the Ratno Grove in the Forest of the Martyrs in the mountains of Jerusalem |
| 297 bottom | A meeting of the first olim from Ratno in Petach Tikva: Sara and Shmuel Goldman, Moshe Gutman, Simcha Lavie, Mordechai Gefen, Shmuel Marder, Moshe Stern |
| 298 top | A group of Holocaust survivors at a memorial to the martyrs in Germany (1946). Among the participants are: Kamintzky and Liberman who made aliya to the Land of Israel, Avraham Berg (died in the United States), Yosef Steinberg, and Malka Yunevitz (Canada) |
| 298 bottom | A meeting of Ratno natives in Israel with Dova and Shlomo Cohen from abroad |
| 299 top | The monument in memory of the martyrs of Ratno in the Holon Cemetery |
| 299 bottom | Ratno natives at Heichal Volhyn, where a room is dedicated to Ratno -- Kamin Kashirsk |
| 304 | Dvora and Avraham Berg at the monument in memory of the martyrs in Germany |
| 307 | Moshe Honik delivers introductory greetings from the community to Y. Zerubavel during his visit to Argentina. |
| 309 top | A reception for Moshe Honik in Israel |
| 309 bottom | Y. Konishter, his wife, and M. Honik with a guest from Israel -- Charna Givoni |
| 310 top | A group of Ratno natives in New York. |
| 310 bottom | Eliezer Ginzburg (Breindl's) |
| 311 | Levi Shapira |
| 318 | Avraham Grabov at training as member of the Haganah |
| 320 | Right to left: Aryeh Avrech, Moshe Kliger, and A. Grabov |
| 321 right | Aryeh Avrech and his family in Yagur |
| 321 left | Alter Avrech, Aryeh's brother, who was killed in a work accident. |
| 322 | Yosef Avrech with his son Alter and wife at Kibbutz Yagur. |
| 323 | Pnina Droog in Givat Hasheloshah |
| 324 | Pnina Droog as a tractor driver in Givat Hashelosha (1937) |
| 326 | Yisrael Steingarten of blessed memory |
| 328 | Arnon David Grabov of blessed memory |
| 330 top | Moshe Gutman of blessed memory |
| Yoram Gutman of blessed memory, the son of Moshe and Tzipora | |
| 331 right | Miriam Shoshani (Weinstock) of blessed memory |
| 331 left | Pnina Drezner |
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