Vawkavysk, Belarus

Wolkovisker Yizkor Book
(Vawkavysk, Belarus)

53°10' / 24°28'

A Trilogy Comprised of

Wolkovisker Yizkor Book - Edited by Dr. Moses Einhorn, New York 1949

The Destruction of Volkovysk - Published by the Committee of Volkovysk Émigrés, Tel-Aviv 1946

Volkovysk - Published by Katriel Lashowitz, Tel-Aviv 1988

English Translation Prepared and Published by

Jacob Solomon Berger

Mahwah, New Jersey, USA 2002

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Introductory section
Wolkovisker Yizkor Book
The Destruction of Volkovysk
Volkovysk

Part II
חורבן וואלקוביסק
The Destruction of Volkovysk
by

The Committee of Émigrés of Volkovysk
in the Land of Israel

Tel-Aviv 1948

Sons of Volkovysk! 1

The Destruction of Volkovysk by Zvi Herschel Roitman 2

Volkovysk In Its Death Throes by Dr. Noah Kaplinsky 31

Eighteen Months in the Box Transcribed by Eliezer Kalir 47

The Partisan, Eliyahu Kovensky Transcribed By Eliezer Kalir 55

Memories By Shayna Lifschitz 62

The Night of the Seder In Auschwitz From a Conversation with Joseph Kotliarsky 64

It Will Not Be Believed If It Is Not Told by Joseph Kotliarsky 66

Volkovysk By Rabbi Yitzhak Kossowsky 69

About The Volkovysk That Is No Longer by Yaakov Rabinovich 73

A Letter from Our Townsman Chaim Itzel Tchopper 74

Letter Received on Completion of the Book 76

Financial Accounting 77

Accounting of the Work of the Committee 78

List of Volkovysk Survivors Reaching Israel at This Date 81

List of Volkovysk Survivors Known at This Time 81

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Sons of Volkovysk!		1
The Destruction of Volkovysk	by Zvi Herschel Roitman	2
Volkovysk In Its Death Throes	by Dr. Noah Kaplinsky	31
Eighteen Months in the Box	Transcribed by Eliezer Kalir	47
The Partisan, Eliyahu Kovensky	Transcribed By Eliezer Kalir	55
Memories	By Shayna Lifschitz	62
The Night of the Seder In Auschwitz	From a Conversation with Joseph Kotliarsky	64
It Will Not Be Believed If It Is Not Told	by Joseph Kotliarsky	66
Volkovysk	By Rabbi Yitzhak Kossowsky	69
About The Volkovysk That Is No Longer	by Yaakov Rabinovich	73
A Letter from Our Townsman	Chaim Itzel Tchopper	74
Letter Received on Completion of the Book		76
Financial Accounting		77
Accounting of the Work of the Committee		78
List of Volkovysk Survivors Reaching Israel at This Date		81
List of Volkovysk Survivors Known at This Time		81