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Translation from
Sefer yizkor le-hantsahat kedoshei kehilat Czortkow
Editor: Dr. Yeshayahu Austri-Dunn
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This is a translation from: Sefer yizkor le-hantsahat kedoshei kehilat Czortkow (Memorial book of Czortkow),
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| English section | |||
| 3 | Foreword | ||
| 4 | We Will Never Forget | ||
| 5 | Document of Privileges Granted to the Jews of Czortkov by Graf Potocki in the year 1722 (Polish) | ||
| 7 | History of the Jews of Czortkov | Mordechay Silberg | |
| 15 | The Destruction of Czortkov | Dov (Berl) Seidenberg | |
| 21 | The First "Action" in Czortkov | Zonka Berkowitz (Pollak) | |
| 24 | Marvelously I Escaped Death | Gerta Hollaender | |
| 33 | Supplement | Yona Freiman | |
| 35 | Impressions of a Visit | Joseph Achselrod | |
| Hebrew – Yiddish Section | |||
| 7 | List of Pictures | ||
| 9 | With the Creation of the Book. | The Association Book Committee. | |
| 12 | Introduction | Yeshayahu Ostridan | |
| 19 | Preface | Yeshayahu Ostridan | |
| 23 | A letter | Meir Halevi Steinberg – Rabbi and ? Chortkov | |
| History of Chortkov | Rabbi Dr. Efraim Zonenshien | ||
| 27 | Introduction | Dr. Meir Bolvan | |
| 31 | Register of the Chortkov Community | ||
| The Rabinical Dynasty of Chortkov | |||
| 55 | The Rabbinical dynasty of Chortkov | Mordecai Zilberg | |
| 61 | Our Teacher Rabbi Israel of Chortkov of blessed memory | Yaakov Katz | |
| 62 | Crown Majesty | A Shmuali | |
| 64 | With Rabbi Reb Israel Friedman | Rabbi Dr. Yaakov Mazah | |
| 65 | The Chortkov Rabbi | Nachum Meizel | |
| 66 | Our teachers of Chortkov and its relation to “the return to Zion" | Tzvi Cohen | |
| 69 | The “court” of the Rabbi | Dr. Eliezer Margolis | |
| The Rabbi Yashaya-Meir Shapira | |||
| 72 | The personality and influence of Rabbi Yashaya-Meir Shapira | Bernard Hoizner | |
| 73 | The Gaon, Reb Yashaya-Meir Shapira | Tzvi Aronstein | |
| 75 | With G-d Help; An Appeal | ||
| 76 | Culture camp in Chortkov | A. Fisher | |
| 80 | Regulations of the Shapira synagogue | ||
| 83 | Chortkov: a cultural center | Dr. A. Cohen-Shechter | |
| The Zionist Movement in Chortkov | |||
| 90 | The Zionists in Chortkov | Dr. Eliezer Margolis | |
| 94 | "Zionist Youth” in Chortkov | M. Zilberg | |
| 95 | Ha Shomer Hatzair cell in Chortkov | Shmuel Shachar ( Schwartz) | |
| 98 | Ha Shomer Hatzair in Chortkov in the 30's | Benjamin Stock | |
| 100 | The way Ha Shomer Hatzair was in Chortkov | Leah Halpern | |
| 103 | Agriculture and training in Chortkov District | Dov Zeidenberg | |
| 104 | Beginnings of the Chalutz movement in Chortkov | Yonah Oun (Bodinger) | |
| 106 | The Chalutz movement and the Chalutz Youth movement in Chortkov | Mocher Mozar | |
| 108 | The first training in Chortkov | Dov Hasheloni | |
| 109 | The Zionist Youth movement in Chortkov | Arye Shotkal | |
| 110 | The Mizrachi movement in Chortkov | Yaakov Dovivi | |
| 111 | The training of the “Agudat Yisrael” in Chortkov | B. M. Lakar-Druk | |
| 112 | History of one journey | Mordecai Rit | |
| 113 | The “Poale-Tzion” organization in Chortkov | Beryl Schwartzbach | |
| 122 | “Confederation” in Chortkov | ||
| 122 | “Gordonia” in Chortkov | ||
| 123 | “Betar” in Chortkov | Asher Halad (Meizelman) | |
| 125 | The Organization “The daughters of Agudat Yisrael” in Chortkov | Joseph Lokar | |
| Culture and Society in Chortkov | |||
| 126 | The Libraries in Chortkov | Y. Schechter | |
| 127 | Report of Libraries | B. Schwartboch | |
| 129 | The Y. L. Pertz Club | B. S. | |
| 133 | Theater and Choir in Chortkov | B. S. | |
| 137 | Jewish Writers and Jewish Theater in Chortkov | A. Trambavalski | |
| 139 | The "Bund" in Chortkov | B. S. | |
| 140 | The sport-organization in Chortkov | B. S. | |
| The Hebrew Movement in Chortkov | |||
| 142 | The Hebrew movement in Chortkov | Dr. Eliezer Margaliot | |
| 144 | Memories from the days of my Childhood | Leah Margaliot-Pevzner | |
| 145 | The Hebrew High School (Gimnasia) in Chortkov | Gizler Fridzia | |
| 147 | The Girl's School “Beit Yaakov” | B. M. Lokar | |
| Chortkov – A Musical City | |||
| 149 | The Chasan Chaim Manish-Lahis of Chortkov | A. S. Achilah | |
| 151 | Chortkov a City of Hasidic music | Y. S. | |
| 152 | Reb Manish and his choir – choral songwriter | ||
| 154 | Chortkov and Jewish music | Tzvi Orenstein | |
| Institutions | |||
| 156 | The Orphanage in Chortkov | Klara Grosser | |
| 157 | Charity Funds in Chortkov | Clara Grosser | |
| 158 | Anniversary of the Charity Fund 1928-1938 | Monish Blum | |
| 159 | On the ethical value of Kagach | Hersh Halperin | |
| 160 | Cemeteries in Czortkow | Tvi Cohen | |
| 166 | Old age homes in Chortkov | Miriam Porer | |
| 167 | Citizens committee on burial interests through “Chevra Kadisha” | Tvi Zivner | |
| 168 | The Vishnitzer Kloyz [small synagogue] | Dov Hoshiloni | |
| 169 | The Great Synagogue | Tzvi Ben Ben-Zion | |
| 171 | Bet Midrash of Rabbi Hershele Zotsil | Tsvi Ben Ben-Zion | |
| 171 | The Startin Chasidic Shtiebel | Tsvi Ben Ben-Zion | |
| 172 | Torah Study Society (6 orders of the Talmud and Mishna) | B. M. Lokar-Druk | |
| Economy | |||
| 174 | The economy of Chortkov | Yitzchak Schechter | |
| 177 | Jewish livelyhood in Chortkov | B. S. | |
| 179 | The Professional Association in Chortkov | Grosar Chaim and Michel Yishiahu. | |
| 180 | The annual market (fair) in Chortkov | Baruch Mair Lokar-Druk | |
| 182 | Jewish life in Chrotkov under the independent Polish Rule | Tsvi Cohen | |
| 186 | The Agricultural Association in Chortkov | Dr. S. Tapuach | |
| 189 | Living conditions in Chortkov | M. Tsvi Cohen. | |
| 190 | Chortkov Jewish Aid for the area of Snetein | ||
| Memoirs | |||
| 192 | Sarah Noftalis sfarim-gevelvel | Israel Hoizner | |
| 199 | The “Silent” | Israel Hoizer | |
| 203 | My Memories of the “Shotek” (the “Silent”) | Shabtai (Shefsel) Axelrod | |
| 205 | Images from the Shtibel of the Startin Chassids | Tzvi Geezler | |
| 207 | Memoirs of my father | Simcha Fish | |
| 208 | Two “Revolts” | Mordechai Mozer | |
| 209 | Chortkov the small but very famous town | Nathan Kleengar | |
| 212 | Memoirs of the First World War period | Israel Hoyzer | |
| 213 | The appearance of Chortkov | Pesia Schechter | |
| 214 | A private culture carrier? | A. Trambavalski | |
| 215 | Life of the youth of Chortkov | Tzvi Cohen | |
| 220 | Kindergarten in Chortkov in the year 1935 | G. Finkelman | |
| 220 | Childhood and maturity in Chortkov | Y. Dovivi | |
| 221 | The Red Army in Chortkov | Beryl Schvartzbach | |
| Personalities | |||
| Those who died prior to the Holocaust | |||
| 226 | Karl Emil Frantzaz | Beryl Zeidenberg | |
| 228 | Dr. Stokal | Tzvi Orenstein | |
| 230 | Rabbi the Gaon, Reb Yakov Landow – Chortkov | Baruch Mayer Lokar-Druk | |
| 231 | Rav. Yahoshua Farmingar ha cohen | Dr. Eliezer Margolis | |
| 231 | Yitzchak Shomar | Dr. Eliezer Margolis | |
| 232 | Dr. Efraim Zonenshein | Dr. Eliezer Margolis | |
| 232 | Aaron Schwartz | Dr. Eliezer Margolis | |
| 232 | Shmuel Leib Shur | Dr. Eliezer Margolis | |
| 233 | Yoska Goldberg | Y. S. | |
| 234 | Benjamin (Baer Shmoin) Dovovi | Jacob Dovovi | |
| 235 | Mayer Holarbach | Y. S. | |
| 236 | The Margolis family in Chortkov | Leah Margolis-Povozner | |
| 236 | Rabbi Yashehu Kligar | the family | |
| 237 | Mati Shur | Y. S. | |
| 238 | Dr. Yitzchak Shapira | Y. S. | |
| Those who were killed in the Holocaust | |||
| 239 | Hershel Blee | Y. S. | |
| 239 | Tzvi Boymar | Miriam Ford | |
| 240 | Israel Birghofer | Jacob Vartenfeld | |
| 240 | Manish Bloom | Jacob Vartenfeld | |
| 240 | Dr. David Goldstein | M. Z. | |
| 240 | Leibish Wasserman | M. Z. | |
| 241 | Joseph Weintraub | M. Z. | |
| 241 | Peretz (Puti) Cohen | Jacob Vartenfeld | |
| 241 | Menochim Silverman | M. Z. | |
| 242 | Ben Zion Kahan (Cohen) | T. H. | |
| 243 | Moshe Pohorila | Jacob Vartenfeld | |
| 243 | Yitzchak Finkelman | M. Z. | |
| 244 | David Frankel | M. Z. | |
| 244 | Baruch (Bunya) Kupferman and Abush Treestar | M. Z. | |
| 245 | Shaul Rozenzweig | I. S. | |
| 245 | Ben Zion Roychberg | I. S. | |
| 246 | Chaim Reich | M. Z. | |
| 246 | Dr. Yeshayahu Mayer Ben Yakov Rappaport | ||
| 247 | Hersh Schwartz | M. Z. | |
| 247 | Tzvi Shachar (Schwartz) | M. Z. | |
| 247 | A note about our father's family, Eliezer the Ritual Slaughterer | Deborah Dag, Yitzchak Shechter, and David Schechter | |
| 249 | Reb Mordechai the Ritual Slaughterer | Tzvi Cohen | |
| Those who died in Israel | |||
| 251 | Asher Anshel Beterman ha cohen | Natan Handel (Biterman) | |
| 252 | Baruch Fish (Dag) | ||
| 252 | Hilel Hoyzner | M. Zilberg | |
| 253 | Dr. Dov Hozner | Dr. Eliezer Margolis | |
| 254 | Dr. Nachum Vaharman | Esther Bar Lev | |
| 256 | Tzvi Waldman | Dov Hashiloni | |
| 256 | Shlomah Zohar (Finkel) | Shtok Benjamin | |
| 257 | Dov Ziedenberg | M. Zilberg | |
| 258 | Michael ben Yehoshua Treestar | D. H. | |
| 259 | Kmiel Lichtenholz | D. | |
| 259 | Menachim (Munin) Fogel | Jacob Vartenfeld | |
| 260 | Chaim Feirberg | Jacob Vartenfeld | |
| 260 | Dr. Aaron Kohn-Schachter | Benu Mordachai | |
| 260 | Dr. Jonah Rosenzveig | I. S. | |
| 261 | Shmuel Stockman | M. Z. | |
| 261 | Shoshanah Stockman | Brachah Axelrod | |
| 261 | Rav. Israel Shimon Shapira of blessed memory | ||
| 262 | Tzion Lanofshut Yakrout | M. Z. | |
| Holocaust & Heroism | |||
| 263 | Remembering “Am Yisrael” | ||
| 265 | The destruction of Chortkov | Dov Zeidenberg | |
| 279 | Murders - Destruction of the Chortkov community | Amnoel Brand | |
| 281 | Nazi trials | Nathan Rosenberg | |
| 282 | How I survived in the last "Action" | Gerta Hollander | |
| 287 | The Nazi conquest | Nachma Maitzel | |
| 289 | Chortkov in the period of the German conquest | Dr. Emil Rosenzeig | |
| 299 | Remembrance of the Holocaust period | Feivel Kessler | |
| 304 | The Nazis in Chortkov | Jonah Freeman | |
| 311 | Remembering the destruction | Yitzchak Starnshus | |
| 315 | Events in the time of the Nazi conquest | The Vortenfeld family | |
| 316 | In the Chortkov ghetto | Bomuk Morgenstern | |
| 318 | Excerpts of Shmuel Veisengans testimony | ||
| 320 | Testimony of Ayger Joel | ||
| 322 | The extermination camp from Kmienka | Yitzchak Miller | |
| 323 | Excerpts of testimony | Arnastina Sharff | |
| 323 | The destruction of Rosachatsh | Grose Mundizia Chaim | |
| 325 | Jews who had ? in the ghetto | B. S. | |
| 329 | The underground “Betar” in the Chortkov Ghetto | I. Jacobi | |
| 330 | Dead heros in the Wasserman Partisans | Dr. Israel Shuv. | |
| 330 | Memorial | Zashka Nadlar Zishmivaska | |
| 340 | Rememberance of the refugees in the Soviet Union | Avitalya | |
| 343 | Purim holiday | Magar Andarman | |
| 344 | The story of a visit to Chortkov | Joseph Axelrod | |
| Lights out of the darkness… | |||
| 347 | Mrs. Uhryńska | Frida Gaysler nee Bart | |
| 348 | Mrs. Anna Akseńczuk | Shoshana Carmi | |
| 349 | Wiktor Kotowicz | David Shveyger | |
| Homage and Praise for the Heroes | |||
| 350 | The Jews of Chortkov who died in the war of liberation | ||
| 352 | The Jews of Chortkov that faught bravely against the Nazis in diffrent fields of combat - Registry | Tzvi Cohen | |
| 358 | Our townsmen in Israel | ||
| Jews of our city in Israel and in the Diaspora | |||
| 360 | Organizations from Chortkov in Haifa | ||
| 363 | Organizations from Chortkov in Tel Aviv | ||
| 365 | American Help | ||
| 367 | Chortkov landsmanshaft in America | ||
| 370 | To eternal memory | ||
| 373 | Sanctified Registry of Chortkov | ||
| 391 | Eternal Page | ||
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