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A.K. (Armiya Kriyava) - 447 Americans - 68 Arbeiter Ring (Minsk Branch) - 352 Arks of Law (burned by Nazis) - 412 Armband - 389 Association of Nieswiez Jews in Israel - 509-510, 531 Babtists - 158 Balfour Declaration - 64, 105 Baytar - 82, 296, 314-315 Bayt Yaakov - 269 Bikur Cholim - 321 Bnei Yehuda (Hebrew group) - 218 Bnei Zion - (Hebrew group) - 246 Bolshevik Revolution - 61, 348 Bolsheviks - 122, 338 Bris Hachayal - 316 Bund - 89, 101-102, 105, 126, 243, 288, 290, 291-293, 296, 298, 317, 329, 338, 351, 354-355, 412 Bunkers - 383-384, 386 Cantonist Law - 285 Catholic Church - 280, 519 Cavalry Regiment (27th) - 340 Cemetery - 129, 296, 352, 371, 387, 411 Cemetery in the U.S.A. - 511 Central Partisan Movement in Moscow - 402 Chabad - 268 Chalutzim - 295 Cheder - 82, 89, 314, 529 Chevra Kadisha - 344, 463, 523 Chevras Tehillim - 523 Chovevei Zion - 105 Cinema - 347, 477 Circumcision - 354 City Hall - 125 City Neighborhoods - 326 "Cleaning" the Jewish Homes after the Massacre - 392 Communist party - 293 Communists - 103 Communists (Yiddishe) 296 Cooperative Folks Bank - 294-295, 313, 473 Cultural Life - 324 Deportation of Peasants to Germany - 405 Drama Circle - 322 Elections - 297 Enforced military service - 284 Exemption from military for merchants - 283 Exodus (ship) - 439, 444 Family Names - 493 Farmers - 158 Fatach - 266 Fire Brigade - 289, 341 Fire Brigade Orchestra - 343 Fireman’s Union - 340 Fires - 284-286, 343 First of May Celebrations - 345 Folks Library (Tarbut) - 370 Folks School - 69, 104, 125, 254, 291-292, 295, 314-315, 321, 327, 334-335, 338, 370, 388, 471, 480, 527 Forest of Martyrs - 510 Forests - 394, 397 Fryer Scout Organization - 296 Fryhieght Organization - 296-297, 316-318, 338, 481 Funeral - 464 Funeral, workers style - 303 Gardening Cooperative - 337 General Zionists - 315 German Prisoners - 159 Ghetto - 371, 380-382, 392, 413, 427, 433 Ghetto Revolt - Revolt - 139, 163,167, 386, 392-393, 419-420, 430-431, 444, 509 Gmilus Chasadim (Kasa) - 313, 320 Gorodonia - 63, 107, 110, 114-117, 126, 244, 254, 296, 314, 316, 338 Gymnasia (Polish) - 83, 314, 370-371, 520 Gymnasia (White Russian) - 365 Gymnasia (Slutzk) - 378, 469 Gypsies - 414 Hachalutz - 103, 107, 110, 116-117, 262, 273, 314, 316, 338, 475 Hachalutz Hadati - 296 Hachalutz Haklal Tsioni - 296 Hachnosas Orchim - 313, 321 Hachshara - 259 Hanoten Teshua (song) - 354 Haoved - 103-104, 261, 316, 319 Hapoel (Sport Group) - 103, 297, 317 Hapoel Hatsair - 101 Hapoel Hamizrachi - 296 Hashomer Hatsayir - 64, 81, 104-109, 112, 117, 126, 135, 262-263, 265-266, 273, 296, 314, 316, 338, 362 Hashomer Hatsayir - 368, 439, 444, 476 Hebrew School (Dr. Chelenov) - 321-322 Hospital - 286 Hurban Neizveiz (book) - 431 Illegal Immigration - 439, 481 Irgun Tsvai Leumi - 233 Israeli Army - 524-526 Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee in Moscow - 509 Jewish Police - 375 Jewish Workers List - 103 Joint Distribution Committee - 294 Judenrat - 136, 375, 377, 389, 413, 415 Kaddish (Prayer) - 392 Kaiser’s Birthday - 354 Kehila - 313 Keren Hayesod - 219 Keren Kayemet Leyisroel - 63, 102-103, 124, 178, 209, 296, 314, 491 Kiddush Hashem - 416-417 Kindergarten on the name of Chaim Nachman Bialik - 307 King David’s Yahrzeit Candle - 305 Kitchen in Ghetto- 383 Kletzk Yeshiva - 346 Kombund - 338 Komsomol - 293, 368 Korobki Tax - 280, 354 Kolchoz - 365 Kulture League (Yiddishe Shul League") - 339, 459 Lag B'omer - 64, 116 Landsleit in America - 294, 321, 511-514 Landsmanshaft in Argentina - 514-515 League for Eretz Yisroel Labour - 316 Library - 298, 490 Library (Tarbut) - 367, 520 Library for Workers on the name Rivka Galin - 331, 367 Library (Zionist) - 288 Linas Tsedek - 286, 321, 523 Lithuanians - 378, 391, 415, 429 Maccabbee (Sports Organization) - 107, 316-317 Maos Chitim - 287, 333 Market - 82, 289, 377, 391 Martef Hashoah - 371, 373, 426, 432, 510, 522 Mass Grave - 83, 347, 377, 388 Mass Grave (Lupnik) - 161 Mass Murder - 371, 378, 380, 391, 440 Matzo Baking - 330-332, 383 Meir Baal Haness Charity Box - 287 Memorial Meeting (Tel Aviv) - 513 Merchant’s Organization - 324 Messiah - 383 Mikveh - 296 Mikveh Yisroel - 265 Military Barracks - 349 Mir Refugee Group - 442 Mir Yeshiva - 273, 336 Mizrachi- 89, 191, 231, 266,292, 317 Mizrachi Farband (Warsaw) - 102 Napoleanic Wars - 284 Nieswiez Young Men Benevolent Association - 514 Nieswiezer Old Freinds of Brownsville - 512 Nieswieizer Synagogue in the U.S.A. - 511 Nieswiezer Yidden (Book) - 338-339 Nieszwiezer Young Men Association - 511 N.K.V.D - 125-126, 208, 366, 368, 369, 439, 492 Numerous Clausus - 181 Partisans (See Underground Units) - 104, 388, 394, 396-399, 443 Passover - 325-326, 468, 491 Payments to Nazis - 389 Peasants - 289 Peddlers - 477 Peretz Shreiber Verein - 469 Petrograd University - 378 Pinkas of Nieswiez - 281 Pinsker Hebrew Gymnasia - 367 Poaleh Tsedek Handworkers Association - 295, 523 Poaleh Tsedek Synagogue - 89 Poaleh Tsion - 101, 103-105, 243, 288, 291, 293, 316-317, 338, 355, 356 Poaleh Tsion Left - 110, 261, 296, 321 Poaleh Tsion Right - 103, 346 Pogrom in Kishinev - 351 Poles (Expulsion) - 136 Polish Partizans - 407 Polish Police - 390 Polish "Povshachta" School - 314, 370, 433 Population Statistics - 298 Poritz - 91, 98 Post - 492-493 P.P.R (Polish Workers Party-Communist) - 446, 448 Priest’s Quarters - 528 Professional’s Union - 332, 345-346 Progressive Brothers of Nieswiez - 511, 514 Purification Room for the Dead (Taharas Shtiebel) - 286, 321 Purim - 324 Railroad Workers - 378 Recipes - 342 Red Army - 352 Refugees - 350 Repatriation to Poland - 411 Requisition of Jewish Goods - 375-376 Revolution of 1905 - 243 Righteous Gentiles - 417-418, 510 Revisionists - 315 Der Roiter Scout - 103 Rosh Hashona - 407 Russian Prisoners of War - 395, 414 Russian Teacher’s Seminary - 324, 379 Sabbath - 87, 188, 203, 297, 324, 384 Sabbath (desecration of) - 346 School (in the Ghetto) - 137 School for Poor Children - 299-300 Schools - 288 Scouts - 105 Selection of Craftsmen - 379 Selections - 391 "Shabbosofka" School - 370 Shofar Blower - 478 Shulkolt (School) - 103 Skip (Children’s Bund Organization) <Socialiste Kinder Farband> - 315-316, 338, 487 Slaughter House - 296 Solel Boneh - 273 Social Democrats - 291 Soviet Jews - 152, 168 Soviet Withdrawal - 372 Soviets - 121, 125-126 Star of David Badge - 375, 434 Strike - 303 Sukkot - 324 "Talmud Torah" (Religious School) - 104-105, 125, 231, 289, 296, 314-315, 367, 370, 382 "Tarbut" (School) - 76-79, 103-105, 107, 110, 114, 117, 122-123, 125, 199, 208-209, 211 "Tarbut" (School) - 244, 265-266, 274, 295, 307, 309, 314-315, 324, 347, 367, 370, 372, 377, 489 Taverns - 281 "Taz" - 261, 319-320, 323, 334, 338, 349, 350, 368, 387, 394, 398, 424, 480, 487 Teacher’s Seminary (Polish) - 370 Territorialists - 288 Tet Vav Kislev Fast - 344 Three Weeks - 354 Tiferet Bachurim - 73, 218, 231, 290, 292- 293, 348, 352 Tishe B’av - 326 Tikun Chatzot - 354 Tomatoes - 483 Torah Scroll - 412 Torah Scroll Handle - 157 Trade School on name of Vadslav Sirokomla - 347 Tsedakah Gedolah - 289 Tseiray Tsiyon - 115, 219, 243, 248, 273, 275, 290-292, 295, 297, 474, 523 Tsisha (Yiddish School) - 103 Tsukonft (Youth Organization) - 339 Underground Units - See Underground Units in Name List Ukrainians - 378 Vilna Hebrew Teachers Seminary - 372 Wagon Drivers - 335, 528 War of 1648-49 - 282 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - 153, 431 Weapons - 138, 142 White Russian Police - 428 White Russians - 378 Witzo - 209, 315-316 Witzo Hatseira - 296, 315, 318 Voloshin Yeshiva - 384 World War One - 289-290 World War One Memorial - 313 Yavneh School - 388 Yehudiya Vilna Girls School - 459 Yeshiva - 305 Yeshiva Ketana - 388 Yeshiva Students - 375 Yiddish Socialist brochures - 298 YIVO - 100, 370 Yizkor Book "Sefer Niezviez" - 510 Yom Kippur War - 524 Zionist Conference in Minsk - 291, 304 RABBIS: Aharon Karliner - 284 Ashkenazi, Dov Berish - 195 "Baal Hatanya" - 451 Bergansky, Aharon (Kuzimir Rebbe) - 62, 191, 229, 231, 292, 351 Bergansky, Chanina (Shochet) - 191, 229 Bergman, Yechiel Yitschak Tsvi - 191 Bergman, Yerachmiel - 73-75, 228, 237, 294 , 292, 296, 346, 348-349 Berlin, Meir - 192 Berlin, Naftali Tsvi - 196, 212, 523 Blazer, Shlomo - 191 Blazer, Yitschak - 196 R’ Binyomin - 462 Broide, Tsvi Hirsh (Salant) - 195 Burak, Aharon Dovid - 192 Butzin - 198, 201 Davidovsky - 89, 196, 226, 228-229, 236-240 Davidovsky, Yitschak - 292 Dilmediga, Yosef Shlomoh - 281 Diskin, Binyamin - 195 Diskin, Yehoshua Leib - 195 Eibeshutz, Yonatan - 193, 195 Einzelbuch, Eliyahu - 191 Eisenshtadt - 233 Rav in Leningrad Eisenshtadt, Duber - 195 Eisenshtadt, Elimelech - 218 Eisenshtadt, Meir - 192, 194, 196, 212, 218 Eisenshtadt, Meir Moshe - 286 Eisenshtadt, Moshe Elazar - 86, 90, 197, 285, 343 Eisenshtadt, Yitschak (son of Meir) - 193 Eliasberg - 288 Epshtein, Yechiel - 191, 230 Feinstein, Eliyahu - 192 Frumkis, Shmuel - 212 Frumkis, Yosef Dov - 212 Gold, Zev - 191 Gordon, Eliezer - 192 Gorodonsky, Amihud - 196 Gorodonsky, Avinoam - 196 Gorodonsky, Yitschak - 196 Gorodonsky, Yosef - 196, 211-213, 288 Gorodzinsky, Moshe (Rosh Yeshiva in Kiedany) - 233 Grayevsky, Eliezer Zalman - 190 Grodzinsky, Chaim Ozer - 196 Hailperein, Dov Ber (Magid) see Chatzkels, Berel - 70, 73, 202, 231, 235, 323, 494 Halevy, Yaakov - 212 Heller - 230 Heller, Yom Tov Lipman - 451 Horovitz, Dov Ber - 213 Horovitz, Yosef (Yozel) - 229-230 Kagan, Yisroel Meir (Chafetz Chaim) - 192 R' Kalman - 60 Kamai, Avraham Hirsh - 212 Kamai, Boruch - 212 Kamai, Tsvi Hirsh - 191 Kotler, Aharon - 176, 181, 191 Kravtchinsky - 191 Kushner Rebbe - 229 Lampert, Tsvi Hirsh - 233 Landau, Yechezkel - 193 Lazavitzer Rebbe - 323 Lechovitzer Rebbe - 63 Levin, Klonimus Kalman - 194 Levin, Reuven Halevy (Dvinsk) - 190, 192-193 Levin, Shlomo (Dayan) - 243 Liebovitz, Boruch Ber - 191, 229 Lifshitz, Yehuda Yudel - 212 Malovitzky - 292 Mayevsky, Michel - 230 R' Meirka - 60 Meltzer, Mordechai - 191 Mirer, Moshe (Rosh Yeshiva) <Rav Moshe Rambam> - 212, 305 Mirsky, Moshe - 212 Nimerover Tsadik - 203 R’ Nachken dem Lechevitcher Rebbe - 324 Rav Nachum Meir the Neizveizer Rav - 456-457 Nitkin, Shmuel - 211 "Panim Meiros" - 194 Pearlman Y. L. (Minsker Godol) - 211 Piskin, Binyamin (son of Yehuda Leib) - 194 Posvelier, Avraham Avli - 194 Rabinovich, Chaim (Hamishadi) - 191, 229 Rabinovich, Eliyah - 190 Rabinovich, Isaak - 228, 237, 308 Rabinovich, Mordechai - 192 Rabinovich, Yitschak Meir - 191 Radinsky (Radzinsky), Wolf <Piasetchner Rov> - 346 Raizin, Yaakov Zalman - 86, 88 Rappaport, Chaim Hokohen - 193 Rashbam - 451 Rashi - 451 Reisin - 514 Romanover, Leib - 212 Saadya Gaon - 451 Salanter, Yisroel - 191, 229 Segalovitch, Meir - 357 Shabtai - 194 Shachor, Dovid - 193 Shapiro, Arye Leib - 193 Shapiro, Yosef - 212 Sheinfrucht, Chanoch - 197 R' Shiyala - 231-232 Shereshevsky, Eliezer Lipman - 228 Shereshevsky, Yitschak Lipman - 191, 212, 285 Shteinhart, Yosef - 194 Slonimer Rebbe - 478 Soloveitschik, Chaim - 191, 196 Soloveitschik, Yosef Ber - 97, 196, 523 Spector, Yitschak Elchanon - 60, 85, 192, 194-195 Stolvitser, Leib - 192 R' Tsvi Hirsh - 192 Tuketzhinsky, Yechiel Michel - 191 Valentchik, Moshe - 212 Vilna Gaon - 190, 451 Wolfson, Yechiel Michel - 190, 193 Yaavetz-Emden - 193 Yavan, Boruch - 193 R' Yitschak (Dayan) - 213 R' Yosef Hatsadik - 60, 467 Zalavitcher Rebbe - 71 SYNAGOGUES: Bais Midrash- 383 Butcher's Synagogue - 88, 289, 317, 383, 386, 388, 392, 425, 429 Chasidic Steibel - 476-477 Cold Synagogue - 96, 317, 319, 336, 353-354-361, 367, 382, 385-386, 420, 429, 436, 489, 519 Daladayer Shteibel - 317 Kahal Steibel - 336, 354, 367, 382 Koidenover Chassidim Synagogue - 289, 317, 484 Kuzimir Synagogue - 62, 289, 314, 317, 367, 461, 485 Ladier Chasidim Synagogue - 289 Market Synagogue - 65, 226, 238, 289, 317, 319, 336, 346, 367, 413, 483, 519 Michalishoker Synagogue - 289, 317, 357 Neustadt Synagogue - 289, 317 New Bais Midrash Synagogue (Neje Szul) - 73, 289, 317, 427-428 Old Bais Midrash - 74, 167, 289, 305, 317, 346, 354-356, 370, 382, 478-479 Prushim Synagogue - 70, 89, 289, 317, 354, 467-468, 519 R’ Sender’s Synagogue - 382 Shoemaker's Synagogue - 218, 288, 317, 383, 461 Synagogues - 86, 88, 122, 128, 324, 412, 436 Tailor’s Synagogue (the Old Shul) - 289, 305, 317, 347, 367, 523 NEWSPAPERS AND JOURNALS: ABC (Newspaper) - 183-184 "Barkai" (N) - 269 "Bicher Velt" - 460 "Daily Jewish Express" - 273 "Einikeit" (Moscow) - 444 "Folks Stimme" (Warsaw) - 371, 459 "Folks Zeitung" (Bund) - 338-339 "Folks Zeitung" (Vilna) - 461 "Der Freund" (N) - 298, 460 "Fryhieght" (N) - 103-104, 107, 261, 274, 298 "Grinika Boimlach" (Newspaper for children) - 460 "Haint" (N) - 307, 460 "Halevanon" (N) - 285 "Hamagid" (N) - 197 "Hamelitz" (N) - 191, 193, 254, 285-286 "Haolom" (N) - 101 "Hashachar" (Newspaper for children) - 288 "Hatzfira" (N) - 196, 254, 285, 355, 459 "Hatsofeh" (N) - 273, 459 "Hayehudi" (N) - 273 "Hazeman" (N) - 273 "Hechaver" (Newspaper for children) - 288 "Hashiloch" (N) - 101, 254 "Ivri Anochi" - 285 "Klasi" (Journal) - 454 "Kneset Yisroel" (N) - 190, 234 "Kuntras" (N) - 102 "Klieine Folk Zeitung" (Bund) - 338 "Dos Leben" - 461 "Leben un Vissenshaft" (Journal) - 460 "Litererishe Bletter "- 460 "Memaamakim" (N) - 124 "Moment" (N) - 307, 461 "Die Neue Shul" (N) - 460 "Olam Katan" (Newspaper for children) - 288 "Razsvet" (N) - 101 "Robotnik" (N) - 184 "Roski Yeiwrai (N) - 286 "Der Tog" (N) - 452 "Tsukonft" (N) - 469 "Der Veg" (Newspaper-Warsaw) - 461 "Der Veker" - 469 "Veschud" (N) - 101, 459 "Vilna Folks Zeitung" (N) - 459 "Vilner Tog" (N) - 460 "Die Voch" (N) - 460 "Vochenblatt" (N) - 461 "Vozroshdianya" (N) - 303 "Yevreyiskaya Zhishin" (N) - 459 "Dos Yiddish Folk" (N) - 459 PLACES: Argentina - 509, 514 Ayalon - 269, 526 Bad Reichenhall (Displaced Persons Camp) - 481 Baranovici - 147, 151, 357, 372, 376, 392, 428, 480, 531 Barki - 403 Bayt Hashita - 265 Be’r Tuvya - 521 Berezna (village) - 400 Bialystok - 108-110, 136 Bichov - 431 Bobriesk - 373 Bragin - 431 Brisk - 101, 523 Brooklyn, N.Y. - 192, 512 Brownsville, N.Y. - 212, 512 Ben Shemen - 258 Carmiya - 263 Cherebiynya - 408 Chile - 274 Chorol (Stetel) - 458 Caucassia - 110 Deganya Aleph - 275 Deganya Bet - 59, 115, 244, 247 Derevnia - 396 Ekron - 288 Ferenvald - 439 Gorodoy - 376, 381, 384 Givat Chen - 265 Glinishtze - 377, 383 Helbe River - 94, 98 Homel - 431 Hominka - 154 Horodzai (Gorodisce) - 110, 138-139, 321, 323, 345, 392, 414-415, 419, 429, 441, 531 Grodno - 108, 110 Hadar Ramatayim - 270 Ivanovo - 116 Ivia - 408 Jerusalem - 293 Johanesberg - 272 Kapulya - 302 Kletzk - 321, 323, 336, 372, 376-377, 409, 421 Klitzisht (village) - 404-406 Kopyl - 140-141, 153, 155, 157 Krasna Sloboda - 151, 154 Krinitzna (village) - 397, 400 Kvar Masryk - 273 Kvar Rupin - 525 Kvar Sava - 233 Kvar Vitkin - 245 Kfar Yaavetz - 259 Lachovitz - 140, 144, 268-269, 372, 376 Lavi - 140, 149-150 Lida - 109-111, 136 Liepheim - 444 Lipniki - 159 Leninska Street - 389 Lodz - 116, 266, 347 Lublin - 445 Luzha (village) - 400-401 Lubtch (shtetel) - 406-407 Luchtishi - 151 Lugashin - 159 Luninec - 154 Maaleh Hachmisha - 259 Maidenak Camp - 445 Mesilot - 268 Miatchansky Forest - 319-320, 387 Michalishok (Poor Quarter) - 372, 377, 391 Minsk - 96, 102, 141, 402, 406 Mir - 92, 106,140, 318, 336, 376, 384, 388, 395-397, 531 Miranka - 400 Mishkin - 185 Moscow - 124 Motol - 159 Mount of Olives - 287 Mozir - 431 Munich - 439 Narasim (village) - 458 Nir David - 524-525 Novogradik - 406, 410 Orliki - 150-151, 153-154 Pardesiya - 263 Pependorf - 439 Petach Tikva - 247, 265 Pinsk - 91, 176, 431 Polessia - 159 Radziville, Castle - 82, 85, 95, 200, 347, 349, 369, 373, 444, 483, 520, 522 Radziville, Park - 79, 81, 134-135, 380, 415 Ramat Gan - 256-257 Rechovot - 247, 254, 288, 521 Rechitza - 431 Rishafon - 262 Rishon Le Zion - 263, 288 Rosh Pinah - 198 Rostov on Don - 468 Ruzany - 157 Sabitzeh - 160 Sdeh Yaakov - 260 Severshna - 136, 145, 148, 153 Shachariya (Kibbutz in Niezvizh) - 274, 316 Shat - 190 Shelovitzh - 398 Shomriya (Kibbutz Hachshara in Niezvizh) - 316 Shpittal Street - 375 Shul Hoif - 313, 377, 391, 427 Siberia - 352 Sirokalma Street - 377-378 Skaretz (village) - 400 Slonim - 108, 110, 116, 124, 161, 372, 476 Slutzk - 345 Slutzker Street - 521 Snov - 323, 357, 371-372, 392, 419, 428, 441 Stalingrad - 401 Staritzey - 144, 149 Staro-Ksaksa Camp - 445 Stolbcy - 106, 110, 116, 129, 136, 142, 145-147, 318, 323, 439, 480 Stoyvitc - 301, 304, 329. 376, 388 Studentska Street - 378 Tambov - 459 Tel Aviv - 521 Tel Chai - 102, 293 Tel Litvinsky - 262 Timkovici - 140-141 Town Hall - 279 Uzbekastan - 112, 266 Varkota - 110 Vasilishuk - 251 Vilenska Street - 389 Vilenska Street - 378, 464 Vilna - 109-112, 115, 124, 126, 136,156 Vilshin - 142 Vishnika (village) - 458 Woloshin - 439 Woloshin Forest - 433 Warsaw - 100, 102, 104 Yafo - 288 Yanki (village) - 458 Yeremitch - 399 Zadonska Villa - 115, 259 Zalusha (village) - 402 Zalva (village) - 480 Zhetel - 475 Zouostrovitch - 151, 154, 156, 158

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