Opatow, Poland

Apt; A Town Which Does Not Exist Anymore
(Opatów, Poland)

50°48' / 21°26'

Translation of
Apt: Sefer zikaron le-ir va-em be-yisrael

Edited by: Z. Yasheev

Published in Tel Aviv: The Apt Organization in Israel, USA, Canada and Brazil, 1966

Acknowledgments

Project Coordinator

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This is a translation from: Apt (Opatow); sefer zikaron le-ir va-em be-yisrael
(Apt; a town which does not exist any more), Editors: Z. Yasheev, Tel Aviv,
The Apt Organization in Israel, USA, Canada, and Brazil, 1966 (Hebrew, Yiddish, English, 464 pages).

Note: The original book can be seen online at the NY Public Library site: Opatow (1966)

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Translated by Yocheved Klausner

		Pages
Part One
In the Light of the Bright Past		7

Part Two
Before First World War		77

Part Three
Between Two World Wars		109

Part Four
The Era of the Holocaust		201

Part Five
Prose and Poetry	Written by Opatow Landsleit	281

Part Six
Y i z k o r [In Memory of the Martyrs]		403

English Summary

To The Reader		5 - 20
Preface
The Town and Its Environs	Moshe Grinstein
Apt - The Town and Its Jews	Joseph Rosenberg
Why?	Nahman Lustgarten

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