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Translation from:
Pitshayever yizker-bukh
Edited by: H. Gelernt
Published in Philadephia by the Pitchayever Wohliner Aid Society, 1960
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This is a translation from Pitshayever yisker-bukh
(Memorial book dedicated to the Jews of Pitchayev-Wohlyn executed by the Germans),
Editors: H. Gelernt, Philadelphia, The Pitchayever Wohliner Aid Society, 1960 (Y, 311 pages).
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| H. Gelernt | A word from the editorial staff |
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Chapter 1
| Dr. Y. Shatski | The Jewish Community of Pitchayev | 11 |
| Charles Saltz (Zaltz) | Pitchayev and the Pitchayev Church | 28 |
| H. Gelernt | About Pitchayev and the Church | 45 |
| Rav Akiba Orzhekh | The "Odpist" Was For the Jews | 48 |
Chapter 2
| H. Gelernt | In the Net of Wickedness | 54 |
| Philip Krants | The Pitchayev Lavre and the Jews | 63 |
Chapter 3
| Chaim Genzelman | Time To Speak | 95 |
| Yekhiel Rudman | The Situation of the Jews of Pitchayev After the First World War | 98 |
| Yitskhok Nusn Lerer | The Gemilus Khasadim Treasury in Pitchayev | 101 |
| Yitskhok Nusn Lerer | Activities and Finance Reports of the Committee in Pitchayev | 104 |
| Yitskhok Nusn Lerer | Afterpains of the First World War | 115 |
| Yitskhok Nusn Lerer | Pitchayev Youth For America | 119 |
| Shmuel Tauber | Pitchayev in the Twenties | 134 |
| Zev Vaytsman | Rav Reb Eliezer Uretski | 138 |
| Rav Akiba Egozi | Fragments of Spiritual and Religious Life | 143 |
Chapter 4
| Khone (Charles) Saltz | The Rise of the Pitchayev Landsmanshaftn in America | 149 |
Chapter 5
| P. Schwartz | Pitchayev Jews Greet Jewish Writers | 159 |
| Aaron Kuperman, Vaytsman | The Destruction of Pitchayev's Jews | 165 |
| V. Vaytsman | How I Saved Myself From Destruction | 175 |
| Meir Uretski | My Father, Rav Eliezer Uretski | 184 |
| Shlomo Skulski | The Shtetl Is No More | 188 |
| Efraim Brik | Shabes In Pitchayev | 194 |
| Sam (Sholom) Margolis | My Twenty Years of Life In Pitchayev | 196 |
Chapter 6
| H. Gelernt | Man of the People- Khone (Charles) Zalts (Saltz) | 207 |
| Shlomo Skulski | Charles (Khone) Zalts | 211 |
| Charles (Khone) Saltz | My Shtetl Pitchayev | 214 |
| Reb Aharon Petshenik | My Grandfather Rev Alterunie | 236 |
| Khone Saltz | A Youthful Khosid of Rev Alterunie | 239 |
| Khone Saltz | A Rov For Pitchayev and the Czar Comes To Naught | 241 |
| Khone Saltz | Hersh Mindies | 244 |
Chapter 7
| Pitchayev Figures | ||
| V. Vaytsman | Yehuda Sores, the Judge | 251 |
| Khone Saltz | Faybe Gamerman and Others | 252 |
Chapter 8
| Pitchayev in America | ||
| Khone Saltz | A Series of Figures, Activists in the Landsmanshaft | 265 |
| Chaim Gechtel | The Reincarnations of a Pitchayever in the Holocaust | 285 |
| Tombstone List, of Jews who lived in Pochayev before the Holocaust | 299 | |
| Pithayevers in Argentina, in Buenos Aires | 307 | |
| The living remnant after the Holocaust | 308 | |
| Remembrance Panel of More Deceased Persons | 309 | |
| A Series of Pictures of the Shtetl and Jewish Activists in Pitchayev and in America |
Name Index (of those persons only appearing on the lists from pages 299-309)
[Translator's Note: The Translator has added a Name Index indicating the original pages on which each name appears in the Yizkor Book. The Index follows the last page of the translated book. RDD]
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