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Translation of
Yisker-bukh fun der Zhelekhover yidisher kehile
Edited by: W. Yassni
Published in Chicago, 1953
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Yiddish into Czech by Michael Dunayevsky
Czech into English by Andrzej Ciesla
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| Editor | A.Wolf Jasny |
| Editor Secretary | Lajbisz Wajsleder |
| Isz-Tow Mordechaj | Tel Aviv, Israel | |
| Aszlak Szalom | Melbourne, Australia | |
| Iglicki Abraham | Venezuela | |
| Aszlak Gedalia | Melbourne, Australia | |
| Boruchowicz Mosze | New York | |
| Bornsztajn Herszel | Melbourne, Australia | |
| Bran Cyrel | Costa Rica | |
| Guberek Szymon | Bogota, Columbia | |
| Grajcar Lajbel | New York | |
| Drezner Baruch | Bogota, Columbia | |
| Hochgelernter Szmilke | Melbourne, Australia | |
| Hochgelernter Szalom | Costa Rica | |
| Hefner Israel | Paris, France | |
| Wajsleder Dawid | Costa Rica | |
| Tochbrach Sara | Bogota, Columbia | |
| Yehuda Ben Szalom | Haifa, Israel | |
| Koberman Golda | Barranquilla, Columbia | |
| Laksman Szmuel | Israel | |
| Mesinger Hanina | Paris, France | |
| Miszpotym Josek | Santos, Brazil | |
| Nachtajler Godel | Argentina | |
| Najman Sara | Sao Paolo, Brazil | |
| Fisz Szlomo | New York | |
| Cybulkiewicz Mosze | Barranquilla, Columbia | |
| Roterman Ajzyk | Panama | |
| Rotfarb Motel | Melbourne, Australia | |
| Roterman Ela | Barranquilla, Columbia | |
| Rochwergier Abraham | Argentina | |
| Szpajzman Mordechaj | Tel Aviv, Israel | |
| Sznapstajler Jechiel | Melbourne, Australia |
| III.Foreword by the Editing Committee | |
| A. Wolf Jasny: Żelechów, a Murdered Jewish Community (An Introduction in Yiddish and Hebrew) | 5 |
| The Development of Jewish Settlement in Żelechów and its Religious Life | |
| Szolem Aszlak: The Old Żelechów (Y) | 31 |
| Majer Wancjer: The Rebbe's Yard (Y) | 41 |
| Jechiel Rosenboim: Types and Characters of the Religious Jews (Y) | 42 |
| Szlojme Brański: They Taught me the Torah (Y) | 44 |
| Szymon Guberek: The Cheders that I Attended (Y) | 48 |
| Szolem Aszlak: The Żelechów Woman (Y) | 49 |
| Mojsze Baruchowicz: The Community Council, Charity Organizations and Religious Parties (Y) | 51 |
| Mojsze Goldfarb: Żelechów of my Childhood (Y) | 59 |
| The First Russian Revolution | |
| Szolem Aszlak: The Economical Situation of the Jews before WWI (Y) | 65 |
| Herszel Takier(Majnster): On the Eve of the 1905 Revolution (Y) | 69 |
| Szolem Aszlak: The Jewish Workers' Revolutionary Movements (Y) | 71 |
| Moshe Cybulkiewicz: The Jewish Shoemakers and Huta Polish Workers (Y) | 77 |
| Jankiel Majnster: Herszel Taker - the Hero of the Jewish Revolutionary Movement in Żelechów (Y) | 78 |
| J.M.Wajsenberg: “Jekel - the Carpenter”, fragments from “The Shtetl” (Y) | 80 |
| The Mid-War Period | |
| Lejbisz Wajsleder: Żelechów as I Remember It (Y) | 89 |
| Jechiel Chybkiewicz: The Social Life During the First World War (Y) | 95 |
| Szulek Altman: The Bund Movement (Y) | 101 |
| Tertze Wancjer: The Childrens' Organization Skif (Y) | 108 |
| Mordechaj Isztow: The First Cultural Organizations Forward and Kadima (Y) | 108 |
| Mordche Szpajzman: The Zionist Movement (Y) | 113 |
| Jehuda Ben Szalom: The Youth Zionist Movement in Żelechów (Y) | 119 |
| Lejbisz Wajsleder: Social Activities in Żelechów (Y) | 127 |
| Jakub Szerman: After the War: Poland and the Soviet Union (Y) | 135 |
| Srul Wajsman: When Anti–Semitism Raged (Y) | 136 |
| Jede Ben-Szalom: The Ordinary Jews (Y) | 137 |
| Lejbl Grajcer: The Żelechów Tanners (Y) | 138 |
| Isroel Wajnberg: The Hasidic Circles in Żelechów (Y) | 141 |
| Isroel Najszteter: Friday Evening in Our Town (Y) | 142 |
| Ester Altman Kijowska : A Visit to the Town in 1933 (Y) | 143 |
| J.Miszpatim: The Episodes from My Life in Żelechów (Y) | 145 |
| Moishe Cybulkiewicz: The Craftsman Association and Cooperative Bank (Y) | 146 |
| Szimon Guberek: The Sport Activities in Żelechów (Y) | 147 |
| Mojsze Baruchowicz: The Free-Loan Fund (Y) | 149 |
| Żelechów in the Jewish Literature | |
| A. Wolf Jasny: J. M. Wajsenberg - The Artist that Immoratilized Żelechów in the Jewish Literature (Y) | 153 |
| Szulek Altman: Wajsenberg and His “The Shtetl” (Y) | 165 |
| Mosze Goldfarb: J. M. Wajsenberg as I Had Seen Him (Y) | 167 |
| Szlojme Brański: The Wajsenbergs (Y) | 168 |
| J.Papiernikow: The Wajsenberg's Influence on the Present Writers (Y) | 172 |
| Mojsze Knaphajs: My Recollections of J. M. Wajsenberg (Y) | 174 |
| Jechiel Lerer | |
| Felhendler: The Life and Work of a Murdered Poet (Y) | 181 |
| Unknown version of “Davis Abas-Szewe” by Jechiela Lerera (Y) | 184 |
| Mojsze Grosman: “My Home”, a Song about a Jewish Town in Poland (Y) | 187 |
| A. W. I.–A Poet that Praised Żelechów (Y) | 189 |
| Some Annotations to the Biography of Jechiel Lerer | |
| Sz. Brański: His Life (Y) | 190 |
| J. Papiernikow: The Rebbe and His Pupil (Y) | 191 |
| M. Bojm: The First Poetical Works of Jechiel Lerer (Y) | 192 |
| Rachel Ojerbach: Jechiel Lerer in the Warsaw ghetto (Y) | 193 |
| Żelechów at War. Suffering and Holocaust | |
| Godl Nachtajler: The First Three Months of the Hitler–Occupation (Y) | 197 |
| Perl Wajnberg: The German “Robbery” (Y) | 202 |
| Mojsze Baruchowicz: I Survived the Holocaust (Y) | 203 |
| Sura Wajnberg: My Memories of the Hitler Time (Y) | 236 |
| Szmul Laksman: My Experiences During the 2nd WW (Y) | 239 |
| Moshe Szyfman: The Holy Death of the Rebbes of Zelechow and Ryki (Y) | 250 |
| Szmul Hochgelernterc: The Liquidation of the Żelechów Ghetto and My Journey between Life and Death (Y) | 253 |
| Tzivia Rozental–Worcelman: The Ghetto Firemen and Their End (Y) | 259 |
| The Underground Fight with the Cruel German Occupant | |
| Israel Najszteter: Underground Movement in Zelechow During the German Occupation (Y) | 260 |
| Shalom Sztejnhendler: Our Battle With the Germans (Y) | 262 |
| Yosl Lukowiecki: Experiences of a Żelechów Partisan (Y) | 263 |
| Mendel Gerecht: In the Partisan Troops (Y) | 267 |
| Mendel Korcarz: With Soviet Partisans (Y) | 271 |
| Jakub Szerman-Solnica: The Jews from Żelechów in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (Y) | 274 |
| Tzivia Rozental–Worcelman: How They Shot Tsheshe Majchel? (Y) | 276 |
| In the Hidings on the Aryan Side | |
| Hinde Rubinsztajn: My Experiences (Y) | 277 |
| Chana Winograd-Cackiewicz: How I Survived the Nazi Holocaust (Y) | 280 |
| Dvora Popowska: Hideouts on the “Arian” Side (Y) | 282 |
| Tzivia Rozental: Among Peasants (Y) | 286 |
| Frejde Gorfinkel-Gecht: On the Aryan Side (Y) | 289 |
| Jews from Żelechów in the Death Camps | |
| J. Asatonowicz: In Majdanek, Oświęcim and Other Camps (Y) | 292 |
| Fejge Gutrajch: Memories from a Death Camp (Y) | 303 |
| Jankiel Farba: The Execution in the Bedzin Camp (Y) | 306 |
| The Experiences of the Żelechów Jews in France | |
| Chanine Mesinger: Holocaust in France (Y) | 307 |
| B.Waserman: With French Jews to Oświęcim (Y) | 310 |
| Shaya Majster: I Saw the German Cruelty (Y) | 311 |
| Izaak Gelbart: The Death March after the Liberation of Oświęcim (Y) | 312 |
| Returning “Home” after the Liberation | |
| Szmuel Laksman: In my Home Town after the Liberation (Y) | 315 |
| Chanka Oszlak: My Tragic Night in Zelechow (Y) | 318 |
| Buried as a Jew | |
| The Exhumation and the Burial of the 17 Nazi victims (Y) | 320 |
| The Documents of the Exhumation and Repairs of the Gravestones Damaged by the Germans (Y) | 324 |
| To the Memory of the Martyrs' Souls (Y) | 327 |
| Anniversary and Remembrance of Żelechów Martyrs (Y) | 328 |
| Portraits of the Dead and Murdered (Y) | 329 |
| The Names of the Murdered and Lost Jews from Żelechów | 389 |
| Appendix I | |
| The Żelechów Families (Y) | |
| Appendix II | |
| Jews from Żelechów and their Landsmashafts (Y) | XV |
| Annotations | |
| List of pictures |
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