Drohiczhn; 500 years of Jewish life
(Drahichyn, Belarus)

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Translation of
Drohiczyn; finf hundert yor yidish lebn

Edited by: Dov Warshawsky, Book Committee Drohichyn

Published in Chicago, 1958

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This is a translation from: Drohiczyn; finf hundert yor yidish lebn; Drohiczhn;
500 years of Jewish life, Editor: Dov Warshawsky. Chicago: Book Committee Drohichyn, 1958 (Y)

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DROHITCHIN

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF JEWISH LIFE

REVISED AND EDITED

BY

RABBI DOV B. WARSHAVSKY

In memory of the five thousand Jewish souls from Drohitchin who perished in two massacres at the hands of the murderous Germans

October 17, 1942 July 25, 1942

PUBLISHED BY THE DROHITCHIN YIZKOR BOOK COMMITTEE

Chicago, 1958

Zalman Shevinsky- Originator
Gedaliah Kaplan-Researcher

Dovid Eisenstein - Chairman
Leizer Warshavsky - Vice President

Hersh Leib Eisenstein - Treasurer
Zalman Shevinsky - Secretary

ABRAHAM EISENSTEIN * YlSROEL BARUCH EISENSTEIN * RABBI YEHUDA DOVID GOLDMAN * BLUMA GUTAV * ABRAHAM GRATCH * YOSEF GRATCH * SHOLOM GRATCH * CHAIM LEIB GROSSMAN * CHAIM HOFFMAN * BONCHE WASSERMAN * ZEIDEL WEISSMAN * BEN TEPER * ROCHEL MAZURSKY * TODROS LEIB MILNER * YOSEF FELDMAN * YOSEF KOLEN * GEDALIA KAPLAN * MAX KLAR * YOSEF SHUB * HARRY SHKOLNICK * SHLOMO SHKOLNICK, ESQ. * RABBI DOV B. WARSHOVSKY, Editor

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