Lakhva, Belarus

. First ghetto to revolt, Lachwa
(Lakhva, Belarus)

52°13' / 27°06'

Translation of Rishonim la-mered; Lachwa

Edited by: Hayim A. Michaeli

Published in Jerusalem 1957

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This is a translation from: Rishonim la-mered; Lachwa (First ghetto to revolt, Lachwa),
Editors: Hayim A. Michaeli, Jerusalem 1957 (Hebrew, Yiddish, 500 cols).

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TOC translated by Sara Mages

The Community and its History

The History of the Jews of Lakhva	Dr. N. M. Gelber	23

The Destruction and the Revolt

The background of the revolt	Arye Salutsky	31
The destruction of Lahvka	H.A. Michaeli	35
The first thought of planning a revolt	H.A. Michaeli	69
Face to face battle	Y'hoshua Lichtstein	75
Methods of torture	Yeshayahu Milman	79
The adventures of a girl in the ghetto	P. Drabeski-Levin	85
During the days of the Nazi occupation	Kopel Kelpanitzky	91
The last day	Y. Milman	107
Torments and the road to salvation	A. Schusterman	113
During the Holocaust	Y. Morbatzik	123
Help to the refugees	Ori Olomotski	127

Revenge and Payment

On the rivers of Polesia	Y. Milman	137
We are from Lahvka	Y'hoshua Lichtstein	149
The actions of a saboteur	Shimon Hefetz	155
Trial by fire	Haim Skalar	159
In the rear of the battle front	Kalman Gozevitz	163
Missions	Avraham Fienberg	167
Brothers' meeting	Y. Lichtstein	175
A gift to the homeland	Y. Muravtchik	179
May first	Y. Milman	181
Avenging hand in my native village	Y. Abramovitz	185
In the Kovpak units	K. Kelpanitzky	187

How the Heroes Fell

Y. Rochtsin, the fighter and the revolt commander		199
Dov (Berel) Lupatin		203
Moshe Leib and Asher Hefetz		210
David and Yitzchak Finberg		213
Moshe Kelpanitzky		216
Haim Hefetz		217
Asher son of Yehudah Hefetz		218
Aharon Aschman; Dov Aschman		220
Dov Furer; Moshe Dolgopiaty		222
Shlomo son of Yitzchak Hefetz		224
Zalman (Ziame) Muravtchic		225
Ben-Zion Lichtstein		227
Yitzchak (Eitshele') Fishman; Yisrael Mischelow		229
Arye (Leibel) Wainfeld; Tzvi Shevorin		231
Eliyahu Shechtman; Nachum Milman		233
Yosef Gozevitz		235
Yisrael Darebski; Yakov Meister; Munis Broder		237
Two who fell in the homeland - Tzvi Blez; Avraham Yitzchak Tapohi		239

A lesson from the holocaust	Y'hoshua Lichtstein	243

For those we are crying

The list of the martyrs from Lahvka's ghetto		249
Lahvka 1956	N. Ben-Shmuel	267

Before the destruction

The Town and Its People	Ch. A. Michaeli	271
The Rabbis of Lakhva	A. Katz and Y. Z. Krikon	283
Men of Torah	Ch.A. Michaeli	291
Holiday and Festival	A. Katz	293

Institutions and Movements

The Buds of the Zionist Movement	Ch.A. Michaeli	299
Hanoar Hatzioni (Hashomer HaLeumi)	Ch.A. Michaeli	309
Hashomer Hatzair	Sh. Kravchik	313
Beitar	Y. Bochkin	315
Hechalutz Haklal Hatzioni	A. Chefetz	319
Keren Kayemet LeYisrael [Jewish National Fund] and Keren Hayesod [United Israel Appeal]	Dov Gozewitz	321
The Yavne School in Lakhva	Y. Lichtstein	323
“Kupat-Am” Bank	Dov Gozewitz	327
The Charitable Fund	M. Ch.	329
The Amateur Theater Club	A. Chefetz	331
The Volunteer Firefighters	S. Dolgopiati	331

Engaged in Public Needs

A dynasty of ritual slaughterers: R' Matityahu Lerman, R' Sheraga		337
Feivel Chinitz
Y. Zalzman; The community's beadles		341
The Rabbi of Stolin came		343

Communal workers during their lives		345

R' Yehudah-Yitzchak Buktsin		347
R' Shalom Romanovski; R' David Salutsky		351
R' Tzvi (Hershel) Neiman		353
Yakov Skelar; S. Musicant		355
The Young Guard
Yitzchak Salutsky, a poet and a fighter	H.A. Michaeli	357
Meir (Misha) Muravtchik	Moshe Kol	363
Alter Levin	A. Vekselbaum	367

Images and Personalities

Moshe Gozenfud; R' Yeshaya Shechtman; R' Mordechai Tamkin;		370-380
R' Zalman Hefetz; R' Yehudah Salutsky; R' Orcha Lichtstein; R' Gershon Schusterman; Moshe (Misha) Salutsky; Getzel Pinchasovich; Binyamin Slenznuk; R' Moshe-Yakov Rimer; R' Yosef Hefetz; R' Yosef the water- drawer

Among the Ruins (from house to house)

Szkolna Street		382
Market square		385
Malinowa Street		389
Lyubachin Street		392
Kovalska Street		396
David Gorodok Street		398
Posta Street		402
Kohzan Gorodok Street		402
In the villages of Mokrov and Sinkevichi	Arye Salutsky	410
Phrases	H.A. Michaeli	413
Lahvka - Life and Revolt [Y]
Lahvka (Poems) [Y]	Y. Salutsky	419
My Gan-Eden (paradise) Shtetl [Y]	Yakov Skaler	421
There Was Once in Lahvka [Y]	A. Partnoi	433
The Bloody Uprising [Y]	H.A. Michaeli	448
Partisans in the Struggle [Y]	Yitzchak Lichtenberg	459
Mokrov and Sinkevichi [Y]	M. Shifman	467
Brotherly Support for the Refugees [Y]	Fishel Gradbein	475
Children Tell Genia Romanovsky [Y]	Yospil Chinitz	479
From a Letter to My Father [Y]	Y. Salutsky	485
Lahvka [Y]	Aharon Shvarin	489
The activities of “Lahvka Landsmanshaft” organizations in Israel and the United States		491
Bibliography		499
Lakhva: Survivors of the Ghetto in Israel and around the world		501

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