Velyki Mosty, Ukraine

Mosty-Wielkie Memorial Book
(Velyki Mosty, Ukraine)

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Translation of
Mosty-Wielkie – Most Rabati, sefer zikaron

Moshe Shtarkman, et al.

Published in Tel Aviv 1975-77

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Our sincere appreciation to Susan Dressler
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This is a translation of: Mosty-Wielkie – Most Rabati, sefer zikaron (Mosty-Wielkie memorial book),
Editor: Moshe Shtarkman, et al., Mosty Wielkie Societies in Israel and the United States,
Published: Tel Aviv 1975-77 (H,Y, E 2 volumes)

Note: The original book can be seen online at the NY Public Library site: Velyki Mosty

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Translated by Yocheved Klausner

Hebrew and Yiddish Section

Generation of the refugee remnants (poem)	Anda Amir	8
Introduction	Editors	9
Why a Memorial Book?	Moshe Starkman	12
History of the Jewish Community of Mosty-Wielkiefrom its Early Beginnings to Its destruction	Avraham Ackner	14
Memories of a Mostyite	Dr. Jacob Roth	28
The General Heder in our Town	Yosef Mund	53
The Synagogue Building in our Town	Yosef Mund	54
My Town	A. L. Binot	59
Between the Walls of the Bet Hamidrash	Shmuel Kasner	67
Rabbi Shmarya and his Nephew, Reb Mordechai Peltz	A. A.	71
Reb Mordechai Peltz	Yosef Falk	75
Rabbi Yehiel Mund	Yosef Mund	85
These I Shall Remember	Avraham Ben-Pazi-Goldberg	87
A Memorial Candle to the Dear Ones of Our Town	Shmuel Kasner	91
Forty Years Later	Rivka Silberman (Gerner)	93

Our Father's House
My Father's House	Yosef Mund	97
My Father, of Blessed Memory	Avraham Ben-Pazi-Goldberg	101
My Grandfather's House	Leah Koch	104
Shmarya Shtickler	Bella Rodenburg	106
A Memorial Candle to my Family	Shprintze Katz	108
My Father's home	Mendel Roth	109
Glorious Were the Sons of the Fathers	Avraham Ackner	111
I Know (poem) [Yiddish]	Avraham Ackner	116
I Know (poem) [Hebrew]	Avraham Ackner	117
It is a “Mitzva” to Tell	A. L. Binot	118
Community Leaders and Activists	Avraham Ackner; A. L. Binot	124
Under Russian rule Under World War I	A. L. Binot	131
Jewish Life in our Town	Avraham Ben-Pazi-Goldberg	132

Political Parties, Institutions and Organizations
Ha'or Organization	A. L. Binot	137
Ahva Organization	A. L. Binot	142
The Zionist Wokers' Party Hitachdut	Avraham Ackner	147
The Gordonia Youth Movement	Avraham Ackner	155
Memories of Gordonia	Helena Shmuel (Katz)	159
Ha'Oved	Michael Tobish-Yannai	161
The Betar Movement	Shalom Shteger	163
“Hachshara” Battalions in Mosty	Avraham Ackner	165
The Hebrew School nd Its Teachers	Avraham Ackner	170
The Drama Society	Ben-Shlomo	177
The Jewish Community House (Beit Ha'am)	Avraham Ackner	182
The Free Loan Fund (Gmilat-Hassadim) in Our Town	Avraham Ackner	184

We Shall Remember and Not Forget
To the Memory of the Missing Ones	Avraham Ackner; A.L. Binot	189
On Ruch'che Mund, who is no Longer with Us	Moshe Starkman	194
On the First Anniversary of Rachel Mund's Death	A. L. Binot	196
Hayim Silber, of Blessed Memory	Dr. Jacob Roth	200
Hayim Silber, of Blessed Memory	Avraham Ackner	203
Hayim Silber, of Blessed Memory	Moshe Starkman	206
Ya'kov Rappoport	Prof. Dov Sadan	210
Moshe Starkman	Prof. Dov Sadan	216
Moshe Starkman, Master of Two Literatures	G. Kressel	222
The man, Moshe	Avraham Ackner	223
Moshe Starkman, of Blessed Memory	Dr. Jacob Roth	228
Moshe Starkman, Writer in Two Languages	“Ha'Doar”	229
Literature of 'Going Down' and of Ressurection	Moshe Starkman-Hazkoni	230
Moshe Starkman, May He Rest in Peace	Dr. Azriel Knox	233
Moshe Starkman, Noted Writer	“Forwards”	236
Moshe Starkman, May He Rest in Peace	“Forwards”	237
Moshe Starkman, May He Rest in Peace	Simon Weber	239
Moshe Starkman, of Blessed Memory	G. Kressel	241
At the Newly-Dug Grave of Moshe Starkman	“Canadian Adler”	243
Famous Writer Moshe Starkman Dies	“Canadian Adler”	244
Moshe Starkman Has Passed Away	“Letste Nayes”	245
To the “Shloshim” after Moshe Starkman's Death	“Freye Arbeter Shtime”	245
Moshe Starkman, May He Rest in Peace	“Yivo”	246
Starkman, Moshe-Yohanan	Zalman Reisin	246
In Sorrow at Moshe Starkman's Passing	Rabbi Shlomo David Goldfarb	248
A Memory of Moshe Starkman	I. Yakobowitz	249
Sorrow at the Death of Moshe Starkman	I. L. Peretz Writers' Union	250
Sorrow at the Death of Moshe Starkman	Yiddish Pen Club	250
Sad Memories on the Occasion of the Death of Moshe Starkman	World Farband of Jewish Journalists	251
Nissan Aksler, of Blessed Memory	Avraham Ackner	252
The Mosty-Wielkie Society in Israel	Avraham Ackner; A.L. Binot	257
Guests in Israel	Avraham Ackner; A.L. Binot	261

Holocaust and Destruction
Day of Revenge	Mordechai Gebirtig	275
In the Valley of Slaughter	Tony Gutman	276
In the claws of the Nazis	Henya Grobart	282
Only I Remained	Tova Lichter (Selig)	292
On the Aryan Side	Dr. Kuba Katz	293
In the Bunker in the Lumberyard	Erna Nass	301
Nightmare	Hella Rettman (Katz)	303
My Memories of Mosty	Yehudit Glazer (Gleicher)	304
Land Do Not Hide Their Blood	Ben-Yosef	306
Lovely is the Place Where the Righteous Dwell	Fishel Hardt	309
The Memorial Book Appears	Shlomo Reiter	311
Mosty in the Eyes of Those Rescued from the Holocaust	Avraham Ackner	313
The Annual Memorial Meeting of the Victims of the Holocaust	Avraham Ackner	317
The Memorial Meeting on the 5th of Adar 5734 (1974)	Moshe Starkman	319

Memorial Pages
My Town, Mosty: Poem	Fishel Ackner	329
To the Memory of the Martyrs of Our Town: Poem	Avraham Ackner	330
We are indebted to You	Avraham Ackner	331
Memorial Pages - List of Names of the Martyred		377

Yiddish Section

We are Indebted to You (poem)	Avraham Ackner	6
Foreword	Avraham Ackner	7
In Lieu of Introduction	Dr. Yakov Rate	9
In Memory of the Martyrs of our Town	Avraham Ackner	11
In the Valley of Death	Tony Gutman	12
The Nightmare Dream	Hella Rettman	16
In the Claws of the Nazis	Henya Grobart	18
In the Bunker in the Lumberyard	Erna Nass	22
The Earth Would not Absorb the Spilled Blood	Shmuel Ben-Yosef	24
Only I remained	Tova Lichter	27
Mosty in the Eyes of a Holocaust Survivor	Avraham Ackner	31
My Tragig War Experiences	Tova Weiler	34
Melamdim in Mosty	Shraga-Feivel Mandelkorn	39
At the Dedication of a Forest in Memory of the Mosty Wielkie Martyrs	A. L. Binot	41
Words at the Ceremony of the Appearance of the Memorial Book	A. L. Binot	46
Building the Synagogue	A. L. Binot	48
“Prenumeranten” in Mosty	Avraham Ackner	51

English Section

Mosty–Wielkie Memorial Book–Chapters on the Holocaust		IV
We Owe You	Avraham Ackner	IV
Forward		V
A Sort of Forward	Dr. Ya'acov Roth	IX
Holocaust and Destruction		XI
To the Memory of the Martyrs of Our Town		XII
In the Valley of Slaughter	Toni Gutman	XIII
Nightmare	Hella Rettman (Katz)	XIX
My Tragic War Experiences	Tova Weller (Shpritzer)	XXI
In the Clutches of the Nazis	Henya Graubart	XXVII
In the Bunker in the Sawmill	Erna Nass	XXXV
I Was the Only One Left	Tova Lichter (Selig)	XXXVII
A Town	Abba Kovner	VI
Introduction		VII
History of the Jewish Community of Mosty–Wielkie	Avraham Ackner	XI
Recollections of a “Mosty” Childhood	Dr. Jacob Roth	XXXIII
The Jewish community of Mosty–Wielkie that Is No More	Dr. Maurycy Silber	XLI
Land, Do Not Hide Their Blood	Shmuel Ben–Yosef	XLII
Mosty in the Eyes of the Survivors of the Holocaust	Avraham Ackner	XLVI
The Silber Family	Avraham Ackner	L
“that the next generation might know them”	A. L. Binot	LIV
A Few Details in the Portrait of the Late Charles Silber	A. Ackner	LV
On the Occasion of the “Shloshim” After the Death of Hayim Silber	Moshe Starkman (Hazkoni)	LVII
Tears Upon the Fresh Grave	Avraham Ackner	LX
A Letter to Mrs. Hayim Silber	Robert Serkey	LXII
The Late Prof. Maurycy Silber	Clare Silber	LXIII
The Silber Fund	A. Ackner	LXIV
The Man Moshe…A Portrait of the Late Moshe Starkman–Hazkoni	Abraham Ackner	LXIV
Moshe Starkman	Dr. Elias Schulman	LXIX
Memories From Childhood	C. G. Silber	LXX
This is Your Life: Mendel Gruber	Lillian Gruber Sigal	LXXVI
The Significance of Planting a Grove	A. L. Binot	LXX
The Late Moshe Starkman–Hazkoni	A. Ackner	LXVII
The Gross Moster Sick and Benevolent Association in America	Sidney Silber	LXXVIII
Fifty Years After		LXXXIV

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