Daŭhinava, Belarus (Eternal Flame; in Memory of Dolhinow)

Eternal Flame; in Memory of Dolhinow
(Daŭhinava, Belarus)
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Translation of Esh tamid - yizkor le-Dolhinow; sefer zikaron
le-kehilat Dolhinow ve-ha-seviva

Edited by: Josef Chrust, Matityahu Bar-Razon, Society of Dolhinow Emigrants in Israel

Published in Tel Aviv, 1984

Acknowledgments
Project Coordinator
Eilat Gordin Levitan

We wish to thank Mr. A. Rubin and Mr. S. Shamgar of the Dolginov landsmanschaft
in Israel for permission to publish this translation.

This is a translation from: Esh tamid-yizkor le-Dolhinow; sefer zikaron le-kehilat Dolhinow ve-ha-seviva
(Eternal flame; in memory of Dolhinow), eds. Josef Chrust, Matityahu Bar-Razon, Tel-Aviv,
Society of Dolhinow Emigrants in Israel, 1984.

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Translated by Eilat Gordin Levitan

Uri Zvi Greenberg Crown of Lament For Every Home of Israel 7

Dov Adin Edelman Remember, You Must Not Dismiss the Retrospection! 8

Matityahu Bar Razon The Community of Dolhinov Pre First World War 11

Recollections

Hertzl Ben-Tov Gitelson My Shtetl, Glimpse of Reminiscences 29

Meir–Aharon Ekman From Dolhinov to Buenos Aires 52

Nachum Lankin Shadows from the Past 70

Yerachmiel Forman Notes From A Dairy 80

Natan Kuzinitz in the Middle of Two World Wars 92

Shmuel Friedman Splinters and Scraps from Dolhinov 101

Chaya Exelrod Volk Distant Shades and Tunes of A Hometown 110

Hertzl Ben-Tov Gitelson Eradication of Family and Home 118

Eliezer Ben- Chaim Rubin Shattered Fragments of Memories 129

Mirke Godon – Friedman Echoes and Shadows from a Past World 140

Tamar Peled Koton Murmurs of the Recalling Heart 149

Nachama Goldenberg Liberman The Evil of Anti-Semitism 153

Dvora Dekel Halperin Images and Episodes 153

Chaya Zamir My Child, Chaim 156

Yizhak Radishkovich Three Days of My Life 166

Henia Zukernik Kazovitz Reminiscence 168

Chaya Zamir Grobina Childhood in Dolhinov 175

Sonia Shifris Eidelman Passover in Dolhinov 177

Dvora Dekel Halperin Lipsha Gordon 182

Rachel Katzovitz Yahalomi The Revolutionary Affect of the Youth 184

Movements 186

Rachel Katzovitz On An Illegal Boat To Eretz Israel 187

Zahava Shifris Shribman Farewell To Family and Shtetl 189

Shmuel Alperovitz The “Bitar” Movement 192

Sima Yafa Halperin Yiddish 194

Portraits and Personalities

Hertzel Ben Tov Gitelson Eidel Dokshitzi, the Teacher Z”L 200

Nachum Lankin Avraham Shimon Kaminkovich - A S K Z”L 202

Dvora Kaplan and Batia Gishuz Our Father; R Nisan Kaplan Z”L 205

Shlomo Shamgar Smorgonski Rabbi Shmaryahu Smorgonski Z”L 208

Shulamit Adin Eidelman Portrait of My Father-in-Law, Gershon Eidelman Z”L 211

Herztl Gitelson Tales and Images From the Past 214

S Rivkai and S Shifris A Memorial To Our Father, Gershon Eidelman Z”L 224

Shmuel Alperovitz Pages From the Depths of Recollections 226

Holocaust and Heroism

Yitzkhak Katzenelson The Poem About the Murdered Jewish People 237

Shmuel Alperovitz On the Sacredness of Life 238

Yakov Segalovitz Z”L Eternal Testament 274

Arye – Leybl Falant of blessed memory My Life's Struggle and Survival in Horrific Dark Years 329

Shlomo Shamgar Smorgonski Mourning For Dolhinov 357

Natan and Yitzhak Kuzinitz Our Fathers' Home in Dolhinov 360

Reuven Kramer A Page From the Valley of the Massacre 385

Bushka and Chaya Katzovitz We So Desired To Survive 387

Levi Koton Abscond and Refuge, From My Hometown To the Shores of Our Nation 405

Yitzhak Radishkovichi Fighting For My Life 418

David Ginsburg From A Partisan in the Resistance To A Soldier in the Red Army 424

Chana and Chime Brunets A Most Amazing Encounter With the Family 432

David Shuster From the Pages of A Lonely Orphan 436

Raya Taich Brunets From Eradication To Rooting 452

Michael Son of Avigdor Rapson Looking Back After Forty Years 472

Arye Rubin Teen Years During Days of Annihilation 493

Isik Kazovitz My Story During the Time of the Shoah 507

Avraham Freedman Chapters of Life As A Fighter With the Resistance 525

Gershon Yofee Testament For Eternity 560

Moshe Forman Life Straggles 566

Yizhak Norman Fighting To Survive 596

Shmuel David Kugel From Bad To Worst 607

Batia Kremer A Miraculous Rescue 610

Leybe Dimentshteyn of blessed memory My Immigration 613

Chanoch Shfarver A Satanic Game 624

Lipe Miller Wandering – In Dolhinov Far From Home 630

David Shinuk From the Gates of Berlin To Kibbutz Aliya 660

Chaia Katzovitz My Mothers' Cousin, Yosef Shinyuk 663

Ben Zion Feizenzilber,
Son of Betzalel and Ada About My Crime 669

Polina Berkovitz A Visit To Dolhinov 666

Dov Berl Edelman We are Symbolically United 669

S. Shamgar Smorgonski List of Dolhinovers in Faraway Places (Most in Russia) 672

S. Shamgar Smorgonski Beit Avraham Dolhinover Society, 224 Henry Street New York 674

in the Land of Israel

Dov Adin Eidelman Aliya and Construction 677

Dov Adin Eidelman Breyana Katz, A Seventy Year Old Woman Who Survived the War
and Reunited With Her Daughter in the Kibbutz 682

Yerachmiel Dimenstein Two Survival Stories 683

Chana Givoni Rubin From Dolhinov To Kibbutz Dan 684

Rachel Katzovitz Yahalomi The War Front in Kibbutz Dan 685

Moshe Gordon Zvi Katz 686

Batya Kramer (nee Sosinsky) Yosef and Batya Sosinsky HY”D 687

Dov Adin Eidelman Sweet Revenge 691

Lists of the Perished in Dolhinov 697

Zelda Radeshkovich The Little Hamlet Sosenka With A List of the Perished 718

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Uri Zvi Greenberg	Crown of Lament For Every Home of Israel	7
Dov Adin Edelman	Remember, You Must Not Dismiss the Retrospection!	8
Matityahu Bar Razon	The Community of Dolhinov Pre First World War	11

Recollections
Hertzl Ben-Tov Gitelson	My Shtetl, Glimpse of Reminiscences	29
Meir–Aharon Ekman	From Dolhinov to Buenos Aires	52
Nachum Lankin	Shadows from the Past	70
Yerachmiel Forman	Notes From A Dairy	80
Natan Kuzinitz	in the Middle of Two World Wars	92
Shmuel Friedman	Splinters and Scraps from Dolhinov	101
Chaya Exelrod Volk	Distant Shades and Tunes of A Hometown	110
Hertzl Ben-Tov Gitelson	Eradication of Family and Home	118
Eliezer Ben- Chaim Rubin	Shattered Fragments of Memories	129
Mirke Godon – Friedman	Echoes and Shadows from a Past World	140
Tamar Peled Koton	Murmurs of the Recalling Heart	149
Nachama Goldenberg Liberman	The Evil of Anti-Semitism	153
Dvora Dekel Halperin	Images and Episodes	153
Chaya Zamir	My Child, Chaim	156
Yizhak Radishkovich	Three Days of My Life	166
Henia Zukernik Kazovitz	Reminiscence	168
Chaya Zamir Grobina	Childhood in Dolhinov	175
Sonia Shifris Eidelman	Passover in Dolhinov	177
Dvora Dekel Halperin	Lipsha Gordon	182
Rachel Katzovitz Yahalomi	The Revolutionary Affect of the Youth	184

Movements		186
Rachel Katzovitz	On An Illegal Boat To Eretz Israel	187
Zahava Shifris Shribman	Farewell To Family and Shtetl	189
Shmuel Alperovitz	The “Bitar” Movement	192
Sima Yafa Halperin	Yiddish	194

Portraits and Personalities
Hertzel Ben Tov Gitelson	Eidel Dokshitzi, the Teacher Z”L	200
Nachum Lankin	Avraham Shimon Kaminkovich - A S K Z”L	202
Dvora Kaplan and Batia Gishuz	Our Father; R Nisan Kaplan Z”L	205
Shlomo Shamgar Smorgonski	Rabbi Shmaryahu Smorgonski Z”L	208
Shulamit Adin Eidelman	Portrait of My Father-in-Law, Gershon Eidelman Z”L	211
Herztl Gitelson	Tales and Images From the Past	214
S Rivkai and S Shifris	A Memorial To Our Father, Gershon Eidelman Z”L	224
Shmuel Alperovitz	Pages From the Depths of Recollections	226

Holocaust and Heroism
Yitzkhak Katzenelson	The Poem About the Murdered Jewish People	237
Shmuel Alperovitz	On the Sacredness of Life	238
Yakov Segalovitz Z”L	Eternal Testament	274
Arye – Leybl Falant of blessed memory	My Life's Struggle and Survival in Horrific Dark Years	329
Shlomo Shamgar Smorgonski	Mourning For Dolhinov	357
Natan and Yitzhak Kuzinitz	Our Fathers' Home in Dolhinov	360
Reuven Kramer	A Page From the Valley of the Massacre	385
Bushka and Chaya Katzovitz	We So Desired To Survive	387
Levi Koton	Abscond and Refuge, From My Hometown To the Shores of Our Nation	405
Yitzhak Radishkovichi	Fighting For My Life	418
David Ginsburg	From A Partisan in the Resistance To A Soldier in the Red Army	424
Chana and Chime Brunets	A Most Amazing Encounter With the Family	432
David Shuster	From the Pages of A Lonely Orphan	436
Raya Taich Brunets	From Eradication To Rooting	452
Michael Son of Avigdor Rapson	Looking Back After Forty Years	472
Arye Rubin	Teen Years During Days of Annihilation	493
Isik Kazovitz	My Story During the Time of the Shoah	507
Avraham Freedman	Chapters of Life As A Fighter With the Resistance	525
Gershon Yofee	Testament For Eternity	560
Moshe Forman	Life Straggles	566
Yizhak Norman	Fighting To Survive	596
Shmuel David Kugel	From Bad To Worst	607
Batia Kremer	A Miraculous Rescue	610
Leybe Dimentshteyn of blessed memory	My Immigration	613
Chanoch Shfarver	A Satanic Game	624
Lipe Miller	Wandering – In Dolhinov Far From Home	630
David Shinuk	From the Gates of Berlin To Kibbutz Aliya	660
Chaia Katzovitz	My Mothers' Cousin, Yosef Shinyuk	663
Ben Zion Feizenzilber, Son of Betzalel and Ada	About My Crime	669
Polina Berkovitz	A Visit To Dolhinov	666
Dov Berl Edelman	We are Symbolically United	669
S. Shamgar Smorgonski	List of Dolhinovers in Faraway Places (Most in Russia)	672
S. Shamgar Smorgonski	Beit Avraham Dolhinover Society, 224 Henry Street New York	674

in the Land of Israel
Dov Adin Eidelman	Aliya and Construction	677
Dov Adin Eidelman	Breyana Katz, A Seventy Year Old Woman Who Survived the War and Reunited With Her Daughter in the Kibbutz	682
Yerachmiel Dimenstein	Two Survival Stories	683
Chana Givoni Rubin	From Dolhinov To Kibbutz Dan	684
Rachel Katzovitz Yahalomi	The War Front in Kibbutz Dan	685
Moshe Gordon	Zvi Katz	686
Batya Kramer (nee Sosinsky)	Yosef and Batya Sosinsky HY”D	687
Dov Adin Eidelman	Sweet Revenge	691
	Lists of the Perished in Dolhinov	697
Zelda Radeshkovich	The Little Hamlet Sosenka With A List of the Perished	718