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These we will remember: Reuven-Baruch Spiritus Shevale Spiritus Luzer Meirfeld (Bamcha) in the army of Czarist Russia Perpetuators: David Zeitani, Tel Aviv; Yisrael Spiritus, United States

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In memory of the families: Moshe (Gascawicer) Weisfus and his family Henech Rosenbaum and his family and father-in-law Yitzchak-Meir Rosenbaum and family Yaakov Sapirsztejn and family   They all belonged to a wide-branched generation of Przytyk Jews, some of whom were occupied in agriculture in their own farm not far from Przytyk. Honor to their memory! Perpetuators: Son Avraham Rosenbaum and wife Rachel (Sapirstein) Daughter Perl Novak (Sapirstein) Avraham (Abrasha) Rosenbaum Two Sapirstein sisters, United States

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In memory of my dear parents and unforgettable family Sons Yankel and Chaim Father Moshe Kozlowski Family of Moshe Kozlowski We will remember you forever! Daughter and sister: Vitel Honig (Kozlowski), Karkur

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I bow my head over the graves of our dear ones: Yisrael, Sara, and Feiga Borochowicz Perished in the Holocaust Yechiel Borochowicz Died in Paris one week before the liberation Blatman family. First from left is Yisrael Bauman, died in Israel. Hershel Bauman of blessed memory (on the right, in the Polish army) Perpetuator: David Blatman, Tel Aviv

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Malka and Nachman Lange with their two children Perished in the Holocaust. In memory of the pure martyrs, victims of the German murderers, may their names be blotted out Idel and Necha Feiczantki (nee Feldberg) Perished in the Holocaust Yitzchak Meir Lange, Died in Przytyk, 1937   Rivka Lange and their son Yisrael, Perished in the Holocaust Perpetuator: Chaim-Yehoshua Lange, Israel Miriam Lange Died on 14 Kislev 5724 (1963)

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In eternal memory:   Bracha Cuker Daughter of Reb Yaakov the shochet Szweicka Daughter of Reb Levi Szweicka   Perpetuator: Dina Grobstein (Szweicka), Tel Aviv

In memory of my dear, unforgettable sister Tzirl Haberberg Wife of Hersch-Moti Rozenholc, died in Germany a few days before the liberation along with Shmuel-Hertzka Frydman.   Perpetuator: Itcha Haberberg, United States

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In eternal memory of my murdered family: Father: Berl Eidelbaum Mother: Frymet-Hynda Eidelbaum Akiva and his family Ruchama and her family Peretz

I will never forget my dear parents Hersh-Leib and Miriam Eidelbaum Abish, murdered with his family Shraga Menashe My father of blessed memory was one of the prominent householders of Przytyk. He had a warm Jewish heart and helped Jews in need. Perpetuated by the daughter: Feiga Hochman (Eidelbaum), Toronto, Canada

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In memory of My unforgettable husband Meir Meizels of blessed memory Born in Przytyk in 1890. Died in New York in April 1963. The son of Shlomo-David Meizels of blessed memory. He was active in the Przytyk Landsmanschaft, and he helped created the means for our Yizkor Book.   Perpetuated by his wife Sara Meizels, New York

In memory of Reb Moshe-Meir Kaufman of blessed memory   Perpetuator: His son Yirmiyahu Kaufman, Kiryat Motzkin

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In memory of Yechiel Borenstein Yechiel of blessed memory Yechiel's mother of blessed memory His mother, born in Przytyk, was known in town as Sarale Abele's. Together with Meir and Chaim Spiritus, they were the owners of the Przytyk mills, which were later sold to the Lengers. After the death of her husband, Sarala went to live in Kalisz, where Yechiel was born. Later, the family moved to Szydłowiec. Already in 1921, Yechiel, as a young lad, joined a group of chalutzim who were making aliya to the Land of Israel. There, they performed all sorts of difficult jobs, in a stone cutting enterprise, paving highways, etc. Years later, Yechiel founded a locksmith cooperative together with a group of metal workers. The cooperative worked in the fowl pens of the kibbutzim and moshavim. He married Shoshana, the daughter of Moshe-Shimon Przytyky. During his final years, he was active in the Przytyk Landsmanschaft in Israel, and often to came to gatherings of our fellow natives. Yechiel died on February 19, 1969, in Tel Aviv, and was buried in the Kiryat-Shaul cemetery. Honor to his memory! Perpetuated by: Shoshana Borenstein (Przytyky) (Prepared for print by David Zeitani)

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In memory of the souls of our dear ones Moshe Brotman Perpetuator: Shmuel Bershtil, Tel Aviv Brother and sister Nathan and Stella Bershtil

In memory of our dear parents and relatives, may G-d avenge their blood David Gelibter, his wife Mindel Grandmother Shprintza Tenenbaum Their son Yaakov   Perpetuators: Nachum and Chaim (Gelibter), Tel Aviv

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In grief and agony, I recall the names of my martyred and deceased family members: Grandfather: Michael Kezman Grandmother: Freidel My father: Avraham-Moshe Kezman My mother: Miriam Rivka And her family: Yitzchak, Gittel, and Hillel Aron We will remember you forever! Perpetuator: Son Aryeh Kezman, Tel Aviv

Their daughter Chana No picture His wife Rivka No picture Their son Gedalya Yitzchak Lifschitz Their daughter Chana   A memorial candle to the memory of our dear ones   Perpetuators: Their sons and brothers in Israel and the United States

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In memory of my brother Gedalyahu Lifschitz and other Jewish partisans from Przytyk In 1941, Przytyk was Judenrein. All the Jewish residents had been expelled to Radom, Szydłowiec, and Przysucha. They were dispersed and spread out in various ghettos. A group of eleven men: Gedalyahu Lifschitz, Hersh-Motte Rozenholc, Binem Josef, Pinchas Lifschitz, Hertzke Frydman, Leibish Frydman, Yitzchak Rosenberg, Yitzchak Haberberg with his wife Bande, and I, set our goal to go over to the partisans. When I left the ghetto, I was told that my brother Gedalyahu had been detained by the Nazis. I returned to the ghetto and did everything to free him. I indeed succeeded in having him released from the murderous hands. It was wintertime. The cold, snow, and frost made it difficult to hide in the forests. Nevertheless, we both went out to the forest with weapons and united with the aforementioned group. Since it was impossible to remain in the forest, we entered the Wilanów camp. There, we were informed that on a certain day, the Germans had shot a group of partisans near the village of Winiowa. Mottel Buchmacher and a Jew from Winiowa with a child in his hands were among them. They escaped, trying to save themselves, but the encountered Poles who bound them with rope, took them to Winiowa, and gave them over to the Nazi murderers, who shot them. Our group of Przytykers remained together in the Wilanów camp. In 1942, the Nazis decided to liquidate the camp. When the news reached me, I consulted at night with my brother Gedalyahu. We decided to cut through the barbed wire fence and go out to the forest. Gedalyahu knew of a bunker in the forest where weapons were hidden. We armed ourselves and also gave some to others who were searching for the possibility of hiding. We had to find food. There were several groups of partisans in the forests who helped each other. For the most part, we hid in bunkers and cemeteries. We connected with the Poles who worked in a weapons factory. They came from Radom and helped us. In the spring of 1944, Polish shepherds discovered that Jew were hiding in cemeteries. After a fight, Moshe Cuker fell at that time. The Armia Krajowa had the goal of killing Germans, but also Jews. It often conducted fights against the partisans. During one such clash, my brother and I, and a few other partisans fought for several hours. When they realized that it was impossible to subdue us, they set the forest on fire from all sides. We all succeeded in escaping. (ending on page 449)

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(conclusion of page 448) However, I saw that our battle was lost. During our retreat, my brother Gedalyahu was killed by a bullet from the Armia Krajowa troops. This was on March 21, 1944. As I was escaping, I encountered a police point. I then stated that I escaped from Częstochowa, where there was a camp of Poles. However, one gentile suspected that I was a Jew. He ordered that I be searched. However, I succeeded in tricking them, and I was freed. After that, I hid for several months in the overgrown fields around Przytyk. I succeeded in contacting several Poles. I did various jobs for them, and in the final months of 1944, they hid me in an attic of a barn in the village of Mleckow in the area of Zakszow. The house to which the barn belonged was the nicest in the village. The Gestapo were headquartered there, and I… was in the attic of the barn. In 1945, the Russians arrived and burnt down all the houses. I could no longer hide, even though I felt much freer. Then I decided to turn my self over to the hands of the Russians. Honor and gratitude to the Jewish fighters of Przytyk. Perpetuated by: Beinish Lifschitz

In memory of Chaim Idel Ickowicz and other fighters At the end of 1942, Chaim Idel Ickowicz was in the Białobrzeg ghetto on the day that Lozer Walach, Akiva Eidelbaum's brother-in-law, was taken out to be killed. That day, Chaim decided to transfer to the underground in order to take revenge on the Nazis. He parted from his family with his eyes full of tears. He said to his friends, “I am sure that I will not return again. We have no choice. Our life has no value, and at least we can take our revenge.” He left the ghetto the next day along with several of his friends. After several months, farmers in the vicinity of Odrzywół who worked together with Jews of Przytyk in the armaments factory, told that one night, the gathering part of the German gendarmerie was attacked by partisans, Chaim Idel Ickowicz among them. All the attackers were killed in the battle, and several Germans were also killed. In 1943, several Jews of Przytyk, including Moshe David Szwycko, succeeded in organizing a small group of partisans. That group was annihilated by the Nazis with the help of local Poles. That summer, a large group of Jewish from the armaments factory in Radom were taken out to be killed. The Germans buried them in a communal grave in the forest on the road to Szydłowiec. There were several Przytykers among them: Yisrael Mandelbaum, Yisrael Honig the son of Mordechai, and Tovia the son of SChaya Mates. Perpetuator: Kopel Eidelbaum

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In eternal memory! My father Abba Minkus   My sister Vitel (born in 1929) My mother Reizel Minkus (died in 1935)   My sister Chuma (born in 1928) My brother Moshe-Chil (born in 1909), his wife and their children   Grandmother Udel My sister Rachel (born in 1916)   My father's brothers: Reuven, Moshe, Hershel, Srulke My brother Shaul (born in 1919), his wife and their children   and sister: Shifra Perpetuators: Nathan Minkus and his family

In memory Of my unforgettable parents Mottel and Sima Szlomowicz (daughter of Yitzchak Frydman)   Perpetuators: Chaya and Yosef Goldhamer, Paris, currently Tel Aviv

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In memory of my parents and family These will I remember… My father Mordechai Hillel of blessed memory was a native of Zwoleń, and my mother Rivka of blessed memory was born in Przytyk to the family of Yisrael-Yosef, the rabbinical teacher and judge of the town. Our house and the textile shop in the center of the market were among the biggest in the town. My mother would get up every morning to open the shop. First, she would pray. She would stand in a corner of the shop with the Korban Mincha siddur in her hands, and pour out her heart to the Master of the World. The farmers who would come to purchase in the shop knew to not distribute her during the prayers, and waited until she had finished praying. My stepbrother Moshe Pichnowski and my sister Esther-Malka also earned their livelihoods from that business. My sister Basha Pesa, who married Eliyahu Kac of blessed memory, perished in the Holocaust along with their seven children. My father enjoyed Torah study in the Beis Midrash more than business. From his childhood, he would drink with thirst from the wellsprings of Hassidism. He had the custom of going to the Rebbe Shraga-Yair of blessed memory in Białobrzeg for the High Holy Days. He never took his eyes off of me, for I was the son of his old age, and he awaited greatness from me. Therefore, he took me to the Rebbe so that I can bask in his splendor, as he would state. I was eight years old when my father brought me to the Rebbe for the first time. He was of short stature, thin, with bright eyes. The Rebbe placed his soft hands on my shoulder and asked me about the Torah portion of the week. “Fine, fine,” he uttered, “a sharp mind.” Then, a contented smile appeared on my father's face. He hoped that I would continue in the paths of my ancestors, people of Torah and Hassidism, and we returned home with an exalted spirit. Things turned out differently, however. The First World War broke out. The ways of life from those days changed. In the summer of 1924, I made aliya to the Land along with a group of young Chalutzim. My childhood dream had been realized. A great destruction overtook the Nation of Israel during the Second World War. One third of our nation was annihilated by the Nazi enemy, may their names be blotted out. All of my family members perished along with them. No trace of them remains. Their ashes from the gas chambers were scattered by the winds over the fields of extermination. The sounds of Torah from the traditional home were silenced. The walls that absorbed the echoes of Modeh Ani[1] each morning stand silent, and the spirit of ghost blows through them… These I do remember… David Zeitani (Chaim-David Baumelgryn), Tel Aviv

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Przytyk Natives who Died in Israel Yisrael and Miriam Meirfeld of blessed memory Yisrael Bauman of blessed memory Moshe-Shimon Maltz of blessed memory Shimon Blatman of blessed memory Moshe Furszt of blessed memory Nathan Furszt of blessed memory (Fell in the War of Independence) Sheindel Bauman of blessed memory (wife of Aryeh) Miriam Lange of blessed memory Rachel Minkowski of blessed memory Chana Blatman of blessed memory (wife of David) Dvora Burstyn (Zalcszirer) of blessed memory Sergeant Yosef Shilo of blessed memory (son of Chaim Frydman) Dov Cohen of blessed memory Irina Eitan of blessed memory(daughter of Shlomo) Yechiel Bernstein of blessed memory Yosef Lange (Dibrat) of blessed memory Ephraim-Meir Blatman of blessed memory Zelig Weinman of blessed memory Aryeh and Yafa Bauman of blessed memory Mottel Maltz of blessed memory

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