In memoriam - the city of Pulawy (Poland)

In Memoriam - the City of Pulawy
(Puławy, Poland)

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Translation of Yisker-bukh Pulawy

Edited by: M. W. Berstein

Published in New York, 1964

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Editors: M. W. Berstein, New York, Pulawer Yiskor Book Committee, 1964 (Y, 494 pages).

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Introduction 7

Mordechai W. Berstein The History of the Jews in Polav 11

Simcha Sneh Polav Sonnets (The Station, The Vistula, Prince Tchortorisky, The Crazy Leibush) 50

Moshe Levinstein Our Hometown Polav 53

Shlomo Rosenberg Polav, A Cultural and Literary City 102

Yaakov Roshal Polav 50 Years Ago 149

Yaakov-Leibush Eisenman The Beginnings of Enlightenment and Zionism in Polav 173

Shia Tennenbaum My Memories of My Hometown Polav 181

S. Shoham (Ratnovsky) Here the Entire Building Was Destroyed 200

Z. Segalovitch On the Road from Polav to Kazimirz 205

Mordechai David Eisenman Reminiscing About My Hometown Polav 207

Shmuel Weiss The Beginnings of the Jewish Workers’ Movement 220

*** «The Sprouting» 234

Shlomo Rosenberg By the Vistula (a poem) 239

Yisrael-Yakir Neimark Aspects of the History of the Left Poalei-Zion in Polav 241

Charna Lamm-Burstein Polav, a Cultural Center 253

Zvi Schuber I See Them Before My Eyes 259

Gimpel Greenberg The Great Idealistic Youth 262

Shia Tennenbaum Silhouette of and in Polav (word evidently left out in Yiddish) 266

Yosef Sheiden My Home 278

Yakir (no last name) Guest House (Linat Hatzedek) in Polav 281

*** The Polav Aid Committee for the Nazi Refugees in 1938 284

Yisrael-Asher Sheidenfish Our Wonderfull Home 299

The Destruction of Polav 311

Simcha Sneh Yahrzeit Ballads 315

Moshe Bloystein Chronicle of Destruction and Wanderings 316

Arrival at Domashov 340

Sanak Duvshani (Honikshandler) The Fateful Days 355

M. Zeldin The Jewish Involvement in the Partisan Resistance in the Polav Region 373

M. Zanin At the Ruins of Polav 382

Testimonies

Golda Payek 387

Ethel Shavasan-Brifman 388

Golda Teich 393

The Polav Community in Paris 406

Yehoshua Milrad The Polav Community in Israel and its Activities 411

Yisrael Seiden The Story of Our Yiskor Book 416

Our Martyrs List of the Polav Martyrs 419

Chaim Brakasz Shlomo Sheinberg 449

Obituaries on Individuals and Families,
( Page 1 ) – ( Page 2 ) – ( Page 3 ) 452

Yarzeit Pages 491

Necrology

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Introduction		7

Mordechai W. Berstein	The History of the Jews in Polav	11
Simcha Sneh	Polav Sonnets (The Station, The Vistula, Prince Tchortorisky, The Crazy Leibush)	50
Moshe Levinstein	Our Hometown Polav	53
Shlomo Rosenberg	Polav, A Cultural and Literary City	102
Yaakov Roshal	Polav 50 Years Ago	149
Yaakov-Leibush Eisenman	The Beginnings of Enlightenment and Zionism in Polav	173
Shia Tennenbaum	My Memories of My Hometown Polav	181
S. Shoham (Ratnovsky)	Here the Entire Building Was Destroyed	200
Z. Segalovitch	On the Road from Polav to Kazimirz	205
Mordechai David Eisenman	Reminiscing About My Hometown Polav	207
Shmuel Weiss	The Beginnings of the Jewish Workers’ Movement	220
***	«The Sprouting»	234
Shlomo Rosenberg	By the Vistula (a poem)	239
Yisrael-Yakir Neimark	Aspects of the History of the Left Poalei-Zion in Polav	241
Charna Lamm-Burstein	Polav, a Cultural Center	253
Zvi Schuber	I See Them Before My Eyes	259
Gimpel Greenberg	The Great Idealistic Youth	262
Shia Tennenbaum	Silhouette of and in Polav (word evidently left out in Yiddish)	266
Yosef Sheiden	My Home	278
Yakir (no last name)	Guest House (Linat Hatzedek) in Polav	281
***	The Polav Aid Committee for the Nazi Refugees in 1938	284
Yisrael-Asher Sheidenfish	Our Wonderfull Home	299
	The Destruction of Polav	311
Simcha Sneh	Yahrzeit Ballads	315
Moshe Bloystein	Chronicle of Destruction and Wanderings	316
	Arrival at Domashov	340
Sanak Duvshani (Honikshandler)	The Fateful Days	355
M. Zeldin	The Jewish Involvement in the Partisan Resistance in the Polav Region	373
M. Zanin	At the Ruins of Polav	382

Testimonies

Golda Payek		387
Ethel Shavasan-Brifman		388
Golda Teich		393
	The Polav Community in Paris	406
Yehoshua Milrad	The Polav Community in Israel and its Activities	411
Yisrael Seiden	The Story of Our Yiskor Book	416
Our Martyrs	List of the Polav Martyrs	419
Chaim Brakasz	Shlomo Sheinberg	449
	Obituaries on Individuals and Families, ( Page 1 ) – ( Page 2 ) – ( Page 3 )	452
	Yarzeit Pages	491

	Necrology