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Translation of Sefer zikaron le-kehilat Radzymin
Edited by Gerson Hel
Published in Tel Aviv, 1975
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Sefer zikaron le-kehilat Radzymin ,
Memorial book of the Jewish community of Radzymin,
ed. Gerson Hel, Tel Aviv,
The Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora, 1975, 389 p., H, Y, F.
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| 17 | The Historical Events of the Town and the Community / Gershon Hel |
| 22 | General Overview / M. K. and G. H. |
| 28 | The Dynasty of the Great Chassidic Rabbis of Radzymin / Gershon Hel |
| 42 | Three Generations of Rabbis / Aryeh Katz |
Writers and Artists: Sons of our City
| 47 | Isaac Bashevis Singer / Gershon Hel |
| 50 | Eliezer Bergman / Gershon Hel |
| 53 | Nahteh-Yeruchum Berliner / Gershon Hel |
| 55 | Shlomo Gilbert / Gershon Hel |
| 57 | Chaim Ne'eman / Gershon Hel |
| 58 | Sholom Postolsky / Gershon Hel |
| 63 | Some Memories Regarding Radzymin / Isaac Bashevis Singer |
| 65 | Personalities From the Distant Past / Moshe Baruch Vegmahn |
| 69 | “This Polish Shtetl” / Eliezer Bergman |
| 76 | The Eve of the Sabbath in Radzymin / Nehtah Yiruchum Berliner |
| 80 | Radzymin and the Way it Was in Former Times / Moshe Baruch Ashman |
| 89 | My Memories / Avraham Sahlahrosh |
| 99 | Incidents and People in the Town / Chaim Ne'eman |
| 102 | The Postolski Group Makes Aliyah to the Land / Chaim Ne'eman |
| 105 | My Native Shtetl Radzymin / Noah Zukerman |
| 112 | The House of My Grandfather: Reb Hirsch Bar Yonish / Yitzchok Ahmekam |
| 115 | The House of my Father: Zemach Kaminsky / Nechama Yungshtein-Kaminsky |
| 118 | Memories of My Brother Shlomo Gilbert / Pinchus Gilbert |
| 124 | The House of My Grandfather: Israel Lievzer / Naftali Hirtz |
| 127 | Our Town / Feigele Varshavski-Ben-Tzvi |
| 128 | Yossel Chana Ithass / Moshe Baruch Ashman |
| 130 | A Happy Event in the Shtetl / Helen&eactute; Milgram |
| 132 | Our Teachers / Gershon Hendel |
| 137 | Teachers of Radzymin / Shmuel H. Kushmierski (Shamir) |
| 145 | The Days of Anti Semitic Riots / Mordechai Kossover |
| 147 | The Years of My Youth / Shabtai Kleinberg |
| 149 | Compassionate People, Children of Compassionate People / Chaim Eisenfish |
| 151 | Events that Occurred to the Girls in Our City / Miriam-Leah Gingold-Grobveiss |
| 155 | Regarding the Sin We Sinned Before You When We Left the Land / Gershon Hel |
Radzymin: In the Year of 1920
| 163 | The Polish-Bolshevik War / Shimon Kantz |
| 167 | The Bloody Combat in the City / Rivka Kosover |
| 169 | Our Exile to Lyavlonenah / Miriam Gingold-Grobveiss |
| 171 | In the Other War Days / Paia Potasz-Radziner |
Zionist Organization,
Youth Movements and Cultural Institutions
| 177 | The Histadrut in Our City / Michael Kosover |
| 181 | “The Pioneer” and its Activities / Shlomo Zilikovski |
| 185 | The Branch “Pioneer” and its Problems / Shlomo Potash (Potasz) |
| 188 | Nest of “Hashomer Hatzair” ( The Young Guardians ) / David Dembski |
| 193 | Hashomer Haleomi (The National Guardians)– Hanaor Hatzoni (The Young Zionists) “The Zionist Youth” / Shalom Kosover |
| 197 | The Brit Hatzh'r and Betar / H. Gershon |
| 202 | The Youth of Radzymin / Mendel Gingold |
| 206 | Preparation-Kibbutz “Ach'va” in Radzymin / Yitschok Kaspi-Srovnik |
| 210 | The Professionals Ride Without the Communist Youth / Alter Vavruvel |
| 215 | The First Democratic Elections in the City / Shlomo Potash (Potasz) |
| 217 | The Youth Choir in Radzymin / David Aliaho Demski |
| 220 | Dramatic Crises / Samuel Hirsh Kushmierski (Shamir) |
| 225 | Yechiel Fyenik – Man of the Second Aliyah / G. H. (Gershon Hel) |
Charitable Institutions and Professions and Trade
| 231 | The Economic Structure of Our City / Michael Kosover |
| 236 | The Activities of the Group Called “Supporters of the Poor” / Moshe Velvel Milgram |
Destruction of the Jews of Radzymin
| 245 | The Destruction / Michael Kosover |
| 264 | The Liquidation of the Ghetto of Radzymin / Mordechai Zilbershtein |
| 270 | The Camp of “Izavlin” / Mordechai Zilbershtein |
| 273 | Purim in the Ghetto: Funerals / Shalom Kosover |
| 276 | Radzymin – The Escape Route to the other Side of the Bug River / Mordechai Kosover |
| 281 | Eli Radzyminski – Hero of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising / Ch. L. Weinstein |
| 285 | My Activities on the Aryan Side / Ameelka Kosover Rosenzweig |
| 295 | “Ameelka” of the House of Kosover / Dr. Reuven Ben Shem |
| 298 | Literature of the Holocaust About “Ameelka” / G. H. ( Gershon Hel ) |
| 299 | I Fought in the Ranks of the Partisans / Mordechai Yonish |
| 312 | What I Experienced on the Aryan Side / Shoshana Shafran-Goldstein |
| 320 | My Adventures on the Aryan Side / Esther Oppenheim-Fooyahs |
| 331 | After the Holocaust I Did Not Want to Return to Judaism and the Jewish People / Esther Vassershtein |
| 336 | The Epic Story of My Little Daughter Who Was Rescued / Gershon Yonish |
| 349 | Unforgettable Grief and Pain / David Kohlahs-Geist |
| 352 | Even the Cemetery No Longer Exists / Dr. Chaim Shashkes of Blessed Memory |
| 353 | My Brother: Label Makover / Rachel Yonish Feldman |
| 354 | For These I Lament… / Abraham-Aaron Radziner of Blessed Memory |
| 361 | The First Reports to Israel Regarding the Destruction of Radzymin / Shalom Kosover |
Those Who Are No Longer With Us
| 375 | Those Who Left Radzymin and Went to Settle in Israel and Who Have Gone to Their Eternal Resting Places / Shlomo Zilikovski |
In the Diaspora
| 387 | Tales of Those Who Left Radzymin and Are Now in France / Shlomo Potash (Potasz) |
| 9 - 75 | From The Generations in France |
| 9 | Preface / Gershon Hel |
| 11 | History of Radzymin / G. H. |
| 15 | Isaac Bashevis-Singer, Portrait of a Writer / G. H. |
| 18 | Memories of Radzymin / Isaac Bashevis Singer |
| 20 | The 'Court' of the Rabbis of Radzymin / G. Hel |
| 38 | Political Parties and Institutions in Radzymin / M. K. |
| 40 | The Youth Choral Society in Radzymin / David and Eliyahu Dembski |
| 43 | Cultural and Philanthropic Institutions in Radzymin / M. Kosover |
| 45 | The Destruction / Michael Kosover |
| 55 | Purim in the Ghetto / Shalom Kosover |
| 57 | How My Little Shiffra Was Saved, or “Bogu Mila” ( beloved of G-d), the Miraculous / Gershon Yonish (Jonisz) |
| 68 | The Society of “Friends of Radzymin” / Shlomo Potash (Potasz) |
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