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On the fresh grave of our unforgettable father and brother Ya'akov Snegg who died on the first day of Chol Ha Mo Eid Pesach the 12th April 1952. May this be in eternal remembrance. [from] wife Ita Snegg son Abraham Snegg daughter Yenteh [Iris Josephine], husband Peretz Blum, and sons daughter Leah and husband Zelig Blesovsky son Mottel Snegg, wife Yehudit, daughter Beileh and Moshe Finger, and their daughter Yehudit Chana Snegg brother Mottel Leib and Chana Snegg, children, and grandchildren [America]

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To the everlasting and hallowed memory of our parents Yonah and Chaya-Leah Levin Your children, who will remember you forever [from] Avraham, Esther-Mineh, Moshe, Nathan and Israel Levin and families

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In memory of our dear parents: father Elchanan Arsh, the nationalist [patriotic] modern Jew, who never abandoned the threshold of the shul; aristocratic of spirit and wholeheartedly enthusiastic mother Nechama-Liebe, the quiet woman, overflowing with an abundance of good manners [gentility], who were slaughtered by Hitler and his cohorts among the martyrs of Rakishok, Lithuania. Beloved and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not separated. [from] Rochel, Meilach, Yerachmiel, Bluma, Avraham and David Arsh and their families

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We will remember you forever daughter and sister Chaya-Ita Swartzberg You will live in our hearts forever, holy martyr. [from] your parents Hessel and Chana-Leah Swartzberg your brother Efraim Swartzberg, wife Soreh Yehudit, and children your sister Ethel and brother-in-law Yerachmiel Aarons–Arsh, and children your sister Soreh Yehudit and brother-in-law Yosef Kark and family

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It pains the heart and the wound will never be healed, knowing how our whole family perished. The memory is eternally unforgettable of: our father Menachem Mendel Krook who died in Varestzineh in 1922, 17th Tamuz Tarpäb of our mother Rochel Krook of the sisters Reineh, Soreh, and Tzippeh of our brother Abraham, his wife, and children of our brothers Gershon, Shlomo, and Berel Who all perished in the Rakishok Holocaust [Destruction]. And of our brother David, wife, and child who perished in Kupishok. No-one was saved from this extended [large] family. Your memory is holy to us. [from] Sachneh and Leah Kruger and son Menachem Mendel and Reuven

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May this be a holy memorial for our sister and aunt Miriam Farber [Gandelman] with her husband and children who committed suicide in Rakishok in order not to be transported to the Nazi scaffolds – to the mass graves, for our sister and aunt Sheineh Farber [Epshtein] for her husband Chayim Yosef and their daughters, who perished by the hand of the Nazi murderers in S'vadosh. [from] your brother Nochum-Leib Farber, wife, and children, your nieces and nephews: Rochel, Meilach, Yerachmiel, Blumah, Abraham, and David Arsh and their families

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May this be a light and eternal memory for our father Refael B”R Aharon Nachumowitz who died 10th September 1937 – 5th Tishrei Tartzäh in Johannesburg, for our mother Heniah-Malkah who died 28th November 1944 – 13th Kislev Tashäh in Johannesburg. May this be a memorial. [from] Rivka, Naomi, Soreh-Liebeh and Aaron Nachumowitz

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We will forever hold the memory precious and holy of our sincere and devoted [faithful] parents Azriel-Yehuda and Toibeh Dektor who perished tragically in Rakishok, of our dear sister Lyubeh Dektor who passed away in Moscow in 1943. We, with our families, will never forget you. [from] David Dektor Shlomo Dektor Meyer Dektor Merah Dektor-Melamed Ida Dektor-Kantan Chaya Dektor-Gordon and their families

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A memorial for our father Shlomo Hurwitz who died on 5th Iyar Tarpäh, and our mother Soreh-Leah who perished in the massacre in Abel, for our brother-in-law Chatzkel Levin who fell in the slaughter by the German cannibals, near Riga. We will never forget you. Binyomin Michal and Chaya Hurwitz and children Freidel and Henech-Dovid Katz Rochel Yaffe and her children [South Africa] Peretz Ze'ev and Liebe Hurwitz Chayim Elia Hurwitz [America] Soreh-Leah Hurwitz

We hereby perpetuate [the memory] of our parents Abba and Tcherneh-Liebe Blacher who died in Ostrachan in the First World War, and the martyrs Ya'akov Ben-Zion Blacher who was the shochet [ritual slaughterer] in Visinti and his wife, may she rest in peace [neé Behr] and children, and the uncle, Alter Shein 'Alav Ha Shalom' [May He Rest in Peace] the Rosh Yeshiva in Slabodka, who perished by hand of the Germans, in a tunnel, trying to hide the children of the Slabodker Ghetto in sacks, wanting to save them from the German murderers. Your memory is holy. [from] Nochum and Rivka Blacher and sons

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We will always remember our dear parents, Zaida and Bobba Avraham-Aryeh-Tzvi Orlin who died in Kovno 8th Sivan 1941 Mother and Bobba Rochel Bat Shraga-Feivish Orlin who died in Vilkomir 20th Adar 1938. You will live in our hearts forever! [from] Moshe-Chayim and Taibie Orlin and children Yitzchak and Alteh Orlin and children Azriel and Ettel Orlin and children Dovid-Lieb and Riveh Orlin and children Liebe-Yente and Moshe Gelman and children South Africa Chayah and Ya'akov Kaufman and daughter Canada

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