Hebrew Section
Members of the Book Committee and Editorial Board		4
Memorial plaque in the Martef Hashoah [Holocaust cellar] in Jerusalem		5
Map of the concentration camps where Tlumacz Jews were murdered		6
Drawing of Tlumacz - the ghetto area can be seen		7
Words of thanks		8
Preface by the Chairman of the Organization	Dr. Alexander Schwarzbard	9
Preface by a member of the editorial board		11
The geographical position of Tlumacz	Munyu Wurman	12
Tlumacz and its Jews
Tlumacz and its Jews	Munyu Wurman	25
The Zlotchow episode	Yeshayahu Jung	33
“Safe” Shelter in Hriniowce	Efraim Schreier	36
Memories from the time of Petlura	Prof. Dr. Zigmund Lewittus	37
The Community Life
The Community Life	Efraim Schreier	43
Jewish-Christian relations	Efraim Schreier	48
Dr. Ivan Makoch	Efraim Schreier	49
Jews in the Tlumacz district villages	Gusta Wurman	52
Market days	Efraim Schreier	56
Santa Anna	Efraim Schreier	58
“Mexico”	Efraim Schreier	59
The synagogues	Dr. Alexander Schwarzbard	61
Hadarim and melamdim	Efraim Schreier	63
The “blind” night	Efraim Schreier	65
Klezmer and weddings	Efraim Schreier	66
Shabat Hagadol [the Sabbath before Passover]	Efraim Schreier	67
The “abstainers”	Efraim Schreier	67
The bathhouse	Efraim Schreier	68
The Old Cemetery	Efraim Schreier	70
My grandfather R'Note Shmuel the dayan [Judge in religious court]	Efraim Schreier	71
R'Moshe Hurwitz z”l	Rav Zalman Hurwitz	72
My father the cantor	Rivka stockhammer	74
Personalities
Personalities	Efraim Schreier	75
A town of Jews	Efraim Schreier	77
Shlomo the cobbler	Efraim Schreier	78
Mendele the water carrier	Efraim Schreier	80
Israel “Cuba”	Efraim Schreier	80
Tchome	Efraim Schreier	81
Brish'l	Efraim Schreier	82
Movements and Organizations
Tlumacz Jews in the National Movement	Munyu Wurman	84
Yechiel Fishel ben R'Yakov Kastelman	Munyu Wurman	91
Shalom Shtreit	Munyu Wurman	92
About Shalom Shtreit	G. Shofman	93
Yeshayahy Shtreit	Yakov Yariv	93
Prof. David Diringer	Munyu Wurman	94
Prof. Dr. Yitzhak Schlesinger	Munyu Wurman	96
Emigration and Aliya	Munyu Wurman	97
Parties, Organizations and Youth Movements
Tze'irei Zion	Efraim Schreier	102
Po'alei Zion left	Efraim Schreier	103
The Bund	Efraim Schreier	105
Hashomer Hatza'ir	Munyu Wurman	106
Hechalutz	Efraim Schreier	109
General Zionists	Efraim Schreier	109
The Mizrachi	Efraim Schreier	110
The Mizrachi and Hechalutz Hamizrachi movements in Tlumacz	Dov Wiener	111
Hit'achdut	Munyu Wurman	114
Gordonia	Zvi Drapper	115
Revisionists-Metzada-Brit Hachayal	Munyu Wurman	116
Beitar (Brit Trumpeldor)	Munyu Wurman	117
The Judenstaadts [Jewish State] party	Munyu Wurman	119
Kadima - Emunah	Munyu Wurman	120
Jewish communists	Efraim Schreier	122
Yad Charutzim	Zvi Drapper	122
Drama clubs	Efraim Schreier	123
Dicker	Efraim Schreier	124
The Hashmona'im sports club	Efraim Schreier	126
Assimilationists	Efraim Schreier	127
Converts	Efraim Schreier	127
Party Activists
Dr. Maurici Rosenkranz	Efraim Schreier	128
Dr. Max Halpern	Efraim Schreier	128
Chaim Lamm and Moskowitz	Efraim Schreier	129
Wolf Spund	Efraim Schreier	129
Yosi Zommer	Efraim Schreier	129
Shaya Jung	Efraim Schreier	129
Eliyahu Radner and Mendzi-Menachem Krom	Efraim Schreier	130
Yosel Korn	Efraim Schreier	131
Shmuel Mautner	Efraim Schreier	131
Meir Seifer	Efraim Schreier	131
Mordechai Feierman	Efraim Schreier	132
The Educational System in Tlumacz
The educational system in Tlumacz	Munyu Wurman	133
The high-school, the teachers and other personalities	Prof. Dr. Eliezer Feuerman	140
Outings	Munyu Wurman	144
Free bird	Yitzhak Hoz-Katz z”k	146
My town Tlumacz	Dr. Israel Zvi Kanner	148
From the mouths of the Elders of Tlumacz	Efraim ben Yehoshua Kanner	151
A true story from our town Tlumacz	Efraim ben Yehoshua Kanner	152
As I see you, Tlumacz	Prof. Dr. Zigmund Lewittus	153
Once, in the evening	Efraim Schreier	158
Tzvia Spiegel		159
Notes of remembrance on my town	Esther Shahar (Weissman)	160
The Soviet Rule
The days of the Soviet rule		163
The Holocaust
The Survivors Tell their Stories
Minutes of Idel Feier's testimony, Bucharest 14 April 1945	Idel Feier	169
Deportation	Moshe Gotstein-Leski	175
How it happened	Mina Bikles Rottenstreich	176
Memories	Conversations with survivors	178
The Judenrat [“Jewish council”] in the ghetto	Blond Shlomo	182
Days of calamity and destruction	Moshe Gotstein-Leski	186
What happened to me	Max Ben-Efraim	190
From the diary of Max Hertenstein	Max Hertenstein	192
The Tlumacz Rav, R'Yitzhak Hager, may God avenge his blood	Moshe Flescher	196
Doctors and matters of health	Dr. Philip Hodish	198
Behind the plow	Moshe Gotstein-Leski	201
Excerpts from the letters of Mrs. Doler z”l	Mrs. Doler z”l	206
The relations between Tlumacz Jews and the local population	Munyu Wurman	207
Tlumacz - the Resistance Movement
Tlumacz - the Resistance Movement	Munyu Wurman	210
The story of the “Tlumacz Band”	Lontzo Lepold	221
Tlumacz after liberation	Shlomo Blond	224
In Memoriam
The Rav Dr. Henrik Kaufmann	Munyu Wurman	226
Magister Yehoshua Bildner	Munyu Wurman	228
Magister Yulek Fischer	Munyu Wurman	229
The Mendel brothers	Munyu Wurman	229
Magister Lunek Hartenstein	Munyu Wurman	230
Moshe Katz (Hoz)	Munyu Wurman	231
Orchiu Schwarzbard	Munyu Wurman	231
Doghu Kreindler	Munyu Wurman	232
Thanks to Them
Zvi Henigsberg	Shlomo Blond	233
Memories	Esther	234
itzhak Lepold	Efraim Schreier	236
Yitzhak Hoz-Katz	Efraim Schreier	237
Gofer - Schwefelgeist Baruch z”l	Efraim Schreier	238
Arie Avni	Efraim Schreier	239
Frieda Seiffer	Efraim Schreier	239
Yoel Radner	Efraim Schreier	240
Yankel Kerner z”l	Efraim Schreier	240
Izyu Lepold z”l	Efraim Schreier	240
The Tlumacz community workers	Munyu Wurman	241
Tlumacz in 1974	N. Rinzler	248
The establishment of our organization	Efraim Schreier	249
Yiddish Section
Unveiling of the monument on Har Zion in Jerusalem		259
The editorial committee		261
Words of thanks		263
From the chairman of the Organization	Dr. Alexander Schwarzbard	265
From the editorial board		269
History and Geography of Tlumacz	Munyu Wurman	271
The town park	Efraim Schreier	278
The Tlumacz Jews
History of the Tlumacz Jews	Munyu Wurman	280
The Tlumacz Jews		290
The Zlotchow episode	Shaye Jung z”l	294
Life in the Community
Life in our Community	Efraim Schreier	296
Ivan Makoch	Efraim Schreier	302
Market days	Efraim Schreier	305
Santa Anna	Efraim Schreier	306
“Mexico”	Efraim Schreier	307
The synagogues	Dr. Alexander Schwarzbard	310
Hadarim and melamdim	Efraim Schreier	314
The “blind” night	Efraim Schreier	317
The “abstainers”	Efraim Schreier	318
Shabat Hagadol [the Sabbath before Passover]	Efraim Schreier	319
Klezmer and weddings	Efraim Schreier	320
The bathhouse	Efraim Schreier	321
The Old Cemetery	Efraim Schreier	322
My grandfather R'Note Shmuel the dayan [Judge in religious court]	Efraim Schreier	324
My father the cantor	Rivka stockhammer	325
Personalities
Profiles	Efraim Schreier	327
A town of Jews	Efraim Schreier	330
Shlomo the cobbler	Efraim Schreier	332
Mendele the water carrier	Efraim Schreier	333
Israel “Cuba”	Efraim Schreier	334
Tchome	Efraim Schreier	335
berish'l	Efraim Schreier	336
Nicknames	Efraim Schreier	338
Tlumacz Jews in the National Movement
Tlumacz Jews in the National Movement	Munyu Wurman	340
Yechiel-Fishel ben R'Yakov Kastelman	Munyu Wurman	351
Shlomo Schtreit		352
Emigration and Aliya
Emigration and Aliya	Munyu Wurman	354
Aliya	Munyu Wurman	356
Parties and Organizations
Tze'irei Zion	Efraim Schreier	362
Po'alei Zion left	Efraim Schreier	363
Hechalutz	Efraim Schreier	365
The “Bund”	Efraim Schreier	366
Hashomer Hatza'ir	Munyu Wurman	367
General Zionists	Efraim Schreier	371
The Mizrachi	Efraim Schreier	372
Hit'achdut	Munyu Wurman	372
Gordonia	Zvi Drapper	373
Revisionists-Metzada-Brit Hachayal	Munyu Wurman	374
Beitar (Brit Trumpeldor)	Munyu Wurman	377
Jewish communists	Efraim Schreier	380
Kadima, Emunah, Achva	Munyu Wurman	382
Yad Charutzim	Zvi Drapper	385
Drama clubs	Efraim Schreier	386
The Hashmona'im sports club	Efraim Schreier	387
Party Activists
Dr. Maurici Rosenkranz		388
Dr. Max Halpern		389
Chaim Lamm and Moskowitz		389
Wolf Spund		390
Yosi Zommer		390
Shaya Jung		391
Elie Radner and Mendze Krom		391
Yosel Korn and Munyu Wurman		392
Shmuel Mautner		392
Meir Seifer		393
Mordechai Feierman		394
Schools in Tlumacz
Schools in Tlumacz	Munyu Wurman	396
Reflections from the old home	Dr. Israel Zvi Kanner	407
One, in the evening	Efraim Ben Yechezkel	409
The Soviet Rule
Minutes of Idel Feier's testimony, Bucharest 14 April 1945	Idel Feier	410
Deportation	Moshe Gotstein-Leski
The Holocaust
Minutes of Idel Feier's testimony, Bucharest 14 April 1945	Idel Feier	416
Deportation	Moshe Gotstein-Leski	427
Days of calamity and destruction		429
How it happened	Mina Bikles Rottenstreich	433
Doctors and matters of health	Dr. Philip Hodish	435
How the Nazis forced the Tlumacz rabbi R'Yitzhak Hager to sing on the way to the Belzec death camp	Moshe Flescher z”l	440
Behind the plow	Moshe Gotstein-Leski	443
The relations between Tlumacz Jews and the local population	Munyu Wurman	447
Tlumacz Jews in the resistance movement	Munyu Wurman	450
The story of the “Tlumacz Band”	Lontzi Lepold (America)	468
Tlumacz after liberation	Shlomo Blond	471
The ghetto Judenrat	Shlomo Blond	474
Tlumacz in 1974		477
The establishment of our association	Efraim Schreier	478
At the fresh graveside of Moshe Flescher z”l	Shlomo Blond	482
Pages of remembrance		485
In memory of three departed friends		529
English Section
Foreword	Dr. A. Schwarzbard	VII
Tlumacz: Location and Locality	M. Wurman	X
The Jewish Community of Tlumacz	M. Wurman	XIV
The Zloczow Episode	Y. Jung	XX
The “Safe” Shelter; in Hriniowce	E. Schreier	XXIII
Petlura	Prof. Dr. Z. Lewittus	XXIV
Tlumacz: Community Life	E. Schreier	XXX
Jewish – Christian Relations	E. Schreier	XXXIII
Jews in the Villages of Tlumacz Province	Gusta (Weitz) Wurman	XXXV
Market Days in Tlumacz	E. Schreier	XL
St. Anna's Day	E. Schreier	XLI
“Mexic”	E. Schreier	XLII
The Synagogues of Tlumacz	Dr. A. Schwarzbard	XLIV
Cheders and Melamdim	E. Schreier	XLVII
Weddings and the Music–Makers	E. Schreier	XLIX
The Great Sabbath	E. Schreier	L
The Abstinence	E. Schreier	LI
The Public Bathhouse	E. Schreier	LII
The Old Cemetery	E. Schreier	LIII
The Personalities of Tlumzcz	E. Schreier	LIV
Reb Moishe Horowitz	Rabbi Z. Horowitz	LV
Reb Yitzhak Hager, Rabbi of Tlumacz	M. Flesher	LVI
My Father the Cantor	R. Shtockhammer	LVIII
A Town of Jews	E. Schreier	LIX
Shloimeh the Cobbler	E. Schreier	LX
Tchome	E. Schreier	LXI
Yisroel “Cuba”	E. Schreier	LXII
Mendl the Water Carrier	E. Schreier	LXII
Tlumacz Jewry and the Nationalist Movement	M. Wurman	LXIII
Yehiel Fishel B”R Yaacov Kastelman	M. Wurman	LXIX
Sholom Streit	M. Wurman	LXIX
Prof. David Diringer	M. Wurman	LXX
Migration and Aliya	M. Wurman	LXXII
Youth Movements and Organizations
Ze'irei Zion	E. Schreier	LXXVII
“Poale Zion Left”	E. Schreier	LXXVII
“Hashomer Hatzair”	M. Wurman	LXXVIII
Gordonia	Z. Drapper	LXXX
The Mizrachi Movement and “Hehalutz Hamizrachi” in Tlumacz	D. Wiener	LXXXI
“Hechalutz”	E. Schreier	LXXXIII
The “Mizrachi”	E. Schreier	LXXXIII
The General Zionists	E. Schreier	LXXXIV
Hitachdut	M. Wurman	LXXXIV
The Revisionists – Metsada– Brit Hachayal	M. Wurman	LXXXVI
Betar (Brit Trumpeldor)	M. Wurman	LXXXVII
“Kadima” – “Emuna”	M. Wurman	LXXXVIII
Judenstaatpartei	M. Wurman	XC
The Communist Jews	E. Schreier	XC
The “Bund”	E. Schreier	XCI
“Yad Harutzim” (The Diligent Hand)	Z. Drapper	XCII
Drama Circles	E. Schreier	XCII
“Hashmonaim” Sports Club	E. Schreier	XCIV
The Political Leaders in Tlumacz	E. Schreier	XCIV
Tlumacz's System of Education	M. Wurman	XCVIII
The High School	Prof. A. Feuerman	CIII
Fond Memories of Tlumacz	Dr. M. Hoffman	CVII
Trips and Hikes	M. Wurman	CIX
Tlumacz, My Town	Dr. I.Z. Kanner	CXI
People and Images	E. Schreier	CXV
The Days of Soviet Rule	E. Schreier	CXIX
Holocaust and Destruction
For the Record	I. Feuer	CXXII
How it Happened	M. B. Rotenstreich	CXXVIII
What Happened to Me	M. Ben–Ephraim	CXXX
The Judenrat in the Ghetto	S. Blond	CXXXII
Doctors and Health Services	Dr. F. Hudish	CXXXIV
Reminiscing	I. Feuer, M. Sommerfreund	CXXXVIII
Max Hartenstein's Diary	W. Sisser, S. Blond	CXLII
Days of Calamity and Destruction	M. Leski–Gutstein	CXLVI
The Deportations	M. Leski–Gutstein	CXLIX
Behind the Plow	M. Leski–Gustein	CL
The Tlumacz “Banda” Chapter	L. Lepold	CLIII
Tlumacz and the Resistance Movement	M. Wurman	CLVI
The Underground Movement in the Ghettos and Camps	S. Blond	CLIX
Tlumacz After Its Liberation	M. Wurman	CLXIV
IN MEMORIAM: Dr. Henryk Kaufman, Y. Bildner J. Fischer B. Mandel, Y. Hartenstein, M. Katz, O. Schwarzbard, D. Kreindler	M. Wurman	CLXVI
The Mandel Brothers		CLXX
Local Population	M. Wurman	CLXXIII
Z. Heningberg	S. Blond	CLXXIV
I. Lepold	E. Schreier	CLXXV
The Public Figures in Tlumacz	M. Wurman	CLXXVII
Tlumacz - 1974	M. Wurman	CLXXXI
At the Graveside of Moshe Flesher	S. Blond	CLXXXII
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