INDEX OF STORIES IN 1958 PRUZHANY YIZKOR BOOK

The Five Destroyed Communities by Mordechai V. Bernstein

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PRUZHANY

1 N. Tzukerman The establishment of the settlement 3
2 M Volansky Names and ages in the city 8
3 Sh. D. Borker Roads and paths 16
4 M. Wolansky Privileges 19
5 N. Tzukerman Through three centuries 22
6 M Volansky Book of the "Chevra Kadisha" (burial institution) 35
7 N. Tz. "Sefer Ha"çhaim" (Life Book) 42
8 N. Tz. Amendments to the "Chevra Kadicha" 44
9 N. Tzukerman Community book of de Pruzene 49
10 G. Urinsky The community in Pruzene 53
11 G. Urinsky A document of the cholera in Pruzene 60
12 G. Urinsky A meeting of the "Vaad Medinat Lite" (State of Lite Council) in Pruzene 62
13 *** The "Vaad Medinat Lite" de 1628 64
14 G. U. The synagogues de Pruzene 89
15 David Ha"levi The Rav Elihau Fainstein  (Z."TZ.L.) from Pruzene 94
16 Tzipora Katzenelson-Nochumow Between two rabbinical families 98
17 G.U. Mr. H"B"S (Bet Chadash -. New Home) and Mr. H"T"Z (Tur Zahav - Gold Pile) in Pruzene 101
18 N. Tz. Schools in Pruzene in second half of XIX century 104
19 Sh. D. Borker Our area in the  "Big North War" 111
20 Sh. D. Borker Pruzene en la war of 1862 113
21 M. W. Pruzene in the insurrection of 1863 115
22 G. Urinsky Social movements in Pruzene 117
23 G. Urinsky WWI and German occupation 127
24 G. Urinsky Pruzener "Republic" 142
25 G. Urinsky First years after WW 151
26 N. Tzukerman Pruzene in the first 10 years under Polish rule. 1921 -1932 152
27 *** Social and welfare institutions in Pruzene 167
28 *** "Shevivim". Children Jewish Journal from the "Yavne" movement in Pruzene 195
29 A. Fivishinsky Pruzener Folklore 199
30 Sh. L. Tzitron What Jews tell about Alexander the 1st. 206
31 Chaim Yanish The school Y. L. Peretz in Pruzene and its President G. Urinsky 213
32 Ch. Sh. Kazdon The school  I. L. Peretz of the "Tzisho" in Pruzene 216
33 H. Grinboim The practical teacher 219
34 Dov Kirzshner Sionist social movements in Pruzene 225
35 *** The "Gimnasium" (secondary school) in the name of A. D. Gordon, Pruzene 233
36 *** "Tarbut" social institutions in Pruzene 237
37 Yosef Bobman Zionist festivities in Pruzene 241
38 Ytzhak Seletzky The "Bazaars" from the "Keren Kayemet"(fund for Israel construction) in Pruzene 245
39 Zelig Pomeranietz The "Tarbut" library: it's establishment and development 248
40 *** Pruzene before the "Vaad Ha'Yeshivot" (Rabbinical Seminar Council) 250
41 Fishel Vainer Remembrances form a Bund (Jewish workers movement) member in town Pruzene 254
42 Zalman Urievitch The Bund movement in Pruzene 259
43 *** It hungers and it sings 265
44 *** Who were the candidates for the Board of the Jewish Community in Pruzene during year 1929 267
45 *** Pruzener social chronicles 273
46 T. Shefner Pruzene 315
47 Herschel Himlfarb As a survivor in Pruzene 318
48 Ha"Rav Abraham Zeev Shoen Ha'Rav Ha'Gaon Yehuda-Leib Forer  (Z"Tz.L) 320
49 *** The last Rav form Pruzene - The blessed Rav David Feigenboim 323
KARTUZ BEREZA
50 *** Bereza or Kartuz-Bereza 327
51 Yaacov Gorali Kartuz-Berza 328
52 Mashe Shtuker-Paiuk My home isn't more 344
53 Nete B'Ha'Rav Yaacov Lipshitz Life histories of World-Gaon R"Itzchak Elchonon (Z"L) 349
54 *** The huge family Klatzkin in Kartuz Bereza 355
55 *** Ha'Rav Shlomo Feinsilber 357
56 *** A Rabbinical lineage-letter from Bereza through a book 358
57 Eliah-Motie Bokshtein School life in Kartuz-Bereza 361
58 Vove Wainstein From social life in Bereza 365
59 *** Folklore from Kartuz-Bereza 370
60 David German I remember my village Bereza 374
61 Eliah-Motie Bokshtein The Polish concentration camps in Bereza 382
62 Sh. Shichatov My last days in Kartuz Bereza 384
63 Y. Rotenberg Peretz Markish in Bereza 387
64 *** The teacher from Jewish public school of Bereza 392
65 *** School journal in Kartuz Bereza 402
66 Eliah-Motie Bokshtein Figures from Kartuz-Bereza 418
67 Natan Shapiro Social silhouettes from Bereza 423
68 Yaacov Gorali Tzadok R"Itshes 425
69 Eliah-Motie Bokshtein Firemen from Kartuz Bereza 429
70 Yosef Rotenberg On the roads of wondering 432
71 Nehemia Shtuker Remembrances from our destroyed Kartuz-Bereza 441
72 Chotshke Groievsky-Kovak The negative norms about public school in Kartuz Bereza 453
73 *** Aharon-David Aguz, the Jewish translator of  "Soul duties" 455
74 *** U.S. help in Kartuz Bereza 457
75 Eliah-Motie Bokshtein Kartuz-Bereza 1939-1941 459
76 *** Kartuz-Bereza and the construction of Israel 464
MALCZ
77 Shmuel Epelboim The Jewish community Malcz 469
78 Yaacov Mestel Between Polish-Litvak Jews 501
79 M Tzinubitz Rabbi Zalman-Sender Kahana-Shapiro (Z"L) 505
80 *** Tamares, Aharon-Schmuel 509
81 Shmuel Chomsky Malcz between both WW 511
SHERESHEV
82 *** Shershev 521
83 Zundel Yablonovich Our Homeland Shershev 522
84 *** "Rabbanim" from Shershev 528
85 *** 10 years of "Yavne" school in "Tarbut" in Shershev 533
86 *** The Jewish Community in Shershev 548
87 *** The "Popular Solidarity Help Fund" in Shershev 550
SELETS
88 *** The cradle of the Gaon of Vilna 557
89 Mordechai Berenstein The sessions of "Vaad Medinat Lite" in Selcz 559
90 *** Historical chronicles of Selcz in the book "Rosh Yosef" 570
91 *** Selcz before the "Vaad Ha"yeshivot" (Rabbinical schools Council) 574
92 *** In the homelike villages 577
OUR DESTRUCTION
93 Zalman Urievich Jews from Pruzene in Ghetto and Camps 599
94 Zaivel Segel Remembrances from Pruzener Ghetto 621
95 Abraham Bresky Summary of the Holy Community of Pruzene 627
96 Berel Kirzshner Pruzene disappeared 635
97 I. Glezer From Pruzene towards Middle East 646
98 Zlatke Shneiderhoin-Pitliuk As a miracle through seven hell 648
99 Yosef Elman From Ghetto and Partisans 659
100 Shmiriahu Elman Day book of a partisan 667
101 Mordechai-Ber Segal Partisans 675
102 Ytzchak Fridberg Pruzener Ghetto and the fight for Jewish honor 677
103 Moshe Muchman The fall of Jewish community in Kartuz-Bereza 687
104 Eliah-Motie Bokshtein Destruction of Kartuz-Bereza 690
105 I. Klimentavsky Evacuation towards Pruzane 692
106 N. Altschuld (Altman) Pruzener Ghetto before and after the liquidation 693
107 Sender The 24 members of Jewish "Judenrat" 699
108 Lazar Kartshamker I have survived to Hitlerism 702
109 Berel Blushtein Destruction of Livene 707
110 Itshe Seletzky Pruzene without Jews 715
111 Chaim Berkman Destroyed lives 717
112 Yosef Bochman Pruzene and Surrounding Area after destruction 719
113 Lene Neidus-Yudevich My village Pruzene 734
114 Rut Shaij Death was spying on 725
115 A. Zakheim A letter 728
116 Shmeul Chomsky Destruction of Malcz 729
117 Chaim Maletzky My village Malcz in the death march 732
118 Aharon Goldstein The Jew from Malcz who was a "Nazi officer" 735
119 Yaacov Volovelsky The preparation for insurrection in Pruzener Ghetto 736
120 Moshe Yudevich-Rivka Kaplan From bunkers and Partisans 737
121 Shmuel Mordechai Rubinstein Only a few survived from Malcz 739
122 Chaim Kaminker The suffering in the camp of "Benzee" 740
123 Dr. Alie Galperin Survived to be a witness 741
124 Yaacov Shraiber Yosef (Yosel) Kleinerman (Z"L) 744
125 **** Social activities in Pruzene that disappeared 745

ECHOES AND REMEMBRANCES OF THE OLD HOME

126  Fishel Vainer A print was "confiscated" 751
127  I. Delevsky Greeting from the old generation 752
128  A. D. Oguz  Remembrances from a "eat for a day" 754
129  Neiten Rozin  Echoes forced out from my youth in my village Pruzene 757
130  Shmuel-Leib Katz  From the storm times 758
131  Moshe Chaim Nun  What I remember from Pruzene 759
132  Ab. Victor  Kartuz-Bereza 760
133  Moshe Fridman  Our village Malcz isn't any more 761
134  Jona Berezman  Bereza was full with "Shalom"s" 763
 YZKOR SECTION (MEMORIAL PLAQUES)
Symbolic Yzkor stones (memorial plaques), 60 pages, from page 765 to page 825, oot numbered
SCATTERED IN THE WORLD
135  David Forer  Our landsmen organizations around the world 827
136  Fishel Vainer  The Max Kronshtat Pruzener worker union - branch 244 844
137  Henie Kronshat - Fishel Vainer     Women in Pruzener worker union - branch 244 850
138  Fishel Kunik  The joint Pruzener help committee in New York 853
139  ***  List of people died in United Sates, Canada, Mexico and Israel 860
140  David Forer  Our landsmen organization in Argentina 861
141  David Forer  Our women group 912
142  David Forer  Our youth group 913
143  David Forer  Credit Cooperative "La Amistad" (The friendship) 917
144  Leizer Reshes  Michael Perelstein 920
145  ***  Died Committee members 921
146  ***  List of landsmen died in Argentina 923
147  David Forer  Our helpers and co-workers 925
148  David Forer  Final words 929
149  ***  List of photos and documents reproduction 931
150  ***  Additions and corrections 939
151  ***  Print mistakes 941
152  ***  List of names 943

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