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Contents - Introduction and
Forward
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The Memorial Book -
FORWARD
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Parts of The Book
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9
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The Community of Yurburg
Among Lithuanian Jewry - Common and Unique Features -
Professor Dov Levin
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CHAPTER 1: THE CITY AND THE
SETTING ON THE BANKS OF THE NEIMAN RIVER
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My Yurburg - Sol
Goldstein
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14
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Yurburg on the Banks of
the Neiman River - Y. D. Kamazon
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15
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Jews of Yurburg - Y. D.
Kamazon
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On the Banks of the Neiman
- Shimon Shimonov
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18
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The Town of Yurburg - A.
Sarid
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21
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The City of My Birth - Dov
(Berl) Levinberg
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25
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Memories of the Town of My
Birth - Yurburg - Emmanuel Kopelov -
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33
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That Was the Yurburg That I
Knew - Mordechai Zilber
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43
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Our Yurburg - Bat Sheva Elon
(Shtock)
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45
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Yurburg - My
Unforgotable Town - Hinda Levenberg (Becker)
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52
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Saudinai (Pale) a
Neighboring Town - Meir Levyush (family in El Paso,
Texas)
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55
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Yurburg Commercial
Center - Hinda Levenberg (Becker)
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66
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Jewish Occupations in
Yurburg Jews - A Supplement to the Essay of Hinda
Levenberg (Becker)
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68
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I Remember Yurburg - Zevulun Poran (Yiddish) -
Design
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71
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My Shtetl Yurburg -
Shimon Shimonov (Yiddish)
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74
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Years Ago There was a Town
of Yurburg - Motl (Mordechai) Zilber (Yiddish)
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Beautiful Town of Yurburg
- Ben Devorah (Yiddish)
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82
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Yurburg Under Water
- Adapted by Paz (Yiddish)
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85
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The Shtetl of Yurburg - A
Yurburger (Yiddish)
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88
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Yurburg Under the
Soviets - Translated into Hebrew by Shimon Shimonov
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91
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The Land of My
Parents - Zevulun Poran
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CHAPTER 2: THE
FAMILIES
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117
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The Story of the Escape and
Reminant of My Family - Aliza Leipziger-Porat
(Irving Leipziger 's and William Berton's Family) -
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123
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Memories of My Parents
House - Bluma Hislovitz-Feldman
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129
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Me and My Family in
Yurburg - Shoshana Petrakanski (Poran)-Knishinski
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142
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Yurburg and People of
Our Childhood - Hannah (Feinberg) Shraga (Shrage)
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149
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One Family from Many
in Yurburg - The Story of The Smolnik Family - Zebulun
Poran
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160
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The Most Family Knows a Sad
Event in the Family - Yonina Most-Efraimi
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163
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The House of the Frank
Family - Sarah Frank-Shapiro
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167
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My Family in the Days of
the Fire and the Shoah (Holocaust) - by Rachael Hess
(Ess) - Greenstein
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171
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My Parents House -
Yaffa Levin Teetz
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173
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Zeev (Velvel) Levin
Family - Rachel Levin-Rozenzweig
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176
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Hess Family -Tzvi
Nechemyia Hess
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179
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Petrakanski
Family - Zevulun Poran
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184
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Families In Yurburg
(Introduction) - Zevulun Poran
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186
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(Eliezer) Eliashuv
Family - Aharon Eliashuv
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187
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(Haim Eliahu) Eliashuv
Family - Arie Eliashuv
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188
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Afriaski Family by -
Hannah Apriaski-Abel
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189
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Beiman Family - Yacov
Beiman
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190
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Berstanski
Family - Miriam Berstanski-Verpolis
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191
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Ruven Hess Family
-Rachel Hess-Greenstein
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193
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Haslelovitz
Family - Yaffa Haskelovitz-Lupianski and Bluma
Haskelovitz-Feldman
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194
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Weinberg Family -
Rivka Weinberg-Ravitzky
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195
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Chaimovitz Family -
Niuia Chaimovitz-Slovo
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196
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Levenberg Family -
Hinda Levingerg-Becker
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197
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Leipziger Family -
by Aliza Leipziger-Porat (William Berton's Family )
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199
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Magidovitz Family
- Hannah Magidovitz-Goldman
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200
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Most Family - Leah Most
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202
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Mazur Family - Minna
Mazur-Simon
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203
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Melnik Family -
Ge'ulah (Gronia) Melnik-Rabinovitz
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204
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Mintzer Family -
Sheina Mintzer-Polover
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205
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Naividel Family -
by Mordechai (Motl) Naividel
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206
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Smolnik Family -
Hannah Smolnik-Polen
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207
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Pulervitz Family -
Shoshana Pulervitz
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208
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Feinberg Family -
Minna Feinberg
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210
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Frank Family - Sarah
Frank-Shapira
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211
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Kopelov Family -
Emmanuel Kopelov
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212
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Karabelnik Family -
Hanna Karabelnik-Trainin
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213
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Rudenski Family -
David-Mordechai Rudenski
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214
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Rabinovitz Family
- Yakov Rabinovitz
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216
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Rechtza Family -
Israel Rechtza
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217
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Reizman Family -
Sarah Reizman-Yagolnitzer
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219
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Rikler Family - Aharon
Rikler
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220
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Smulovski Family -
Abraham Shmulovski
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221
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Shtern-Fine Family -
Erika Katz
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(Translation of Table of Contents below contributed by
Donald Levinsohn)
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CHAPTER 3: PERSONAGES AND
PUBLIC FIGURES
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The Author Avraham Mapo
- by Zevulun Poran
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231
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Zelig Shachnovitz -
Author and Intellectual - by Pinchas Volman
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235
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Shlomo Goldstein -
by Zevulun Poran
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248
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Boris Bernstein - The
Man, His Vision and his Works - Zevulun Poran
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253
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Pinchas Shachnovitz -
Zionist and Man of the Book - Zevulun Poran
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256
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Eliezer Liepziger
-Teacher, Educator and Principal - Emmanuel Kopelov
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258
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Eliezer Liepziger - Friend
and Soul-mate - Dr. Shlomo Kudesh
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262
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Alter-Mordechai
Shimonov - Shimon Shimonov
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265
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Mordechai Zilber - The Man
and His Pen - Sarah Alkoni and Zevulun Poran
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268
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Klara
Bernstein-Dushnitzky - Zevulun Poran
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270
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Zalman Levyush - Actor
and Director - Zevulun Poran
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273
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The Artist William
Zerach - Paz -
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274
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Avraham Kassif - Educator
and Man of Learning - Zevulun Poran
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275
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Chaim Segar - Teacher and
Educator - Zevulun Poran
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277
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The Author and Educator
Yisrael Dimantman - Paz
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278
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Berel Levit Levinberg - The
man and Public Figure - Zevulun Poran
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281
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Hinda Levinberg-Becker and
her Diary - Zevulun Poran
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284
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Rachel Niv - From Yurburg to
a Beit-Zera - Yakov Niv
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288
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Meir Levyush - The Man and
Friend - Zevulun Poran
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289
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Shimon Feinberg - Pioneer
and Public Figure - Zevulun Poran
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CHAPTER 4: RELIGION, CULTURE
AND COMMUNITY LIFE
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293
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Yurburg - A Jewish
Community Distinguished by its Intellectual Life by M.
Simon Tilsit - translated by Joseph Valk, son of Matatyahu
Valk, a native of Yurburg
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294
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Yurburg in Questions and
Answers of the Rabbinical Literature - Edited by Paz
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295
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The Old Synagogue Tells
Its Story - Pinchas Shachnovitz
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297
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The Synagogue and the
Communitys Religious Life - Zevulun Poran
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305
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History of the Jewish
Community in Yurburg - translated and rewritten in
Hebrew by Z. Poran
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309
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The Yurburger
Community - A Tax Payer
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311
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The Talmud-Torah
(Religious School) in Yurburg (from "Hamelitz") - N A.D.
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312
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The Elementary School
in Yurburg - Paz
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313
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The Hebrew Gymnasium in
Yurburg - Givat Brenner and Rivka Weinberg Ravitzky
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318
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Student ID Card of a (High
School) Gymnasia Student - Tova Most
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319
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Zionism and the Zionist
Activity in Yurburg - Zevulun Poran
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328
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Yiddishism and Folkism in
Yurburg - Zevulun Poran
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332
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Yurburg - A Song to the Tune
of a Lithuanian Folk Song - Emmanuel Kopelov
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334
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Yurburg Loved the Theater -
Motl (Mordekhai) Zilber - Motl (Mordekhai) Zilber
(Yiddish )
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337
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Memories of People and
Events - Avraham Shmolovsky
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342
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The Rabbis of Yurburg
During the Last Generation
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Rabbi Moshe son of Rabbi
Shmuel Levinson - by Nachum-Eliezer Duskes
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343
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The Rabbi Yacov-Yosef
Kharif
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344
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Rav Yechizkal bar Hillel
Arie Lefshitz
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344
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The Rabbi Avraham
Diamant, the Last of the Rabbis of Yurburg - Z. Poran
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346
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Rav Chaim-Ruven
Rubinstein - The Rabbi in the Days of the Shoah - Paz
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347
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Religious Scholars Whose
Names are Linked to Yurburg
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347
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Rabbi Shlomo Son of
Arie-Lieb -
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347
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Rabbi Yitzhak-Eliahu Son of
Shmuel Landa
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348
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Shlomo-Levi Son of Israel
Feinberg - Philanthropist - Paz
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CHAPTER 5: YOUTH AND THEIR
ACTIVITIES IN YURBURG
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The Maccabi Sports
Organization in Yurburg - Z. Poran
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358
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The Jewish Scouting
Movement - "Shomar Hatza'ir" (The Young Watchmen) - Z.
Poran
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368
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There was the Betar
Movement in Yurburg - Zahava Polarevitz - Ben Yehuda
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369
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The "Hechalutz" (Poineer) as
the Head of the Camp - Z. Poran
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370
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J. A. C. - The Jewish
Athletic Club - Z. Poran
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CHAPTER 6: THE DESTRUCTION OF
JEWISH YURBURG
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373
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The Book of Tears - Z.
Poran - (Hebrew image of the Poem)
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374
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The Shoah (Holocaust) in the
Second World War - Z. Poran
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377
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Yurburg Destroyed (The
Story of Hannah Magidovitz) - as recorded by Zebulun
Poran
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388
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Additional details on the
Annihilation of the Jews of Yurburg - The Testimony of
Hanah Magidovitz - Translated from Yiddish by Paz
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395
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Family in Dire Straits -
Bella Bernstein - Mering's Testamony
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398
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Yurburg in the First
Days of the Shoah - (from the book "Lita")
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404
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The Destruction of Yurburg -
Tzvi Levit - Yiddish - same as above article
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408
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Yurburg in the Days of Its
Destruction - Rabbi Ephraim Ashri - Yiddish
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411
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Cases of the Killing of
Women and Children by Shooting - The Auls Trial, Tilsit
- Joesph Son of Matatyahu Valk of blessed memory -
Drawing
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415
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The Deadly Foes: Levickas
and Kaminskas - Shimon Shimonov
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416
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The Jews of Shaudine were
the First to be Executed - Avraham Levyush
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419
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The Last Days in Yurburg and
the Surrounding Area - Abba Val's story - recorded by
Paz
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429
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The Group of "People of
Yurburg" in the Forest from words of the Partisian Yehuda
Tarshish - rewritten by Z. Poran
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438
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The Daring Escape to the
Partisians in the Forest - Mordekhai Berkover
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451
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A Letter from the Jail in
Yurburg - Mika Lyubin -
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454
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At the 7 km Marker from
Yurburg to Schaleninken - Leib (Arie) Elyashev - Yiddish
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457
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I Dreamt a Dream (song)
- Y. Katznelson
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458
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The Homeland's Flowers Grow
on the Communal Grave - Zahava (Zlata) Polarevitz-Ben
Yehuda
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459
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The Bitter End of the
Community of Yurburg - Paz
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CHAPTER 7: SURVIVORS OF
YURBURG PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THEIR COMMUNITY
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The Organization of Yurburg
Emigrants and Its Activites to Save the Memory of the
Community - Shimon Shimonov
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466
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Meeting of Emigrants from
Yurburg in Jerusalem - Frieda Shachnovitz-Zevuloni
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468
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What Does the Name of
Yurburg Tell Us? - Zevulun Poran
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470
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Yurburgers Helping
Yurburgers - Mordechai Zilber
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472
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We Shall Remember - The
Scroll of Planting the Yurburg Grove
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473
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Address on the Planting
of the Yurburg Grove - Aliza Leipziger-Porat- (Irving
Leipziger' Family and William Berton's Family)
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475
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A Memory for Our
Grandchildren and Great-Grandchildren - Zevulun Poran
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476
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The Valley of Destroyed
Communities - Yad Veshem - Memorial Site
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477
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TheYurburg House in
Jerusalem
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483
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Yurburger Plant a Grove in
Memory of their Loved Ones - A list - Shimon Shiminov
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492
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We Will Always Remember
Them - Hana Feinberg-Shraga
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493
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A Memorial Candle for My
Family - Diana Tobin (Berzener)
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494
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In Eternal Memory -
Shulamit Miller (Feldman)
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494
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In Memory - Frieda
Epstein-Pochrat
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495
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Eternal Memory -
Roza-Shoshana Birger-Tarshish
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496
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In Eternal Memory -
Dorothy Chosid-Bodnoff
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497
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Jewish Residents of
Yurburg - List by Street - Mordechai Berkover
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503
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Members of The Organization
of Former Citizens of Yurburg and the Vicinity in Israel
- Shimon Shimonov
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508
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People of Yurburg
Abroad - List of Sons and Daughters of Yurburg Living
Outside Israel - Shimon Shiminov - originally in
English {Additions by Joel Alpert - not in the original
book}
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509
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Greetings from Former
Residents Yurburg in Lithuania - Shimon Shiminov -
originally in English
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510
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Survivors of Yurburg, Shoah
Survivors (Holocaust Refugees) in Lithuania
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511
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Epilogue: Address on the Occasion of the
Internment of Ashes of Lithuanian Martyrs at Yad VeShem
- Zevulun Poran - Shimon Shiminov - originally in
English
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512
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The Single Tombstone (Exerpt
from Ben-Gurion's Address) - Shimon Shiminov -
originally in English
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513
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We Shall Remember -
Zevulun Poran
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515
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The Introduction to the Book
of Remembrance and Summary
of the Chapters
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520
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Contents of the Yurburg Yizkor
Book (herein translated into English)
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Special Illustrative Supplement - 16 pages , 32 photos on
the subject of Yurburg
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Total of 540 pages
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CHAPTER
8: Additional Materials Collected and Added After the
Publication of the Original Hebrew Book
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Passages
from the autobiography of Zeev Bernstein "My Life, My
Environment, My Epoche" - Zeev Bernstein
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The comment means that this has been translated into English and
is contained herein but is not contained in the original book in
English.
