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This book is the translation of the Yizkor (Memorial) Book ( in Hebrew: Ayara be-lehavot; Pinkas Yampola, Pelekh Volyn- A City in Flames) of the destroyed Jewish Community of Yampol, Ukraine, written...

This book is the translation of the Yizkor (Memorial) Book (in Hebrew: Ayara be-lehavot; Pinkas Yampola, Pelekh Volyn - A City in Flames) of the destroyed Jewish Community of Yampol, Ukraine, written...

Burshtyn is in Western Ukraine, about 57 miles southeast of Lviv and about 107 miles from the Polish border town of Medyka. The Jewish community there can be dated to the early 17th century. The...

The name of the town, Brest-Litovsk, indicates its link with Lithuania. Although founded by the Slavs in 1017 and invaded by the Mongols in 1241, it became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in...

Brzezany is situated in southeast Galicia, about 62 miles from the city of Lviv. When the Austro-Hungarian empire collapsed after World War I, the town became part of the newly-reconstituted nation...

This is the English-language translation of Emesh Shoah, the memorial book for the Braslav region, now in northern Belarus. The book covers the town of Braslav, which had a prewar population of...

This is the translation of the Memorial (Yizkor) Book of Jewish community of Drohichin, Belarus. This history of Drohitchin/Drahichyn --in Belarus -- covers the nearly 500-year old Jewish community...

The Jewish community of Dubossar and surrounding areas had existed for about 300 years, during which time a vibrant Jewish culture developed. Jews were artisans, merchants in grain, wine and fruit;...

This is the translation of the Memorial (Yizkor) Book of Jewish community of Grajewo, Poland. 358 pages, 8.5" by 11", hard cover, including all photos and other images. Jews have been living in...

This is the translation of the Hebrew Memorial (Yizkor) Book of Jewish community of Jaslo, Poland: "Toldot Yehudei Yaslo," which was destroyed by the Nazis in September 1939. The Jaslo Jewish...

Kamyanets Podilskyy is a town in southwestern Ukraine that was the historic center of the Podolia region which was ruled in turns by Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Turkey until it returned to the...

This is the translation of the Memorial (Yizkor) Book of Jewish community of Korczyna, Poland. The cemetery gate symbolizes the separation between the physical and spiritual worlds or hereafter...

Jews were living in Ciechanow by the year 1569. In 1656 during the Polish-Swedish war most of the Jews were killed by the troops of Stephan Czarniecki. In 1765, 1,670 Jews were living in the town; in...

There once was a Jewish community in the ancient Polish town of Sierpc. As hundreds of other Jewish communities in Poland, Jewish Sierpc is no more. On the eighth day of the Second World War,...

Memorial (Yizkor) Book of the Jewish Community of Novogrudok, Poland Translation of Pinkas Navaredok, Originally Published in Hebrew and Yiddish in Tel Aviv in 1963. Have you seen the movie...

This book is the translation of the Memorial (Yizkor) Book of the destroyed Jewish Community of Ostrow Mazowiecka, Poland, (in Hebrew: Sefer ha-zikaron le-kehilat Ostrov-Mazovyetsk ) written by the...

Memorial Book for the13 destroyed Jewish Communities of Galicia: Dziedzilow, Winniki, Barszczowice, Pidelisek, Pidbaritz, Kukizov, Old Jarczow, Pekalowice, Kamenopole, Nowy Jarczow, Kamionka...

The Jewish community had a long history in Bolekhov. In 1612 the Jews of Bolekhov were allowed to vote in the local elections. Jews in the 18th century were active in the various trades and crafts...

Mizoch lies in the heart of today's western Ukraine, with Jews first arriving there in the 18th century. By 1897, while under the rule of the Russian Empire, the Jewish community numbered 1,175 and...

The history of this small Jewish community of Nowy Zmigrod in the Carpathian mountains in Galicia, Poland is contained between the front and back covers. The beautiful interior of the old synagogue...

Turka is a Ukrainian town situated on the left bank of the river Stryi. Jews first came to Turka in the 1800s. The first synagogue, Jewish cemetery and the Jewish old age home were built in 1730. In...

The Russian word Molchadz means "to be quiet." During the summer months health seeking visitors came from surrounding areas to enjoy the nearby forests, the lovely river and the quiet community,...

Josef Rosin started a normal life in 1922 in the small town of Kybartai in western Lithuania. Excelling in school he started at Kovno University in 1939, only to have his second year final exams...

Stepan is a town in western Ukraine situated on a plain along the Horyn River. The name came from a King of Poland, Stefan Boturi, who drove off the Russians in the late 16th century after they tried...

"On September 1, 1939, the dark clouds descending on Jews everywhere, especially on the Jews of Poland, quickly enveloped the Jews of Tishevits (as Jews called Tyszowce in Yiddish). Every Tishevits...

BETWEEN 1950 AND 1955, thousands of veterans from the notorious German-led, Ukrainian 14th Waffen-SS Division emigrated to North America with the full consent of the respective governments despite...

The Rokitno-Wolyn and Surroundings; Memorial Book and Testimony (Ukraine) is the English translation of the Yizkor (Memorial) Book published in 1967 by survivors and former residents of these towns...

This memorial book of the Jewish Community of Antopol, Belarus weaves together the history of a vibrant Jewish community, annihilated during World War II, as told through first-hand accounts gathered...

Stawiski, Poland is a small town in northeastern Poland situated on the Dzierzbia River. The town was established in the early 15th century and over the years had multiple rulers. Napoleon's march...

Tarnow had a rich and vibrant history during its best years, but like many Polish towns, a tragic end. Its Yizkor book vividly describes both: the era of prosperity and the cultural and intellectual...