Table of Contents

• Section I - Sketches of David-Horodok
  • From Childhood Years: David-Horodok 50 Years Ago by Motl Slotzki (E-p65, Y-p405)
  • Memories by Berl Neuman (E-p78)
  • The Women Answer the Claim that “they had it better than everyone” by Bessie Davidson and Anne Komisar
  • What My Grandmother Told Me by Berl Neuman (E-p76, Y-p418)
  • David-Horodok Up To the Second World War by Itzhak Nahmanovitch (E-p82, Y-p424)
  • Picture of a Town’s Sabbath Evening by Berl Neuman (E-p72, Y-p414)
  • Weekday Evenings in the Synagogue by Motl Slotzki
  • David-Horodok by Ann Helman
  • Reminiscence of David-Horodok, Poland by Zelda Keren of Mishmar Hasharon, Israel
  • Living in David Horodok by Anne Komisar
  • David-Horodok by Anne Korman
  • David-Horodok by Anne Spielberg
  • David-Horodok by Anne Zemmol
  • The Christians of David-Horodok by Yosef Lipshitz (E-p7 ,H-p11, Y-p335)
  • The Christians in the Countryside Surrounding David-Horodok by Kathy Winston
  • The Jewish Community in David-Horodok by Yosef Lipshitz (E-p9, H-p13, Y-p338)
  • Four Old Gentlemen of David-Horodok (H-p192-193)
  • The Villages Around David-Horodok by Yosef Lipshitz (E-p21, H-p22, Y-p350)
• Section II - The History of David-Horodok to WWI
  • Governments of David-Horodok to WWI by Brian Kaye
  • Introduction to the General History of David-Horodok by Yosef Lipshitz (E-p2, H-p7, Y-p.329)
  • The General History of David-Horodok by Yosef Lipshitz (with additions from Brian Kaye and Kathy Winston) (E-p4, H-p8, Y-p330)
    • Geography
    • David-Horodok’s Name
    • History
  • The Economic Structure of Jewish David-Horodok by Yosef Lipshitz (with additions by Kathy Winston) (E-p13, H-p16, Y-p342)
    • From the Beginning of Jewish Settlement to the 19th Century
    • Power Passes from King to Nobles
    • Noble Protection becomes Abuse
    • Plight of the Towns
  • David-Horodok Business from the 19th Century to World War I (E-p14, H-p17, Y-p343)
• Section III - The War Years 1914-1921 (E-p22, H-p23, Y-p352)
  • Governments of David-Horodok from WWI to 1921 by Brian Kaye
  • David-Horodok From 1914-1921 by Yosef Lipshitz (with additions from Kathy Winston)
    • World War I
      • From an Interview with Bessie Davidson
      • From an Interview with Anne Zemmol
      • From an Interview with Anne Komisar
    • Kerensky's Revolution (E-p24, H-p24, Y-p353)
    • Bolsheviks Take Power (E-p26, H-p26, Y-p355)
      • From an Interview with Bessie Davidson
      • From an Interview with Anne Zemmol
    • Civil War between Red and White Russians (E-p28, H-p27, Y-p356)
      • From an Interview with Anne Zemmol
      • From an Interview with Anna Helman
      • From Interviews with Bessie Davidson
      • From an Interview with Anne Korman
    • The Russo-Polish War from 1919-1921 (E-p30, H-p28, Y-p358)
      • From an Interview with Bessie Davidson
    • The Polish Offensive Against the Red Army (E-p31, H-p29, Y-p360)
      • From an Interview with Anne Korman
      • From several Interviews with Bessie Eisenberg Davidson
      • From an Interview with Anna Helman
• Section IV - The Interwar Years 1921-1939
  • Under Polish Rule (1921-1939) by Yosef Lipshitz (with additions from Kathy Winston)
    • The 1920s (E-p33, H-p30, Y-p361)
    • Anti-Semitism Increases (E-p35, H-p31, Y-p362)
  • Memories of Itzhak Leib Zager, a Community Leader of the Interwar Period, by I. Lipshitz and S. Zazik (E-p85, Y-p430)
  • David-Horodok Organizes, by Yosef Lipshitz
    • Civic Institutions
      • The Municipal Government (E-p49, Y-p387)
      • The Kehilla (E-p50, Y-p388)
      • The Firefighters (E-p48, Y-p385)
    • Political Organizations
      • Introduction from Joseph Marcus's book
      • The Zionist Movement in David-Horodok (E-p36, Y-p363)
      • The Socialist Movement in David-Horodok in 1905 (E-p40, Y-p375)
    • Cultural Institutions (E-p41, Y-p376)
      • Schools (E-p41, Y-p376)
      • A Memory of Motl Slotzki of New York
        • From Interviews with Bessie Davidson
        • From Interviews with Bessie Davidson
      • Libraries (E-p45, Y-p381)
      • Theater (E-p45, Y-p382)
      • Sports (E-p46, Y-p383)
    • Charitable and Religious Institutions
      • Memories of the Hasidim from Motl Slotzki of New York
      • Rabbis and Community Leaders "The Horodoker Dynasty" (E-p84, Y-p429)
      • A story that appeared in Let Laughter Ring by S. F. Mendelsohn
      • The Orphanage (E-p46, Y-p384)
    • Financial
      • Bank and Credit Institutions (E-p47, Y-p385)
        • From Interviews with Bessie Davidson
• Section V - World War II and the Russian Occupation 1939-1941
  • Years of Turbulence and Death by Yosef Lipshitz (E-p52)
    • The Eve of War (E-p52)
    • The Polish-German War (E-p53)
    • Under Soviet Rule (September 1939-June, 1941) (E-p54)
    • On the Eve of the Russo-German War (E-p60)
      • From Bessie Davidson's Memory, here is the story of one such family:
  • My Visit to David-Horodok on the Eve of the Outbreak of the Second World War by M. Rappaport (E-p87)
  • My Last Days in David-Horodok by M. Shuri Ami (E-p88)
• Section VI - The Holocaust
  • Lament for the Sons of David-Horodok Who Died on the 17th of Av, 5701 by Itzak (Etzl) Nahmanovitch
  • Lament for the Women and Children Who Died During the Horrors of the Following Year, Culminating on the 28th of Elul, 5702 by Kathy Winston
  • Destruction and Holocaust by Yosef Lipshitz (E-p61)
    • The Coming of the Germans (E-p61)
    • The Slaughter of the Men (E-p91)
    • The Wandering of Women and Children (E-p92)
    • The Destruction of the Women and Children (E-p95)
  • The Horrible Ghetto Slaughter in Rublye, David-Horodok and Stolin (E-p115)
    • First Letter to Detroit from Michael Nosantchuk (E-p115)
    • Second Letter to Detroit from Michael Nosantchuk (E-p115)
      • Flight to Stolin
      • The Destruction of the Stolin Jews
• Section VII - The Partisans (E-p99)
  • Activities of the Partisans by Yosef Lipshitz
    • General History
    • Activity Around David-Horodok
    • Itzhak Nahmanovitch’s Account
  • The Story of Colonel Satanovski by Haim Hochman (E-p99)
  • 1943 Rosh Hoshana in the Partisan Detachment by Haim Hochman (E-p106)
    • Rosh Hoshana (E-p106)
    • After the War (E-p108)
• Section VIII - After Hell
  • The Aftermath by Yosef Lipshitz
    • Meier Hershl Korman’s Description
  • My Small Revenge for the Heinous Crime (a chapter from the memoirs of Aharon Moravtchik) May, 1946 (E-p119 H-p231)
    • Emigration to Israel (E-p127)
  • The Silence by Itzhak Nahmanovitch
• Bibliography
• List of in-line Images
  The pictures from the original Yizkor-book are marked with the page numbers on which they appear there. They are arranged according to this page order and not according to the order they appear on this site.
  • Map of the vicinity of David-Horodok (H-p0)
  • Street-Map of David-Horodok (H-p1)
  • A View of the Horin river in David-Horodok (H-p8)
  • The Church on the Hill is Burning (H-p10)
  • A Gentile's House at the Town's Outskirts (H-p12)
  • A Jewish home at the Edge of the Town (H-p17)
  • David-Horodok's Wharf (H-p21)
  • Teachers of the first Tarbus school in David-Horodok, 1917 - 1918 (H-p25)
  • The Teacher Shimon Laichtman and his Wife Sheine, the First "Hebrew in Hebrew" Teachers (H-p32)
  • The Directors of the Zionist Organization's Library - Year 1917 (H-p33)
  • The first group for the Jewish National Fund ('K. K. L.' acronym in Hebrew) in David-Horodok. (H-p34)
  • The Aharon-Yonah Shafer family beside the ship in Konstanza, on their way to immigrate to Eretz Israel - 1925. (H-p35)
  • The "General-Zionist Pioneer" group in David-Horodok. (H-p36)
  • "Preparation Kibbutz"--The Zionist Youth for Kibbutzim in David-Horodok, 1934 (H-p36)
  • Group from the Po'alei Zion Party (Workers of Zion) in David-Horodok, 1928 (H-p37)
  • The management of the I.L. Peretz Public Library in David-Horodok. (H-p38)
  • The Hitachdus organization (The Union, or literally, "Organization H") branch in David-Horodok (H-p39)
  • The Socialist-Territorialist group of David-Horodok in 1905 (H-p40)
  • The first teachers of the Tarbus (Culture) school in David-Horodok (H-p41)
  • The seventh graduation class from the Tarbus School in David-Horodok (H-p42)
  • Preparation class and kindergarten students from the Tarbus school in David-Horodok. (H-p43)
  • The teacher Shlomo Zagarodski (H-p45)
  • The soccer team Hako'ah [The Strong or The Force] in David-Horodok in 1927. (H-p45)
  • The first management and the Board of Directors of the Bank-Amamy (Popular Bank) in David-Horodok, 1933 (H-p47)
  • The Old Cemetery in David-Horodok (H-p50)
  • The sawmill of Moche Rimar in David-Horodok. (H-p55)
  • A citizen of our town, Yitzchak Nachmanovitch (in army uniform) at the common grave in David-Horodok in 1945, on the fourth anniversary of the tragic end of our friends and relatives. (H-p59)
  • Dr. M. Zagarodski, may his soul be blessed (H-p63)
  • Viallamitcher Street in David-Horodok, picturing the town well (H-p64)
  • The Greble Street in David-Horodok (H-p75)
  • The Greble Bridge in David-Horodok (H-p76)
  • Flooding during the spring snow melting, which caused the Horin River to rise. (H-p77)
  • The commercial center of David-Horodok (H-p78)
  • Blasting the ice in the spring on the Horin River near the Greble Bridge (H-p84)
  • Four generations of David-Horodok Women (H-p85)
  • The old post office in David-Horodok (H-p86)
  • The Synagogue of the Stoliner Hasidim (H-p90)
  • The Great Synagogue or the Cold Synagogue (there was no heating) (H-p90)
  • The Great Bet-Midrash (Religious Studyhouse) (H-p90)
  • The Nagid (Rich Men's) Bet-Midrash (Studyhouse) (H-p91)
  • Bet-Midrash (Studyhouse) of the Rabbis (H-p91)
  • Ya'akov Friedman (H-p93)
  • Ya'akov ben Shimshon Leib and Malkah Katzman (H-p93)
  • The new cemetery in David-Horodok (H-p96)
  • Rabbi Moshe Ginzburg from David-Horodok among the citizens of New York (H-p97)
  • Family of Rabbi Moshele, his soul be blessed (H-p98)
  • Leibeh Reizeleh Ginzburg, Rebbitsin (H-p99)
  • The cantor of the town with his singers (H-p100)
  • David-Horodok's first-string soccer team, 1937. (H-p108)
  • Mill of the Baruchin family of David-Horodok (H-p109)
  • The management and the employees of the Bank-Amamy (Popular Bank) of David-Horodok (H-p110)
  • The big fire of 1936 in David-Horodok (H-p112)
  • Committee of the Zionist Organization in David-Horodok, 1936 (H-p118)
  • Seventh class of the Tarbus school with the teacher Blumenkopf (Ben-Yosef), 1931 (H-p125)
  • Preparation group in Lisovitch 1931 (H-p129)
  • Branch of the "Hechalutz-Hamizrachi" in David-Horodok. (H-p131)
  • League of Workers for Eretz Israel (H-p132)
  • The Betar nest in David-Horodok (H-p133)
  • Chayim (Harry) Yachnitch, a soldier in the Jewish battalion in WWI (H-p134)
  • Crowd from David-Horodok sending off a family making aliyah (H-p135)
  • Building a new home for the Tarbus school, year 5687 (1926-7) (H-p139)
  • Tenth graduation class of the Tarbus school in David-Horodok, 1938 (H-p141)
  • First graduation class of the Tarbus school, 1928-29. (H-p142)
  • The Lag B'Omer Parade in David-Horodok, 1933 (H-p147)
  • A butchershop in David-Horodok (H-p229)
  • Aharon Moravtchik (H-p231)
  • Telegram from Zinger to Aharon Moravtchik announcing the arrest of the murderer Ivan Maraiko (H-p234)
  • Letter from the head of the "U.B." in Warsaw thanking Aharon Moravtchik for his deeds. (H-p235)
  • Letter from the Polish consulate in Tel-Aviv announcing the arrest of the accused in Poland (H-p236)
  • Aharon Moravtchik's children: Sara'le and Itzhak'l Moravtchik (H-p237)
  • Meeting of David-Horodokers in Palestine, 1933 (H-p271)
  • Eleventh Remembrance Meeting of David-Horodokers in Beith-Israel Hall, Tel Aviv on July 28, 1953 (H-p272)
  • Eleventh Remembrance Meeting of David-Horodokers in Beith-Israel Hall, Tel Aviv on July 28, 1953 (H-p272)
  • Eleventh Remembrance Meeting of David-Horodokers in Beith-Israel Hall, Tel Aviv on July 28, 1953 (H-p273)
  • Eleventh Remembrance Meeting of David-Horodokers in Beith-Israel Hall, Tel Aviv on July 28, 1953 (H-p273)
  • Eleventh Remembrance Meeting of David-Horodokers in Beith-Israel Hall, Tel Aviv on July 28, 1953 (H-p274)
  • View of David-Horodok (H-p331)
  • The Pravoslav Russian Orthodox Church in the center of David-Horodok (H-p333)
  • David-Horodok's Wharf (H-p344)
  • Some people from Nirtcha in David-Horodok (H-p345)
  • A corner of the new market in David-Horodok (H-p347)
  • Second "troop" for the Jewish National Fund (KKL) in David-Horodok (H-p365)
  • The first pioneers from David-Horodok (H-p366)
  • Zionist Organization's Committee; David-Horodok, 1922 (H-p366)
  • Nest of the "National Watchman" in David-Horodok (H-p367)
  • Nest of the "Zionist Youth" in David-Horodok (H-p367)
  • Committee of the David-Horodok branch of Po'alei Zion (Workers of Zion) (H-p368)
  • Announcement of the 5th jubilee celebration for the I.L.Perez Library, to take place on December 2, 1930 (H-p369)
  • First committee of the youth organization Freiheit in David-Horodok, 1926 (H-p370)
  • First assembly of Freiheit from Pinsk county, in David-Horodok, 1928 (H-p371)
  • Group of lumberjacks in the Preparation-Kibbutz Hapo'el Hamizrachi in David-Horodok, 1933 (H-p372)
  • Nest of the Hashomer Hatzair in David-Horodok, 1932 (H-p372)
  • Agricultural-Preparation Group of the Hechalutz Hamizrachi from David-Horodok, Dabrin, 1924 (H-p373)
  • The Commanders of "Betar", probably 1935 (H-p374)
  • Betar's nest, David-Horodok, Oct 26, 1935 (H-p374)
  • Tarbus School in David-Horodok, Year 5678 (1917-1918) (H-p377)
  • Laying the cornerstone for the new Tarbus school, Year 5687 (1926-27) (H-p378)
  • Tarbus school's kindergarten, Year 5688 (1928) (H-p379)
  • Purim celebration in the Tarbus school's kindergarten, Year 5699 (1938) (H-p382)
  • Perfomance of the The Dybbuk by the young amateurs of David-Horodok, 1938 (H-p383)
  • The Horin River at Flood Level (H-p406)
  • The Horin River's bank in David-Horodok (H-p407)
  • The bath-house in David-Horodok (H-p416)
  • Funeral of Itzhak-Leib Zager, David-Horodok - 1939 (H-p432)
  • Our shtetl's son, Itzak (Etzl) Nahmanovitch digging a grave to bury the bones of the martyred saints which he found on top of the common-grave. (H-p446)
  • The Council of Teachers in David-Horodok (about 1927)
  • Map of area from David-Horodok to Turov
  • Church in 1997; taken by Joan Krotenberg

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