Wall of Commemoration
Descendants Celebrate New Memorial Book Translation 80 Years After Ghetto Liquidation
0n October 8 or 9th, 1942 (the 27th or 28th of Tishrei, 5703), the population of the Mlynov ghetto was liquidated on the road between Mlynov and Mervits. Now, 80 years later (2022), descendants of families that once lived in Mlynov and Mervits celebrate a new translation of the Mlynov-Mervits Memorial Book. Published originally in Israel in 1970, the original Yiddish and Hebrew essays tell the story of Mlynov and Mervits through the memories of individuals who were born and/or once lived there. The essays recall both the horror of what happened as well as what was wonderful about the place before all was destroyed.
The 1970 black and white photo below shows Sylvia (Barditch) Goldberg, a contributor to the original Memorial book, giving the original to her niece Edith Geller (née Spector) and the rest of her Goldberg relatives. The next photo shows the same Edith Geller holding the newly translated memorial book 52 years later at the age of 99.
Mlynov Survivor Gerry
Steinberg with son David
and two grandsons Derek and Jed.
Mlynov Survivor Helen Fixler (
Nudler Family)
David Sokolsky (left) Howard Schwartz (right)
Rachel Ann Norton and daughter Miriam
Great-granddaughter of Sara (
Goldberg) Spector
Audrey Goldseker Polt and Sheldon Goldseker
Children of David Samuel
Goldseker
Larry Steinberg
Grandson of Simon Steinberg and Sarah
Shulman
David Sokolsky and son Micah
Step-grandson of Mlynov survivor
Liba Tesler
Scott Crespy
Descendant Wurtzel Family from Mervits
Sharna Goldseker
Granddaughter of David Samuel
Goldseker
Susie Warshaw with son Jonathan
Daughter of survivors Mendel and Sheindel
Steinberg
Jill Glenn, great-granddaughter of
Ben Zion
Berger and Zelda (
Hirsch)
Sofia, Sima, Arkadi and Elizabeth Romansky
descendants of Mervits-born Raisa Levin (née Arbitman)
The Polashuk Family
Descendants of Pesach Ellis Polashuk from Mlynov
Andrea Carter
Descendant of Efraim
Hirsch from Mlynov
Eleanore C. Speert, great-granddaughter of
Israel
Schwartz and Sarah (
Fishman)
Jay Ryan Meren and JoAnn Barnstein with mom and their sons
Descendants of
Boruch Meren
Survivor Ezra Sherman, wife Sara (Lamdan), daughter Vivi Sadel
Golisuk, Lerner and Sherman Families
Mark Gelberg
Descendant of Mlynov mill-owner Yossel (Joseph)
Gelberg
Louise Marine with children and grandchild
Descendant of Simha Gruber (née
Demb)
Miriam Litz
daughter of Genya Kozak ( aka Jean Litz)
Compiled by Howard I. Schwartz
Updated:May 2024
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