Bielsk Podlaski
Yizkor Book Translation Project

Hello,

My name is Andrew Blumberg. I'm the coordinator of the Bielsk Podlaski KehilaLinks site on JewishGen. The Bielsk Podlaski Yizkor Book Translation Project was launched in October 2022.

Twenty years ago, I scanned the English section of the book and converted it to editable text. It has since been available on JewishGen as part of the Yizkor Book Project. Translations of the entire table of contents, along with a few translated chapters from the Yiddish section, were generously contributed by family members of the original authors. This is a small portion of the book. There are about 330 pages in Hebrew and 195 pages in Yiddish.

Since beginning the translation project, thanks to volunteers, 65 pages of the Hebrew section have been translated. Thanks to a paid translator, we are approaching translation of the entire Yiddish section.

All of the translations are available to read online for free. Together, these collective voices reveal the richness of Jewish life and personalities in Bielsk Podlaski. They are also survivor testimonies bearing witness to antisemitism and to the destruction of the Holocaust.

Your support is needed to complete the translation. If you would like to support this project, please visit this page on JewishGen and be sure to enter the amount of your contribution next to the row for "Bielsk-Podlaski, Poland - Yizkor Book."

If you would like to volunteer to translate one of the Hebrew chapters, please contact me directly.

Updates on the project status are posted to the JewishGen Discussion Group, where you can either monitor the group or subscribe to notifications. You can also see the current translation status at any time here. If you would like to receive updates via email, please let me know and I will send them at the same time that I post to the discussion group.

If you know of others interested in Bielsk Podlaski, please share this with them.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Andrew Blumberg
 

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Updated August 4, 2023

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