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Fawel Zitomersky honored by the

Burshivker Relief Committee in Kishinev, Romania

September 3, 1921

(Hebrew translation by Nathen Gabriel)

On September 3, 1921, while in Romania, the Burshivker Relief Committee in Kishinev honored Fawel for the courage and

bravery he demonstrated in rescuing the many men, women, and children of Borshchagovka who had survived the pogroms.

In a commemorative photograph taken that day, the Grand Rabbi of Borshchagovka, Mottel (Mordechai/Max) Shapiro, is

seated in the center, with Fawel to his right and holding his hat. The five other men in the picture have yet to be identified.

The caption beneath the photograph states:

“These photos were given freely as an eternal memento

from the Burshivker Relief Committee that is located in

Kishinev to the entrepreneur, the intervener on behalf

of the wanderers, the refugees, the orphans and the

widows who survive as a permanent memorial to the city

of Burshivka these last 2 years, Mr. Fawel, son of

Yitzchak Zitomersky, of the city of New York may God

protect him [...] 1st day of the month of Elul, 5681

[Saturday evening, September 3, 1921] here in Kishinev.”

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