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.

Sylvia Barditch Goldberg handing original book
to niece Edith Geller (née Spector)

Edith Geller, son Eric, granddaughter Jamie
Goldberg/Gelberg and Schuchman Descendants

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)

Audrey Goldseker Polt and son Richard Polt,
Goldseker and Fishman Descendants

Howard I. Schwartz and daughter Penina,
Demb/Gruber, Schwartz, Shulman Descendants

Charles Hanina Epstein,
Upstein, Steinberg, Lerner Descendent

Harold Goldberg
Goldberg/Gelberg and Schuchman Descendant

Dr. Nancie Rand
Goldberg/Gelberg and Schuchman Descendant

Barry Lerner
Grandson of Itzik (Isadore) Lerner

Lynne Herman Sandler with daughter Miriam Berkowitz
Demb/Gruber, Herman Descendant

Andrea Kerker Zanzuri
Granddaughter of Sylvia (Barditch) and George Goldberg

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

Yossi and Josh Klavan
Schuchman and Klepatch descendants

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

Dani Tracz (née Issachar Mohel)
Son of Yehuda Mohel

Morris Schechman
Son of survivor Shlomo Schechman

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

Adam Marcus and parents
Great-great-grandson of Ephraim Hirsch

Eileen (Reichenberg) Sherr, gg-granddaughter
of Bessie (Demb) and David Hurwitz/Rivitz

Mark Gelberg
Descendant of Mlynov mill-owner Yossel (Joseph) Gelberg

Louise Marine with children and grandchild
Descendant of Simha Gruber (née Demb)

Arlene Polangin and son Brian.
Descendant of Gruber/Demb families

Ira Deming.
Descendant of Gruber/Demb families

Tamara Kirson and Penina Eilberg-Schwartz
Of Gruber/Demb families

Paul Siegel with wife Carolina
Goldseker and Fishman Descendant

Miriam Litz
daughter of Genya Kozak ( aka Jean Litz)

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Updated:October 2022
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