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Compiled and created by Roy K. Gerber
Updated: July 2023
Copyright © 2015 Roy K. Gerber. All rights reserved.
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Letters and Documents
Books
Surprisingly, for a small shtetl, there are numerous books that mention Ozeryany and some people who lived there:
Sam and Anna Goldenberg, Whispers in the Darkness (New York: Shengold Publishers, 1988). In their book, the Goldenbergs recalled memories of their village of Warkowicze and nearby Ozeran. Their account covered the occupation of both towns by Soviet troops in September 1939 and the invasion of the Germans in 1941, leading to the ultimate destruction of the Jewish population of Ozeran and Warkowicze the following year.
Natalie Green Giles with Betty Ajces, Songa's Story: How A Shtetl Jew Found the American Dream (New York: iUniverse, Inc., 2003).Leon (Songa) Ajces, a Jew from Ozeran who, as an officer in Stalin's Red Army, fought the Germans and survived to see the Nazis defeated. Natalie Green Giles tells a story with twists and turns, with Songa returning to find his village destroyed and his family murdered. Eventually defecting from the post-war Polish Army, Songa finally finds freedom.
Mordechai Krupp,בין יאוש לתקווה [Between Despair and Hope] (Tel Aviv: Israeli Ministry of Defense Press, 1992). Written by Mordechai (Motl) Krupp, a Holocaust survivor from Warkowitz, Between Despair and Hope is a chilling account of his survival, along with that of his wife, Hanna, and his sister Rachel. His story of love, resourcefulness, and courage mentions the neighboring village of Ozeran many times. Motl Krupp's book (in Hebrew), can be downloaded at no cost at:
Between Despair and Hope.
Tzipi Karelitz, עבותים פרומים [Ripped Ropes] (Jerusalem: Tzivonim, 2020). Second generation to the Holocaust, Tzipi Karelitz, tells the story of her mother, Hanna Krupp, née Sheinbein, who was born in Warkowitz and grew up in a warm and protective home, experienced the horrors of war and reluctantly became a hero. The book, filled with memories of the mother and feelings of the author, mentions the neighboring village of Ozeran.
Articles
The Federation of Wolynian Jews in Tel Aviv has published a number of articles in Yalkut Wolyn, [ילקוט ווהלין] about Ozeran and neighboring Warkowitz, including:
1949 Gerstein, 'Ozeran,' Yalkut Wolyn 2, 10, p.18
1952 Bardiga, 'The Tragedy of the Warkovich-Ozeran Ghetto,' Yalkut Wolyn 2, 16-17, p.62
2013 Korach, 'In Forests, Barns and Cellars,' Yalkut Wolyn 62, p.41
2015 Bluma Lavi née Mossman, 'Run Away, You Will Stay Alive,' Yalkut Wolyn 64, p.16
2018 Alon (Klutz), 'Record of 2017 Visit to Ozeran- Warkowicze,' Yalkut Wolyn 67, p.45
2019 Mossman, 'Ozeran of the Days of My Childhood,' Yalkut Wolyn 68, p.21
2021 Orenstein and Gelberg 'I Was Left Alone, Alone, Alone,' Yalkut Wolyn 70, p.16
2023 Gerber, 'Interview with Olga Kvitka in Ozeran,' Yalkut Wolyn 72, p.40
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