Contents of the 1951 Pinkes
Kovel
A postscript to the Pinkes Kovel said it was "written not by a
professional writer or journalist, but by plain, simple people, and this was
our intention. We wanted it edited and written by a native, who was known by
our townspeople and who knew them too. A nook not composed in literary
language, but in simple language, telling the story of the facts and happenings
that really took place. And let the future historians take these stories and
use them as necessary." (p.510)
(Note: There may be some errors in this translation)
Page
Introduction The Redactor 13
Kovel My City Betzalel Baler 17
I
Historical Review
Chapter 1 The Foundation of the City - Why the Name “Kovel”? 23
Chapter 2 City and Sand 24
Chapter 3 The City Develops [unable to read] – A.A. 27
Chapter 4 The Years of the Revolution, 1903 – 1906 - A.A. 30
Chapter 5 Kovel’s Authorities, Institutions and Synagogues 37
Chapter 6 Kovel’s “Intelligentsia” - A.A. 44
Chapter 7 Kovel During the Years of the First World War, 1914 – 1918 50
Chapter 8 The Coming and Going Away of the Bolshevik Army - A.A. 58
Chapter 9 Under the Polish Government - A.A. 66
Chapter 10 During the Years of the Second World War 73
Chapter 11 When the Germans Attacked Russia - A.A. 78
Chapter 12 Kovel Under German – Nazi Power - A.A. 82
Chapter 13 The Crowding of the Jews into Ghettos, the First Liquidation,
Kovel’s Jews 87
Chapter 14 The Second Liquidation, the Destruction of Kovel 92
The Perished Saints in the Great Synagogue - Moshe Bebtshuk 98
Kovel (The Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw) 104
The Total of Kovel’s Community - Mordechai Waks 107
II
Memories and Episodes
Welfare Institutions and Organizations in Kovel - Abraham Glaz 114
A Letter from the Poet Zishe Weinfer 124
The Zionist Youth Movements in Kovel - Isser Kaminsky 129
The Workers’ Movement in Kovel - Haim Melamed 144
Memories from Kovel told by A.Y. Galperin 149
Kovel, Our Community L. Bayan 156
(Memories) From the Depths Joseph Shapiro 179
Some Memories Rachel Grinblat-Pantorits 185
Kovel’s Hebrew High School A. Haynach 189
Memories Rivka Weinshal-Reznic 193
What is a Pinkes? told by L. Schiter 195
Yosef Avrekh Yaacov Teitelkar 201
A Memory Joseph Pass 205
Some Memories Z. Youcht 207
Kalman Liss (from the book by Melech Davitch “My Lexicon”) 213
Kovel (a poem) Kalman Liss 215
Simply My Region (a song) Kalman Liss 218
Next to a Dead Poet Kehat Kliger 219
Yosel Zecharehus (Burstein) (Edited from H.Grades’ poem “muserniks”) B.B. 221
Malka from Radovitch (a poem) Z. Weinper 227
My Lost Struggle Feivel Schifer 230
III
Those Who Fell While on Duty
Yehiel Sheinboim
(from Dr. Dvarzshetsky’s book “Jerusalem of Lithuania in Battle and Death”) 235
Sheindel Shwartz
(from Melech Neishtadz’s book “Destruction and Revolution of the Jews in Warsaw”) 240
Devorah Baran
(from Melech Neishtadz’s book “Destruction and Revolution of the Jews in Warsaw”) 244
Leah Fish
(from Melech Neishtadz’s book “Destruction and Revolution of the Jews in Warsaw”) 246
Shamay Laufer
(from Melech Neishtadz’s book ”Destruction and Revolution of the Jews in Warsaw”) 248
Leoba Lederhandler 249
IV
Excerpts from Kovel’s Jewish
Publications
From Kovel’s Voice 252
From Our Life 278
V
Some Towns of Kovel’s Circle
Melnitsa written by Betzalel Baler 291
Episodes from my Home Town (Melnitsa) Feivel Baler 329
Melnitsa During the Last Years M. Landa 335
Tzvi Mersik
(from Melech Neishtadz’s book “Destruction and Revolution of the Jews in Warsaw”) 338
Kremne – Libechin narrated by David Galdin 341
Manievitch [Prilesnoye] narrated by Yehuda Verba 350
Khateshau narrated by Leibel Bakler 352
VI
Kovel in Argentina
Compatriots Associations from Kovel and Others 360
Credit
Cooperative “Rio de la Plata” 391
25 Years of Kovel’s Bank Israel Hanik 414
The Committees of the Co-op “Rio de la Plata” from 1926 to 1951 417
Credit Cooperative “El Porvenir” 427
Memories Simcha Kalb 438
The “New Kovel’s Stool” Leibel Schiter 441
Memories Israel Melamed 445
The Committees of the Co-op “El Porvenir” from 1929 to1951 448
VII
Remember
Final Word Betsalel Baler 509