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Still Remembering Mlynov-Mervits

On October 8 or 9th, 1942 (the 27th or 28th of Tishrei, 5703), the population of the Mlynov ghetto was liquidated in a ravine near the road between Mlynov and Mervits.

In 1953-1955, Mlynov and Mervits born individuals and their children in the US raised money to support the creation of a memorial plaque in Tel Aviv. Records kept in the Fishman family in Baltimore record the names of the donors in America who supported the plaque's creation. Most were either born in Mlynov or Mervits, or were first generation children of immigrants from those towns. As captured in two photos, some of the Mlynov and Mervits-born individuals and survivors from the US and Israel gathered in Tel Aviv in the fall of 1955 at a commemoration ceremony where the plaque was installed. The story of the commemortion plaque, photos and records of the donors can be downloaded here.

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Descendants Celebrate New Memorial Book Translation 80 Years After Ghetto Liquidation

80 years since the liquidation (in 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.

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