PRUZHANY SOCIAL LEADERS MURDERED
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Surname |
Name |
Activity |
Position
and references |
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ABRAMOVITSH |
Betzalel |
Institution manager |
Official of Jewish Trade Bank |
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AHARONSON |
Ytzhak |
Tarbut School leader |
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AIZNER |
Shmuel |
Synagogue Administrator |
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AVERBUCH |
Leib |
Synagogue Administrator |
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BARBEL |
Shloime |
"Talmud Torah" teacher |
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BEKANOVSKY |
Rivka |
"Social Help Institute" leader |
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BERMAN |
Abraham |
Institution manager |
Member of the Commission of Merchants Union |
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BIRENBOIM |
Elie |
General leader |
Vice Governor of the city. |
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BIRNBOIM |
Michael |
Polish Public School Teacher |
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BOGASH |
Meir Moishe |
"Social Help Institute" leader |
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BORNSHTEIN |
|
MD |
Director of the Public Maternal Hospital |
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BOROCHIM |
Siome |
Polish Public School Teacher |
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BROIMAN |
Shimon |
Tarbut High school teachers |
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BROIMAN |
Mushke |
Tarbut High school teachers |
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BURSHTEIN |
Manie |
Midwife |
Loved vocational theater |
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BUTZMAN GRINSBERG |
Fannie |
Tarbut High school teachers |
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BZSHEZSHINSKY |
Yeshaie |
Tarbut School leader |
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CHABAVETZKY |
|
MD |
MD of the State Hospital. |
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CHAIKIN BRESKY |
Clare |
Tarbut High school teachers |
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DAITSH |
|
MD |
Chief of Infirmary State Service |
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DISKOVITSH |
Ytzhak Meir |
"Social Help Institute" leader |
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DUBINSKY |
Michael |
"Tzhiso" Central Jewish School
Organization leader |
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EPSHTEIN |
Mordechai |
"Social Help Institute "leader |
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EREZ |
Abraham |
Tarbut High school teachers |
President of the " Hitachdut ". Member of
the Central Committee of Poland. Founder of the Hebrew School Yavne, and of
the High School " A. D. Gordon ", Editor of the Zionist newspaper
"Pruzener Shtime" |
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FAIGENBOIM |
David |
General leader |
Rav, maximum authority of the community |
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FAINGOLD |
Moishe |
MD |
President of Orphans Home. Member of the Commission
Toz of Bund. Vice mayor of the city.
Member of "Gemilut Chasadim". Was born approximately in 1887.
Murdered with his wife and son February 2 1943 |
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FAINSHTEIN-FAIGENBOIM |
Zlatke |
General leader |
Rav's wife |
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FAIVUSHINKSY |
Alter |
"Tzhiso" Central Jewish School
Organization leader |
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GALPERIN |
Aharon Yakov |
"Talmud Torah" teacher |
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GERSHGORN |
Yosef |
Leader artisan |
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GLEZER |
Ytzhok |
Orphan House Leader |
Official and Organizer of the Local Jew of Dramatic Art Circle. Member
of the Commission Toz of Bund. Member
of Orphans Home. Fireman. Was born in 1886. Murdered in Auschwitz February 1
1943 |
|
GLEZER |
Ytzhak Ezra |
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Was active in Artisans Union , Orphans Union, Organization
of Jewish Schools, Urban Commission, Kehila, and Bund. Was born in 1887. A
tailor. Was detained by the Soviets
February 5 1940 and then eliminated, it is not known which way. |
|
GOLDBERG |
Leibl |
Institution manager |
Member of
Jewish Council. Member of Trade Bank. |
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GOLDBERG |
Abraham Ytzhak |
Tarbut School leader |
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GOLDBERG |
Freidke |
"Social Help Institute" leader |
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GOLDBERG |
Boris |
Polish Public School Teacher |
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GOLDFAIN |
Faivl |
General leader |
Community Chief Head ("Rosh Ha' Kahal) |
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GOLDFAIN |
Zelig |
Institution manager |
President of Merchants Union. President of Public
Jewish School. Member of Urban Commission |
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GOLDFAIN |
Tzirl |
Orphan House Leader |
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GOLDSTHEIN |
Aharon |
Polish Public School Teacher |
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GOLUBOVITSH |
Faivl |
"Tzhiso" Central Jewish School
Organization leader |
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GOLUBOVITSH |
Leibl |
Synagogue Administrator |
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GRINZBERG |
Yosef |
Tarbut School leader |
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GRINZBERG |
Pinchas |
"Social Help Institute" leader |
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GUERSHOVITSH |
Ytzhok |
Synagogue Administrator |
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HALPERN |
Mordecahi |
Synagogue Administrator |
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IZRAELIT |
Mordechai |
Orphan House Leader |
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KAMENAMASTKY |
Sh. |
Midwife |
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KANETZ |
Yosef |
Leader artisan |
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KAPLAN |
Abraham |
General leader |
Author of the book
" Brest after WWI" |
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KAPLAN |
Abraham Ytzhak |
"Social Help Institute" leader |
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KARSHENBLUM |
Ysrael |
"Talmud Torah" teacher |
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KLEINERMAN |
Netanel |
Institution manager |
Member of
Jewish Council. Member of Trade Bank |
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KLEINERMAN |
Yosef David |
Tarbut School leader |
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KLENITZKY |
Ytzhak |
Institution manager |
President of Jewish Trade Bank |
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KOLODNER |
Shimon |
Leader artisan |
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KRUTZEL |
Alter |
Synagogue Administrator |
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KRUTZEL YANOVITSH |
Miriam |
Orphan House Leader |
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KUNK SAPIRSHTEIN |
Gutel |
Tarbut High school teachers |
Kindergarten teacher. Murdered in Auschwitz February
1 1943 |
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KUSHITZ |
Mordechai |
Institution manager |
Member of Merchant Union Commission |
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LEVIN |
Abraham |
Tarbut High school teachers |
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LEVINHENDLER-LEVITZKY |
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Lawyer |
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LEW |
Mordechai |
General leader |
Journalist of "Pruzener Lebn" |
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LIPHSHITZ |
Esther |
Orphan House Leader |
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MAKRANSKY |
Mosihe |
Leader artisan |
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MESHEL |
Ysrael |
Synagogue Administrator |
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MESHENGUISER NITZBERG |
Liza |
Dentist |
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NACHUMOVKSY ZELENIETZKY |
Chaia |
Polish Public School Teacher |
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NEIMAN |
Natan |
"Tzhiso" Central Jewish School
Organization leader |
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NEIMAN |
Michael |
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Official. Secretary of the Bund. Member of the
Jewish School. Born in 1902 Pursued by the Bolsheviks Escaped to Volin. |
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NITZBERG |
Veve |
"Tzhiso" Central Jewish School
Organization leader |
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NITZBERG |
Veve |
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Engineer, dental technician. . Member of the Jewish
School, the Kehila, and the Urban Communion. Worked with his wife the dentist
Lize Meshengiser Nitzberg Was born in
1890.Murdered with his wife February
3 1943 |
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NITZBERG SHAPIRO |
Dvora |
"Social Help Institute" leader |
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PADILSKY |
Reuben |
Leader artisan |
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PERELSHTEIN |
Alter |
Leader artisan |
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PERKAL |
Berel |
Leader artisan |
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PERLSHTEIN AVERBUCH |
M. |
"Social Help Institute" leader |
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PIK |
|
MD |
Director of Public Hospital for venereal illnesses. Born in Lodz |
|
PIK |
Mrss. |
Polish Public School Teacher |
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PINSKY |
Leibl |
"Tzhiso" Central Jewish School
Organization leader |
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PINSKY |
Sheindel |
"Social Help Institute" leader |
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PINSKY |
Polie |
Polish Public School Teacher |
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POMERANIETZ |
Zelik |
Orphan House Leader |
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POMERANIETZ |
Fannie |
Orphan House Leader |
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POTSHINKSY |
Dovid Velvel |
"Talmud Torah" teacher |
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RAVITZKY |
Dovid |
Institution manager |
Member of the Commission of Merchants Union |
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RAVITZKY |
Sheine |
Orphan House Leader |
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RAVNITZKY |
Bentzion |
Tarbut School leader |
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ROSACHOVSKY |
David |
Institution manager |
Member of Jewish council. Member of Trade Bank |
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ROZENKRANTZ |
|
MD |
Director of Urban
Hospital . Born in Warsaw |
|
ROZENSHAIM |
Moishe Aharon |
"Social Help Institute" leader |
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RUDNITZKY |
Freidke |
"Social Help Institute" leader |
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SAPHIRSHTEIN |
Velvel |
Tarbut High school teachers |
Founder of Ha'shomer Ha'tzair in Pruzhany. Member of
the Commission of Orphans Home. Director of the Toz of the Bund. Was born in Kamenietz Litovsk in 1897. Also taught in Hantzevish and
Warsaw. |
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SAPIRSHTEIN |
Abraham (14) and Shaia (8) |
Tarbut High school teachers |
Son of Velvel and Gutel. Murdered in Auschwitz
February 1 1943 |
|
SEGAL |
Chanania |
Synagogue Administrator |
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SEGAL |
Velvel |
"Social Help Institute" leader |
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SEGAL |
Chaike |
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Active member of Orphans Home. Born in 1898 |
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SELETZKY |
Abraham |
MD |
One of first medicine specialists. Renown in the
city and Uyezd. |
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SELETZKY KAPLAN |
Chana |
MD |
Daughter of
Abraham Seletzky |
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SERLIN |
Shloime |
"Tzhiso" Central Jewish School
Organization leader |
Member of the Commission of Artisans Union. Member
of the Commission of Jewish Schools. Member of the Organization Toz of the
Bund. Member of Orphans Home. Born in 1890. Carpenter. Murdered in 1945 in a
Nazi concentration camp. |
|
SHEINFIRER |
|
"Social Help Institute" leader |
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SHRAIBMAN |
Velvel |
Lawyer |
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SHRAIBMAN |
Yoisef |
Lawyer |
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SHRAIBMAN |
Nachum |
Synagogue Administrator |
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SPECTOR |
Zishe |
Institution manager |
Officer of Jewish Trade Bank. |
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STRAICHER Dr. |
Yosef |
Tarbut High school teacher |
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TENENBOIM |
Freidke |
Midwife |
Acted in vocational theater |
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TZAREF-YANOVITSH |
Velie |
General leader |
Wife of Ytzhak Yanovitsh |
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TZUKERMAN |
Ydel |
Leader artisan |
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URIEVITSH |
Abraham |
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Was active in the organizations: Bund, Jewish
Schools, Newspaper "Pruzener Lebn". Murdered in Auschwitz February
2 1943. |
|
URINSKY URIEVITSH |
Yente |
"Tzhiso" Central Jewish School
Organization leader |
Finished High School. Studied pedagogic courses in
Vilna. Worked as teacher in Popular
School Y. L Peretz. Collaborator in
School Commission , in Orphans Home, in Popular Library. Kindergarten
Teacher . As Bundist developed activities in labor movements. In 1939 under
Russian régime was displaced of her librarian activity. Was in the Ghetto.
His husband Zalman is now in New York. She and her two daughters Fume (7) and
Manie (16 months) were eliminated in Auswitch |
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VASER POMERANIETZ |
Rivka |
Tarbut High school teachers |
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YABLON |
Shalom |
Synagogue Administrator |
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YANOVITSH |
Ytzhak |
General leader |
Judenrat President. Was born approximately in 1898.
Merchant. Loved by the population. Murdered together with his wife and two
children in Auschwitz July 2 1943 |
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YANOVITSH |
Michel |
General leader |
President of the "Fund for the Recovery of
Israel" (Keren Ha'yesod) and of Linat Ha'Tzedek (Social Help) |
|
YELSKY |
Leib |
Polish Public School Teacher |
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YUREVITSH |
Shloime |
General leader |
Founder of the Jewish Library. President of this
Library after WWI. Member of the Commission of the Newspaper "Voice of
Pruzhany" (Pruzener Shtime). Founder of the Group Toz of the Bund. Member
of the Commission of Orphans Home. Member of the Commission of Keren
Ha'Yesod. Member of the Kahal among both WW. Member of Judenrat with the
position of "Responsible for Provisions". Was born in 1892. Worked
in Warsaw. Finished the 8 years of High School. Studied didactic courses in
St. Petersburg. Serviced in the army until WWI's end. Was sent by nazis in
the first transport to Auschwitz
February 28, 1943. Got sick during camp work and was sent to camp hospital of which didn't
survive |
|
ZAVELEVSKY |
Zavl |
Institution manager |
Member of Jewish Trade Bank. |
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ZELENIETZKY |
Hilel |
Dentist |
Member of Town council |
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ZELENIETZKY |
Osie |
Polish Public School Teacher |
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