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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

1906 Bialystok Pogrom: An Article

Additional information, in Russian, can be found in an article written by Alexander Tsyrlin, " Truth and Lie About the Pogrom in Bialystok in 1906".
Part 1
http://www.7kanal.com/article.php3?id=288374

Part 2
http://www.7kanal.com/article.php3?id=288442


Much of the information is based on data from the author, Vladimir Vladimirov, and his book of essays. He is the writer quoted in my blog which can be found at:
http://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2015/10/1906-bialystok-pogrom-victims.html ("1906 Bialystok Pogrom Victims").
Vladimirov was a journalist who "...conducted his own investigation of all events immediately on the heels of recording the testimony of eyewitnesses and survivors of the pogrom, photographing wounded, maimed, killed by the bullets of the soldiers and beaten to death by bandits." Vladimir wanted a trial because "...he obtained the agreement of witnesses to speak in court and hope[d] during the trial to prove the criminal nature of the actions of the troops and deliberate falsehood reports..."

The article offers additional circumstances surrounding attacks on Jews and examples of them during the pogrom, as well as the course of action taken by the government.

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

1906 Bialystok Pogrom: Snapshots of News Reports

1906 BIALYSTOK POGROM: SNAPSHOTS OF NEWS REPORTS


Moscow Chronicle (phone)
“Bialystok, June 1. During the procession unidentified persons fired several shots, was the signal for the appearance of disorder. Several shops smashed, there are dead and wounded. The central streets occupied by troops. You can hear gunfire. Extra arrived Grodno governor.”

     Russkoye Slovo (June 3)

“The pogrom in Bialystok
WARSAW, 2, VI. Arriving from Bialystok convey the horrific details of the pogrom. Smashed and looted more than 200 shops and private residences; completely destroyed whole streets. There are tens of murdered Jews. <...> 
It encourages a lot of Jewish refugees from Bialystok;
 kind of awful; Bialystok stories about the horrors of shocking to the core. 
According to them, the purpose of the pogrom, organized by the police by means of the Black Hundreds, was the whole bloody revenge Belostoksky Jewry for political assassination a few revolutionaries in the ranks of the local police.”

PARIS, 2 (15), VI. Among Russian colony received private telegraphic news from Bialystok, which states that the pogrom was organized beforehand and is only the beginning of a grand epic of the Black Hundreds.


Russkoye Slovo (June 4)

“The pogrom in Bialystok

Grodno, 2, VI of. (Officially). Yesterday in Bialystok peasants defeated the main street of Linden; goods exterminated without robbery.Across the city shooting: Jews are shooting out of the windows, and soldiers fire back. The peasants are fighting with sticks. Troops cordoned off the city and barred from his peasant village. Cavalry has arrived accelerates thugs. The wounded many. The number of dead is comparatively large.
Grodno, 2, VI. In Bialystok, according to the latest reports, none of the clergy of the Orthodox and Catholic confession was hurt and trampled children were not. On June 2 at 12:00. day resumed shooting - many killed. At the station, the mob beat Jewish passengers; were six killed. <...>

Echoes of the pogrom

PETERSBURG, 2, VI. Interior Minister introduced martial law in Bialystok. He sent a member of the Council of Ministers. There also is rumored to have sent two regiments of infantry and a hundred Cossacks.”

            Novoye Vremya

“CABLES

Bialystok, June 5. Today, I am burying 72 dead Jews. Funeral quiet due to fear of new misfortunes. At night, more shots were heard.Residents continue to leave the city masses.”

            Russkoye Slovo (June 6)

The pogrom in Bialystok

BERLIN, 4 (17), VI. The local newspaper published a letter sent on the eve of the Bialystok pogrom. It turns out that a pogrom waiting for the entire population and the authorities, as the governor is definitely threatened pogrom Jewish delegation. Murder of Police Degtyareva entire population attributed to anti-Semite-provocateur bailiff. <...>


            Russkoye Slovo (June 8)

“The foreign press about the Bialystok pogrom

BiaƂystok pogrom aroused unanimous outburst of indignation in the entire European press. Even the most moderate and loyal bureaucracy bodies can not hide his deep indignation. <...>”

Monday, October 26, 2015

Saturday, October 17, 2015

1906 BIALYSTOK POGROM VICTIMS

1906 BIALYSTOK POGROM
(“Studies of Contemporary Executions” Vladimirov)

The Bialystok pogroms occurred  June 1-3, 1906 (old-style calendar, modern dates were June 14-16, 1906).  You can read about the history of the Bialystok Pogrom at:


A LIST OF VICTIMS (of the Bialystok Pogrom)

1. Tsukerman Zimel Gershovich—23 yr., clerk, shot in chest on Alexander St. Jumped out of the window trying to save himself (June 1)

2. Pine (surname unknown)—17 yrs., tanner, shot & killed in the attic of the Poleshchuk plant

3. Bachrach Isaac Abramov—22 yr., shot 8 times and murdered in the attic of the Poleshchuk plant

4. Furman Shlema Meyerovich—20 yr., tanner, shot through the heart & killed in the attic of Poleshchuk plant

5. Gvirtsman Itskhok—35 yr., tanner, rifle bullet through the heart

6. Zemnick Yitzchak—25 yr., tanner, killed in the Pleschuka plant attic by a bullet through the chest & abdomen

7. Kustin Movsha—21 yr., tanner, killed in the Poleshchuk factory attic by a bullet in the chest, bayonet stabs in his side, & a butt to his head

8. Lapidus Aaron—18 yr., student commercial school, killed on Alexander St. from blows to head & face

AARON LAPIDUS

9. Lapidus Max—22yr. killed on Alexander St. blows to head & face

10. Lapidus Blyum—19 yr. killed on Alexander St. from deep hammer wounds to head  (June 1)

11. Aynshteyn Leizer—45 yr. calligraphy teacher, shot & killed (bullet to the chest—June 2)

12. Aynshteyn Sheyna—40 yr. (Leizer’’s wife) Killed by the boyars

13. Aynshteyn Rahmiel—21 yr. (son of Leizer & Sheyna), killed by rifle wound of stomach

14. Aynshteyn Shmuel 18 yr.,  (son of Leizer & Sheyna)-- killed by boyars

15. Aynshteyn Sonya—18 yr., (daughter of Leizer & Sheyna), killed by boyars



AYNSHTEYN FAMILY



16. Lervashovsky Itskhok—18 yr. , carpenter from Volkovyska [Belarus], skull crushed, teeth knocked out, jaw broken

17. Gutkin Berelevna—10 yr. gunshot wound, leg severed with an ax

18. Moiseyevich Yitzkhok—30 yr., mason, killed at train station (June 2)

19. Pruzhansky Shlema—42 yr., shoemaker, shot by boyars

SHLEMA PRUZHANSKY

20. Grodzinskaya Sora Izraelena—19 yr. killed in a bread shop on Institutska St. by blows to head (June 1)

21. Berenshteyn Abram Gershovich—47 yr., shopkeeper

22. Basen Markel—a tailor, killed on Argentina (June 3)

23. Khmelnitsky Falk Volfovich—28 yr., son of the head of Bialystok Jewish Hospital, beaten on Alexander St. on head & face (June 1)

24. Novik Yankel—34 yr., gunshot wound; throat slit

25. Levin Yankel—52 yr., shot & killed by boyars

26. Krendlyansky Mordkhe—60 yr., shot & killed at St. Nicholas Street (June 2)

27. Kvalovsky David Khonovich—15 yr., hatter/capper,  shot & killed on Bazaar St. (June 3, morning)

28. Segal Leyb—48 yr., worker, killed in the Aronson house on Alexander St. (June 1, morning)

29. Segal Chaya-Pesha (Leyb’s wife)—40 yr. also murdered there.

30. Zakgeym Sender Davidov—10 yr., shot & killed on Argentina (June 2, morning)

31. Nayfald Abram—65 yr., from Vengrova, Siedlce Prov., killed on Bazaar St. in the Luxembourg home by rifle bullet to the chest

32. Kats Abram—50 yr., kerosene trader, killed on Mykolaev St. ( June 2)

33. Ilevich Iosel—45 yr., compositor, killed on Peschanoy St. (June 3)

34. Novik Sholem Aron—28 yr., tanner from Krynsk, killed on Nicholas St. (June 2)

35. Shlyakhter Zlata—50 yr., died from hatchet wound to face (June 2)

36. Shlyakhter Khain—16 yr., (son of Zlata), died of bullet wound in stomach

37. Simkha (surname unknown)—24 yr., from Porozovo (killed June 2)

38. Sapir Itska—17 yr., baker, shot in the stomach in the Preysa home on St. Nicholas

39. Levin Mordkhe Leyzerov—38 yr., butcher, from Zabludovo, killed by a blow to head in the evening at the station, having arrived from Brest (June 2)

40. Sroel (surname unknown)—2 yr., strangled

41. Hanayki 2nd (??) (first & surname unknown—was he from the Hanayki Jewish district?)—4yr. old boy, shot in chest.

42. Ginzbkurg Blyuma—25 yr., shot in the chest & killed, Hanayki (June 2)

43. Kleynberg Rakhil Yakovlevna—50 yr. Lipovaya St., General Frizesa dist. (?), shot in the chest & killed (June 2, morning)

44. Itsko (unknown surname)—30 yr., barber, shot in the chest.

45. Tsalevich Shmuyel—60 yr.,  Shot

46. Berel Pat—20 yr., skull crushed (Alleynaya [??])

47. Kleyngold (female)—30 yrs., head wound (merchant, 1st guild?? Or is it a street name?: “Kupech.” 1st/(“ĐšŃƒĐżĐ”Ń‡. 1-ĐłĐŸ”)

48. Mendel (unknown surname)—35 yr., peddler, (Hanayki, Zagorodnaya) (June 2)

49. Sshitsky Shlema –30 yr., paramedic at  Bialystok Jewish Hospital, killed on Alexander St. Head & face wounds.

50. Freydkin Khaim Leyb—51 yr.,  head wound, Alexander St.

51. Isaak (unknown surname)—35 yr., from Sokolok (Sokoluk??), deep knife wound to chest, on his way to Choroszcz the third night.

52. Schvarts Abram—24 yr.,  chest wound

53. Pande Zorakh—17 yr., tanner, Killed in Gepner sawmill by bullet to chest

ZORAKH PANDE

54. Tviruky Leyba—35 yr., bullet wound in abdomen, on Yevreyskaya/Jewish St.

55. Suravich Yakov—bullet wound to chest

56. Unknown—cobbler, lived on Shkolnoy/School St. Shot in the head

57. Unidentified man—25 yr., Chest wound

58. Unidentified woman—35 yr., Chest wound

59. Unidentified man—40 yr., shot through the neck

60. Unidentified man—22 yr. shot in the abdomen

61. Unidentified man—30 yr. crushed skull

62. Unknown—60 yr. shot in the chest

63. Mazur Leyb—killed at the Poleshchuk plant

64. Ravitsky Itsko

65. Medel (unknown surname), match peddler, shot & killed on Kupech St. (June 1)

66. Pat (woman)

67. Vayntsiyer/Vayntsier Meyer—40 yr., shot (June1)

68. Bel Markus

69. Shapiro Khaim

70. Zalmen (unknown surname)—carpenter

71. Loshak Khaim

72. Tvorkovsky Iozl—28 yr., Shot in abdomen on Nikolaev St. Gepner home (sawmill) (June 3)

73. Shmukler Mordkhe—17 yr. shot in abdomen, back & side on Nikolaev St, home of Gepner (sawmill) (June2)

74. Nevyazhsky Berel

75. Nevidovsky Abram Itskhok

76. Bryansky Meyshe-Simkhe…Tauba Kats—a pile of charred human bones—died in a fire on Nikolaev St. Gepner home (sawmill) (June 3)

77. Makhay Abram—24 yr., Shot & died of wounds

ABRAM MAKHAY

Thursday, October 15, 2015

1723/1724-1811 Bohemia: Census Lists of Jews

1723/1724-1811 CENSUS LISTS OF JEWS IN BOHEMIA

The inventories can be found at: http://pvh.ff.cuni.cz/soupisy.htm
These are registers of Jewish families in PrĂĄchen, Beroun, and TĂĄbor districts in Bohemia, presently, Cechy, Czech Republic. Includes name and place indexes.


Tuesday, October 13, 2015

1782-1868 VIENNA: JEWISH CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY


1782-1868 VIENNA: JEWISH CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY
(“Judische Konvertiten in Wien 1782-1862”, Anna L. Staudacher)

pp 17, 19-20, 21-24, 26-27, 29-31, 35- 83-97
A partial listing of names (including DOB, place of birth, occupaton, etc.), beginning on page 15, is available online via Google Books, at:



Sunday, October 11, 2015

1901 MERCHANTS: BENDER

1901 MERCHANTS: BENDER
(from Klyachkin Handbook)

This is a short list of those individuals who may have been Jewish merchants as of January 1901.





BENDER
Manufacturing:
Bender Z.
Bukh  Kh.
Veynberg/Weinberg D.
Goldfarb I.
Goldfarb M.I.
Perelman E.
Polonsky A.
Shmukayer Sh.

Haberdashery:
Burda Br.
Gitlis O.
Guralnik Kh. Yu.
Inks Sh.
Kaumansky NL
Moldavsky G.
Nisenbaum IS
Rozenberg I.

Groceries:
Vershadsky I. P.
Volovsts Z.
Gilbert E.
Gingis M.
Goldfarb M.D.
Grinbarg E.N.
Dimant I.L.
Imas V.S.
Kreposter L.M.
Kushinr A.N.
Reznik B.
Reznik S. Sh.

Saturday, October 10, 2015

HORN (AUSTRIA) JEWISH CULTURAL COMMUNITY

HORN (AUSTRIA) JEWISH COMMUNITY

A directory of members of the Jewish Cultural Community in the Horn and Oberhollabrunn Districts can be found at (the site is in German):

pp. 159-229

The list, based in part on Register books of the IKG Horn & the Noela Directory, includes:
Date of Birth
Country of Origin
Parents & Spouses
Last Known Home Address
Deportation
Date of Death

Most of those who died prior to 1938 were buried in the Horn Cemetery; exceptions were cited in the “Comment”s.

A short list of rabbis can be found beginning on p. 25

Friday, October 9, 2015

1906 VILNA: 2ND PRECINCT VOTERS LIST (#4A)

1906 VILNA: 2nd PRECINCT VOTERS LIST (#4A)
(1906 Vilna: Those With the Right to Vote in the State Duma Election)

This is only a partial list of names beginning with “B”. Any errors or omissions are mine alone.


VOTERS’ LAST NAMES
FIRST & PATRONYMIC NAMES
i. 8

Babash
Borukh Yudelevich
Baver
Sholom Movshovich
Badakovsky
Izrail Nokhimovich
Bakshta
Yankel Zelmanovich
Baltin
Moisey Leybovich
Baltupsky
 Ovsey Nokhumovich
Balbrinsky
Tsalko Mendelevich
Baltekaklis
Abram
Baltuspky
Ovsey Mikhaylyuvich
Balshem
Iosef Ayznkovich
Bankovsky
Moisey Aleksandrovich
Baranovsky
David Vulfovich
i. 9

Baranovsky
Iosel Davidovich

Fayvu*  Leybovich
Baran
Vulf Khaimovich-Berkovich
Gerts Kivelevich

Zakhar Lipmanovich
Mordukh Girshovich
Barevich
Samuil Taykhelevich
Barik
Iosel Movshovich
Barilko
Nosel Vigdorovich
Barit
Abel Sholomovich
Barishnik
Sholom Yankelevich
Yankel Girshovich
Barlishov
Meyer Faivushovnich
Basel
Mikhel Davidovich
Basist
Abram Bentselevich
Bass
Khaim-Yusel Zelmanovich
Bostonsky
Berel Yudelevich
Bastomsky
Venyamin Yudelevich
Izrail Yudelevich
Buyer
Tsalko Khaimovich
Bashist
Abram
i. 10

Begak
Shmuel Mordukhovich
Yankel Mordukhovich
Bezprozvaniya
Aron Kopelevich
Bezprozvanny
Yankel Abramovich
Beker
Iosel Nokhimovich
Semen Moiseyevich
Movsha Abramovich
Semen Moiseyevich
Shlyuma Khononovich
Bekker
Gerts Gertsovich
Bek
Ayshel Ioselevich
Girsh Yuselevich
Girsha Shimelevich
Bengis
Movsha Shmuyelevich
Bendel
Abram-Movsha Yankel-Khatskelevich
Benner
Shmuyel Movshovich
Bensky
Izrail Movshovich
Leyba Movshovich
Leyzer Meyerovich
Benkovich
Itsko Davidovich
Berger
Simcha Movshevich
Berenshteyn
Gavriil Berkovich
Berkman
Natan Davidovich
Nosel Davidovich
Samuil Shlyumovich
Mikhail Vulfovich
Berkovich
Abram Abramovich
Zorakh Leybovich
Khaim Yuakimovich
Zelman Khonovich
Berlin
Zelman Khonovich
Bernadik
Khaim-Shmuyel Itskovich
i. 11

Bernshteyn
David Shimelevich
Izrail Izrailevich
Kalman Gitelevich
Itskovich Izrailevich
Bertanovky
Shmuylo Leyzerovich
Ber
Yankel Orelevich
Beskin
Meyer Yuselevich
Nokhim Berkovich
Betilbeker
Abram Sholomovich
Beygel
Movsha Itskovich
Beykenshtadt
Girsh Rafailovich
Beyrak
Lipman
Beyrakh
Movsha Rubinovich
Binkovich
Elyash Yevelevich
Birzhovich
Shmuyel Leyzerovich
Birzhovsky
Ovsey Peysakhovich
Birzovich
Abram-Berko Leyzerovich
Birtun
Ovsey Vulfovich
Blat
Leyzer Khaim Meyerovich
Blakhman
Girsh Notelevich
Blekher
Izrail Meyerovich
Blinder
Zelman Shmuylovich