Product Description
by Mark Turkov (Editor), Abraham Mittleberg (Editor)
Translation of the Yizkor or Memorial Book of the Jewish Community of Belchatow, Poland. This book serves as a memorial to this destroyed Jewish Community.
The Original Yizkor Book was published by The Central Federation Of Polish Jews In Argentina Together With The Belchatow Society In Argentina, Brazil, And South America Buenos Aires, 1951.
The editiors of the orginal Yiddish book wrote:
"Our only intention in publishing this Yizkor Book was to give a complete picture of our town -- to show it] as everyone saw it, to show the Belchatower Jews in their pain and in their joy, in their struggles and strivings up to the time of their demise.
With this Yizkor Book we wanted to erect a memorial on the unknown graves of our martyrs and to create an eternal monument to commemorate our town Belchatow."
