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in the Memorial Book of Mir - Sefer Mir |
Our thanks to Israel Shifron, chairman of the Mir landsmanschaft, for permission to put this material on the Mir web site. With great appreciation to Eli Beane, Israel Shifron, Aza Hadas and others who translated these captions to make the story of Mir accessable to many more people. We hope that others will provide translations of photo captions from other pages, additions and corrections. (Please contact me if you can help.) These translations are from the Mir, Belarus: Sefer Mir (Memorial book of Mir), Editors: N. Blumenthal, Jerusalem, The Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora, 1962 (H,Y,E, 768 pages) Digital images of all the pages and photographs referred to can be seen at https://archive.org/details/nybc313894/mode/2up?view=theater |
page or column | Photo Caption (comments) |
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title page | Books of Memorial of Diaspora Communities, The Mir Book, (by the Organization of Olim (Immigrants) from Mir, Edited by N. Blumenthal, photo-Yeshivat Mir - The Mirer Yeshiva (Yiddish), Published by the "Encyclopedia of the Diasporas", Jerusalem |
back of title page | Stamped: New York Public Library, Astor Lenox and Tilden
Foundations; |
29-30 | The sight of the town from afar (panoramic) |
31-32 | The market - Der Mark |
33-34 | The palace - der schloss |
35-36 | "The castle and the bridge"- Der Shlaas un dee breack. |
37-38 | The Cold Synagogue-Children outside Shul |
39-40 | The scenery of town |
63 | Rabbi Yomtov Lipman haCohen Baslavski ___ |
67 | |
78 | Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Hersh Kamai ____ |
89-90 | Market in Mir |
99-100 | Mir Yeshiva |
101-102 | Yeshiva of Mir - Class of 1932 |
103-104 | Mourning at the funeral of a Yeshiva student |
105-106 | Funeral of Rabbi Yeruchemi Levovitz ____ |
108 | Gaon Rabbi Avraham Tiktinsky |
112 | Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel |
115 | Rabbi Chaim Leib Tiktinsky |
127 | Rabbi Yeruchom Levovitz |
139-140 | A group of old men in Mir |
145-146 | White Yesheva in Sholhoyf (?) |
149-150 | Vilna Street |
151-152 | Zokhavitz Street |
157-158 | Drama class 1908-1910 |
169-170 | Demonstration during the Revolution of 1917 |
171-172 | Union of Hashomer Hatz'eer 1924. Shimshon group - Golda Pasmanik, Tybeh Zukhvithky, Bayla Dobryn, Slata Mirnker, Tzipa Kostravinsky, Tzvia Pecker, Mina Greenburg, Brendl Rattner, Ita Pasmanik, Rivka Charcha. |
173-174 top |
Ha'Shomer Ha'Tzair - 1924 farewell party for A. Kastrovitsky front (sitting): Chaim Harkavy, Chaim Greenovitz, Avraham Kastrovitsky, Asher Brynovitz back: Yosha Schwartz, Lipa Dayder, Gittel Zablitsky, Israel Tzvik |
173-174 bottom |
Steering Committee 1918 : Poaaleyzion (Workers of Zion) with two soldiers from the Russian Army. in the center - B. Damshek among the sitting - Libersesky, Yosef Krinovitz, Tzinkin, Moshe Ginsburg |
175-176 | |
177-178 | |
179-180 | |
183 | |
185-186 | Renewed school, summer session |
187-188 | |
190 top | Schmuel the water carrier |
189-190 bottom |
Union of Glory of the Religious Young Men Sending away party for aliyah of Shimon Katz |
191-192 | |
193-194 | |
195-196 | |
195-196 bottom |
Henya Pecker gotes to Eretz Israel |
205-206 | This is the market place. (The first building on the left is a pharmacy. It belonged to the Chaimovitz family.) |
213-214 | A group of teachers and others active in the folk school. 1929.
(School founded in 1917.) Seating from the right, Giliat, Rivka Kremer, Ester Bernak, Zvia Peker, Feigel Kopelevitz, Moshe Kaminar, Elka Ressel, Pikus, Simcha Resnik* & Leiser Grande. (*Resnik was chairman of the Mir Landsmen in Israel for many years.) |
215-216 top |
Renewed school 1936 Teacher - Pincus in center |
215-216 bottom |
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217-218 top |
Elementary School in center staff of teachers with Yosef Kaplan |
217-218 bottom |
The school Standing in back - educators B. Pincus, Yakov Kaplan, Dr. Skevirsky, Meldel Tabachnik |
219-220 top |
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219-220 bottom |
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221 | |
223-224 top |
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223-224 bottom |
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225-226 top |
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225-226 |
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547-8 | Mirer Dramatic Circle 1930 The names are starting from back row, R to L: Row 1- M. Pigorelsky, H. Harchavi, S. Stoloritzky, Miranker, M. Poznik, Tz. Packer, Z. Abaranok, Row 2 - R. Pogorelsky, M. Kaminer, F. Kopelowitz (Kupilevich), N.A. Harkavi, Matotshevsky, G. Zablotsky, Row 3 - R. Kaminer, S. Reznik |
Note: Some information in parentheses has been added by the translator and is based on personal knowledge. |
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