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Franziska Exeler (04 Nov 2024): Death and destruction in Dayvd-Haradok.
German crimes, local complicity in the Holocaust, and survivors’ search for justice in a former Polesian shtetl, Holocaust Studies, DOI: 10.1080/17504902.2024.2392314

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David-Horodok Library Committee notebook.

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Business directory from 1929, including craftsmen from the David-Horodok area.

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Memoirs that Zelda Keren wrote for her grandchildren when they reached Bar Mitzvah age, to work on their roots. This version was written in 1986. Courtesy of Sarah Katz, Zelda’s daughter.

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Russian Investigative Committee – from the archives of the Russian Federation.

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Translation from the prosecution file for the murder of the women and children in David-Horodok in the Sept. 10, 1942 Aktion.

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A letter sent to Eretz Yisrael half a year before the outbreak of the war, sent by Yosef Baruchin, written in Hebrew, to his cousin Yisrael Ben Artzi (Baruch Olpiner). The letter contains a lot if information about the political, economic, social situation, etc. The writer of the letter perished in the Holocaust. Submitted by Bracha Tzur, niece of Yosef Baruchin.

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Memoirs of Elazar Ziporin, given by Moshe Ziporin.

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The reprint of the memoirs of Chaim Ziporin ben Simcha ben Moshe-Wolf ben Shmerl Ziporin. Born on December 3,1883 and died on October 19, 1969.

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A historical register of David-Horodok Jews from 1784 including 385 names and translated from Polish to Hebrew. It originates from the archive in Vilna and was passed on to us by Avraham Abish Shur, a researcher and historian of Karlin-Stolin Hassidim.

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A letter sent by the person in charge of the town of David-Horodok to all the villages in the area after seven people were sentenced to death on May 31, 1942. The families were exiled and their property was confiscated. The letter warns the residents that a death sentence awaits anyone who helps the partisans in a similar way. Courtesy of Litman Mor.

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From material in the Brest archive – a request for the expansion of a sawmill by Shalom Pavrotsky and Chaim Baruchin. Courtesy of Amos Baruchin.

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Masha Baruchin’s application for a passport. Courtesy of Amos Baruchin.

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The Baruchin family from the Brest archive. Courtesy of Amos Baruchin.

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Names of people who were murdered in the war in David-Horodok and the surrounding area by the fascists.

(Large file to download. It may take a long time to download).

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Roots trip to the town of our ancestors – David-Horodok in the country of Belarus, 2010. Article: Tamima Idelson, daughter of Motel Dubrovitsky, born in David-Horodok.

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My Town – a roots trip to the town of our ancestors. An article by Nechama Ben Shach–Ben Porat that was published in the magazine Mizchar.

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Personal perspective – Litman Mor

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A letter to Baruch Olpiner from his sister in the town also mentions Shoshana Ladezky who perished in the Holocaust.

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Answer from an archive in Germany and several pages of a report from the days of the murder of Jews in David-Horodok.

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