November 19, 2015, Oral History Project, Alan Bernstein
The Felshtin Society began its Oral History Project in October, 2015 in order to better understand how the the events surrounding the pogrom of 1919 may have impacted successive generations. Each video is a first generation’s recollection of the development of their family and how they faced the challenges of acculturation in a new place. The Society’s plan is to study the histories and present significant findings at our centennial memorial to be held in New York, April, 2019.
By Michael Nevins, M.D. Pre-1900 Felshtin A Russian almanac written in 1865 describes Felshtin as being near the origin of the Smotrich River, 22 versts from Proskurov. During the … Continue reading A Short History of Felshtin →
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The settlement of Felshtin is closely connected with a Herbut family of Czech origin that moved to Podolia from the Polish town of Slask in the second half of … Continue reading History of the Cathedral in Felshtin →
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by Tova Perlshtein Tova Perlshtein was born in Kupel, Ukraine in 1912 to Frieda and Baruch Rudman. She escaped the Holocaust because she was sentenced to 20 years labor … Continue reading After the Pogrom →
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By Dr. Michael Nevins Polina Shvartz Lerner was born in Felshtin in 1947, the last Jew born in the shtetl. Her maternal grandfather, Sruel Modick, had been killed by … Continue reading Felshtin’s Last Jew →
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Etya Remembers Testimony of Etya Tsalevich, former prisoner of the German extermination camp in the city of Proskurov (Khmelnitskiy), Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
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The Slaughter of Jews in the Ukraine in 1919 By Elias Heifetz The following is an excerpt of a report by Elias Heifetz, Chairman, All Ukrainian Relief Committee … Continue reading The Felshtin Pogrom →
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by Michael Nevins, M.D. I first heard the name Henry Torrès when I was doing background reading to put the Felshtin pogrom into some historical context. In Prof. … Continue reading Henry Torrès, Defender of Jewish Assassins →
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