I think it is a mistake to assume that all these people were Lubavitchers or even chasidim — all these towns had mixed populations of chasidim and misnagdim, who spoke the same language (in more sense than one) and even married each other.
very poignant images. yes, hard to shake the thought that few of these people would likely survive the summer of 1941 — for the Jews of small Belorussian shetelach there was no running away (aka "evacuation"), no ghettos, nor even concentration camps that still offered a tiny glimmer of hope to outlive the horror. just ditches in the woods and machine-gun fire.
I knew a few, one was my closest friend. One was Grisha, my classmate. I don't think it is the same Grisha. The name comes from Kilmovichi near Mogilev and it is rather common.
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I think it is a mistake to assume that all these people were Lubavitchers or even chasidim — all these towns had mixed populations of chasidim and misnagdim, who spoke the same language (in more sense than one) and even married each other.
That’s a very good point. I will correct
very poignant images. yes, hard to shake the thought that few of these people would likely survive the summer of 1941 — for the Jews of small Belorussian shetelach there was no running away (aka "evacuation"), no ghettos, nor even concentration camps that still offered a tiny glimmer of hope to outlive the horror. just ditches in the woods and machine-gun fire.
Beautiful pictures. You can see the same faces where I live...mutatis mutandis.
Also a fewin the FREE shul in Crown Heights.
Ever meet Grisha Klimovitskiy?
I knew a few, one was my closest friend. One was Grisha, my classmate. I don't think it is the same Grisha. The name comes from Kilmovichi near Mogilev and it is rather common.
A shokhet from Leningrad
All Klymovitzkys I know are from Moscow. From my class, actually. People in FREE, after my days there, after the 80s.