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Index to The Kalish Book for surnames M to R

The Kalish Book relates to Kalisz in Poland located at 51°45' N, 18°5' E
It is 95 km (59 mi) W of Lodz. 

The book was edited by I. M. Lask and published in Tel Aviv 1968
by  The Societies of Former Residents of Kalish and the Vicinity in Israel and the USA
It is an English version of Sefer Kalish,  published in Tel Aviv in two volumes 1964 & 1968.

For information on finding a library which has a copy of the book, refer to 

the Jewishgen Yizkor Book Database  ( do a search for Kalish "town -exact spelling" )

The index contains the names (in alphabetical sequence) of 1,075 Jewish people mentioned in The Kalish Book, together with the names of six non-Jews who, at great danger to themselves, helped Jews to escape from the Germans during the Holocaust.

A number of assumptions have been made for the purpose of producing the index.
 1. For the early days, before Jews had surnames, all names have been regarded as forenames.  The dividing line is by no means clear, and not all assumptions will have been correct.

2. Many names are not given in full and spellings are not always consistent, even when it is clear from the context that the same person is meant.  There may, therefore, be multiple entries for the same person or, more rarely, several people may have been combined in one entry.

3. The maiden names of married women are seldom given, so the names given in the text are used. 

4. Very few birth dates are given in the book, so dates have been very broadly estimated from the context.  Attempts have been made to distinguish the generations, but these may not always have been successful.

The index was produced by David W. of London, England in 1993

This alphabetical index is divided up by letters of the alphabet.  Choose which part you want to see by clicking the appropriate text below
 
Surnames up to C Surnames D to L
Surnames M to R Surnames S to Z

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The index is also available as downloadable files in either chronological or alphabetical sequence.

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Surname Forenames Date of Birth Notes Page
M M c.1890 Author of section - The Budgetary Session of the Kehilla Council, 1930. Reprinted 140
from Dos Kalisher Leben 28 Feb 1930
Majzner S c.1880 Advertiser in newspaper - Kalisher Leben 175
Makower Nota c.1850 Beer-shop proprietor. Former embroiderer 119
Makowski Henryk c.1880 Advertiser in newspaper - Kalisher Leben 174
Makowsky L c.1910 Contributor to section - The Jewish Political Parties. Describes the "Yugend" 126, 241
Youth Section of the Left Poale Zion. Collected material for the Kalish Book
Mamlock A J c.1880 Editor of Kalisher Leben. Weekly. Published until Second World War. Under Agudat 110
Israel influence
Mamlock I c.1880 Journalist and editor of Dos Kalisher Leben 135
Mamlock Joseph c.1890 A patron in Kalish of the Society of Immigrants from Kalish for Mutual Assistance. 222, 223
Member of the Kehilla of Kalish in 1946. Arranged for ritual and religious objects
to be sent to Kalish in 1946
Mamlock Leizer c.1750 Had communal levy of 240 thalers taken from him in 1812 43
Mamlok Isaiah c.1770 Wholesaler in 1808 38
Mamlok Katriel c.1870 Head of the Etz Hayyim Yeshiva 101
Mamrot Maurici c.1830 Curator of the Hospital 146
Mamroth Ludwig c.1790 Banker. Married the daughter of Joseph Redlich and opened a successful bank with M 46, 51,
Landau. In 1830 his property was assesed at 130,000 gulden. In 1822 obtained a 52, 146,
permit for a Jewish school, not built because of the opposition of Rabbi M E 147
Ashkenazi. Chairman of the Hospital Committee. From 1829 collected for a new
hospital of 20 beds, which opened in February 1837. Succeeded in opening a school
in July 1862. Died shortly after.
Mansfeld Israel c.1900 Member of the United Distribution Committee for Aid Funds from America c.1935 238
Mansfeld Lipman c.1880 Member of the Kehilla Council - 1936 144
Mansfield Mendel (Milton ?) c.1900 A founder of the Non-partisan Kalish Relief in USA in 1934 237, 238,
240
Marcus Jacob c.1660 Merchant. Visited Leipzig Fair regularly 21
Margolis Ezekiel Joseph c.1910 Member of the Organisation of Kalish District Landsleit in Australia 247
Margolis Shalom c.1910 Member of the Organisation of Kalish District Landsleit in Australia 247(P)
Margolis Shmuel c.1910 Joint first editor of the Year-book of the Non-partisan Kalish Relief in USA in 240
1942
Margulies Leon c.1880 Secretary of the Kehilla Council - 1930. Died 1931 140, 163
Margulis Lola c.1910 Nurse at the Jewish Hospital in late 1939 253
Mark B c.1910 Gave account of the activities of Rivka and Vera Shurek in the Bialystock Ghetto 317
Markovitch Shaia c.1890 Secretary of the Society of Transport Workers c. 1935 238
Markowski Gustav c.1880 Deputy member of the Kehilla Council - 1936 144
Maroko Meir c.1910 Member of the Forest Committee in 1952. Secretary of the Kalish House Committee in 224, 226
1955
Maroko Shoshana c.1900 Member of the Ladies Committee which re-activated the Society of Immigrants from 223, 224,
Kalish for Mutual Assistance in 1945. Co-opted to the main committee in 1946. 226
Collector for the Memorial Forest in 1952. An Israeli founder of Kalish House in
1955
Matusak c.1900 Manager of the Bund Amateur Theatre Circle 216
Mayer Jonah c.1740 Physician. Head of the community in 1793 33, 34
Median Nahum c.1910 Member of the Publication Committee in U.S.A. Member of the Executive of the Non- 6, 241,
(Medien) partisan Kalish Relief in USA in 1967 247(P),
(Medina) 329(P)
Meiner Max c.1880 A founder in USA of the Kalish Progressive Young Men's Society in 1904 and the 244, 245
General Relief Committee for the Kalish Poor. A founder of the Kalisher
Independent Society in USA in c.1937. Active in 1967
Meir Mordechai c.1860 Water-carrier 195
Meisner G c.1910 A founder of the Kalisher un Umgegent Landsmanschaft fon Nei-Gekumene in 1951 246
Meisner Isaac c.1870 Member of the New Synagogue (the German Synagogue) in 1912. Local magnate 102
Meizner c.1850 Industrialist. Founder of an embroidery factory in Kalish. Placed a hall at the 73, 138
disposal of Turn un Sports Verein in 1911
Meizner c.1910 Joined the Audit Committee of the Kalish Landsleit Organisation in Haifa in 1950. 231
Menahemai M c.1860 Author of section - A Pogrom in 5638 (Another Version) 106
Mera c.1890 Market-trader. Lightly wounded in attacks of 1931 180
Merantz c.1880 Music lover. Helped to found mixed (secular) choirs 103
Messer Feivish c.1890 Market-trader. Stabbed in attacks of 1931 179
Messer Gershon c.1900 Member of the choir of the New Synagogue (the German Synagogue) in 1912. Soprano 102
Mickiewicz Adam 1798 Public Library named after him 10
Miedzinsky A c.1910 Member of the Forest Committee in USA in 1953 241
Milgrom Abraham c.1910 Author of section - Kalish in May 1962 288
Milner Joseph c.1910 Author of section - Kalish as a Family Name 108
Mintz L c.1910 Member of the Committee of the Kalisher Un Umgegent Landsmanschaft Fun Nei Gekume 246
Mitz Luzer c.1880 Member of the Judenrat (Jewish Council) in Kalish in late 1939 251
Monish c.1660 Family opened a Hebrew press for Shabtai Meshorer Bass 109
Mordechai Abraham c.1850 Rebbe of Gur. Established the Agudat Israel 91
Morgenstern c.1850 Rabbi and Dayan. Shot by the Germans in 1914 96
Morgenstern Alexander c.1800 Physician. Polish Nationalist 48
Morgenstern Michael c.1770 Physician. In 1835 wrote a disturbing report on medical and epidemiological 48, 51,
conditions in the congested Jewish Quarter. With the help of Ludwig Mamroth 145
founded a new hospital of 20 beds in February 1837
Morris Walter c.1900 Member of the Forest Committee in USA 224
Moscovitch c.1890 Market-trader. Leg broken in attacks of 1931 180
Moscowitch Hela c.1890 Rebellious inmate of the Judenlager in Borhagen-Kozminek in 1942. Killed 268
Moses Alexander c.1850 Crippled son of Rabbi Welvel Moses 201
Ziskind
Moses Welvel c.1820 Rabbi. Father of Alexander Zoiskind Moses 201
Moshe Joseph c.1750 From Dzialoszyn. Shtadlan (mediator). A representative of the Jews of Kalish in 40
1811
Moskovitch S c.1910 Member of the Organisation of Kalish District Landsleit in Australia 247(P)
Moskowitch Moshe c.1910 Soldier. Returned prisoner-of-war in 1940 256
Mozes Velvel c.1850 Rabbi. Member of the Contributing Committee of the Yeshiva of the Sages of Lublin 90, 101
Mueller c.1810 Established the weaving industry in the neighbouring Turek 73
Naparstek Haim Mendel c.1900 Member of the Central Committee. Collector for the Memorial Forest in 1952. An 223, 224,
Israeli founder of Kalish House in 1955 226
Neiman c.1870 Barber-surgeon. Ran barber shop and extracted teeth in the Judenlager in 1940 257
Neimann c.1910 Tailor. Family worked in the tailors' workshop in the Arbeitslager in 1941 260
Neparstek Neha c.1900 Collector for the Memorial Forest in 1952. An Israeli founder of Kalish House in 224, 226
1955
Neugarten D c.1900 Manager of the Poalei Zion Amateur Theatre Group. Stage Manager of the Comet 216, 217
Amateur Little Theatre
Neugarten Z c.1900 Actor in the Comet Amateur Little Theatre 1925 - 1927 217
Neugarten Z c.1900 Actor at the Comet Amateur Little Theatre 1925 - 1927 217
Neuhaus c.1910 Hassid 266
Neuhaus Dov c.1890 Chairman of the Society of Artizans in Poland, Kalish Branch c.1935 237
Neuman c.1890 Orderly at the Talmud Torah extension to the Jewish hospital in late 1939 254
Neuman Pabek c.1890 Doctor. Frequenter of Udzialowa cafe. 205
Neuman Zygmunt c.1880 Lawyer. Frequenter of Udzialowa cafe 204
Nissenbaum Yitzhak c.1900 Actor at the Comet Amateur Little Theatre 1925 - 1927. Member of the Council of 217,
the Tel Aviv Organisation of Kalish and District Landsleit 228(P)
Nomberg Hella c.1890 Helper at the Talmud Torah extension to the Jewish hospital in late 1939 254
Nordau Max 1849 Descended from the Monish family 109
Nowak c.1880 Miller. Frequenter of Udzialowa cafe 204
Oder Isaac c.1880 Chairman of the Kehilla Council - 1930 and Member - 1936 140, 144
Okladek Janet (Jennie) c.1910 Member of the Executive of the Non-partisan Kalish Relief Committee in USA in 1967 240, 241,
(Okladeck) (Jeanette) 247(P)
Okladek Samuel c.1910 Financial Secretary of the Publication Committee in U.S.A. Financial Secretary of 6, 240,
(Okladeck) the Non-partisan Kalish Relief Committee in USA in 1967. Member of the Forest 241,
Committee in USA in 1953 247(P),
329(P)
Okonowsky H c.1910 Member of the Non-partisan Kalish Relief in USA in 1945 238, 240
Opas (Ofas) c.1910 Tailor. Worker in the tailors' workshop in the Arbeitslager in 1941 256, 260
Opochinska c.1890 Helper at the Jewish Hospital in late 1939 with her daughter 253
Oppenheim Eliezer c.1850 Owner of timber store 200
Oppenheim Heniek c.1890 Frequenter of Cafe George 205
Oppenheim Marina c.1890 Frequenter of Cafe George. Wife of Mottek Oppenheim. Maiden name Temkin 205
Oppenheim Mottek c.1890 Frequenter of Cafe George. Husband of Marina Temkin 205
Ornstein Samson c.1850 Chief Rabbi of Kalish at the beginning of the 20th century. A great scholar 121
Oscar Sam c.1900 A founder of the Non-partisan Kalish Relief in USA in 1934 237, 240
Osiakowski Jakob c.1880 Advertiser in newspaper - Kalisher Leben 175
Packentraeger Meir c.1910 Author of sections - Cultural Life, The New Year, My Eyes Perceive You. 135, 194,
(Packentreger) Contributor to Kalisher Leben 198
Palach H c.1890 Spoke on behalf of Hehalutz Hamerkazi at the Lag Ba'Omer march 210
Pancher Joel c.1850 Worker in Leib Hayyim's factory 119
Parzenczewski c.1910 Joined the Committee of the Kalish Landsleit Organisation in Haifa in 1950. 231
Parzenczewski Shlomo Kalman c.1850 Allocated the order by which the congregation are summoned to the reading of the 201
Torah and said the relevant blessings
Pawelska c.1890 Not Jewish. Hid Dr Moshe Gross in 1942 and aided his escape 272
Pawelski Antoni c.1890 Not Jewish. Hid Dr Moshe Gross in 1942 and aided his escape 271, 272,
273
Pazanowski c.1870 Owned shop selling second-hand clothes 208
Peretz Simeon c.1770 Wholesaler in 1808 38
Perkal Joseph c.1880 Lawyer. Frequenter of Udzialowa cafe. Chairman of the Society for Craftsmanship 204, 238,
and Farming among Jews c.1935. Member of the Judenrat (Jewish Council) in Kalish 251
in late 1939
Perle David c.1870 Member of the Contributing Committee of the Yeshiva of the Sages of Lublin 101
Perle Frania c.1910 Member of the Kalisher Non-partisan Relief Committee in 1967 247(P)
Perle Hayyim c.1880 Chairman of the Market Travellers Section of the Small Merchants' Society c.1935 144, 169,
Member of the United Distribution Committee for Aid Funds from America c.1935. 238
Member of the Society for Craftsmanship and Farming among Jews c.1935
Perle Mordechai Isaiah c.1880 Deputy member of the Kehilla Council - 1936 144
Perle Noah c.1910 Member of the Non-partisan Kalish Relief in USA. 240
Perlstein S c.1890 Member of the Society for Craftsmanship and Farming among Jews c.1935 238
Piedzanek S c.1910 Member of the Non-partisan Kalish Relief in USA. Member of the Forest Committee in 240, 241
(Piedshank) USA in 1953
Pile Isadore c.1910 President of the Kalisher Bruder Ferein in 1953 241, 243
Pilz Berel c.1910 Tailor. Worker in the tailors' workshop in the Arbeitslager in 1941 260
Pinczewski S c.1910 Author of section - Rowing Club K.W.30 139
Pinczewski Stephan c.1880 Engineer. Frequenter of Udzialowa cafe 204
Pins Hatzkel c.1850 Worker in Leib Hayyim's factory 119
Piotrkowski c.1910 Member of the committee of the Hapoel Sports Club founded in 1933-34 137
Piotrkowski c.1910 Member of the Committee of Kalish Landsleit in Jerusalem 229
Platek Joel c.1840 199
Plotsky c.1880 Doctor. Frequenter of Udzialowa cafe. Doctor at the Jewish Hospital in late 1939 205, 253
(Plotski)
Podaretski Itshe c.1900 Carried Rabbi Ezekiel Liebshitz home after heart attack 99
Poiker Feivish c.1840 199
Poporetz Shlomo c.1910 Leader of the Bund in Bialystock in 1939-1943 303
Poznanski Alexander c.1890 Author of section - We Are Taking Steps. Reprinted from Kalisher Leben 13 Nov 205, 238
1936. Member of the Society for Craftsmanship and Farming among Jews c.1935
Poznanski Olek c.1890 Frequenter of Cafe George 205
Prager J c.1880 Lawyer. Frequenter of Udzialowa cafe 204
Prashker Becky c.1910 Member of the Non-partisan Kalish Relief in USA in 1945 238
Prashker Golda c.1910 Hosted a meeting to found Kalish House in Israel 240
Prashker Jay c.1880 A founder of the Kalisher Progressive Young Men's Society in USA in 1904 244
Prashker Sam c.1910 Hosted a meeting to found Kalish House in Israel 240
Preger c.1910 Soldier. Returned prisoner-of-war in 1940 255
Preger Alexander c.1870 Member of the New Synagogue (the German Synagogue) in 1912. Local magnate 102
Preger Shimon c.1900 One of the last members of the New Synagogue (the German Synagogue) 103
Prives Isaiah c.1820 Wealthy Hasssid. Children married children of Rabbi Hayyim Eliezer Wachs 96
Propper c.1850 Worker at Waldberg's factory 120
Prussak c.1890 Helped with burials at the Jewish Hospital in late 1939 254
Pulvermacher Abraham 1924 Killed in action in Israel in 1948. Son of Isaac and Mina Pulvermacher 324
Pulvermacher Isaac c.1900 Husband of Mina Pulvermacher and father of Abraham Pulvermacher 324
Pulvermacher Mina c.1900 Wife of Isaac Pulvermacher and mother of Abraham Pulvermacher 324
R S c.1910 Author of section - Hehalutz 217
Rabinowitz L c.1900 Actor at the Comet Amateur Little Theatre 1925 - 1927 217
Ragashinsky c.1890 Took part in demonstration with Peretz Walter in 1919 113
Rakow c.1890 Actor. Founded first group of amateur actors in 1912 215
Rakowski Shmulek c.1910 Driver or locksmith. Soldier. Returned prisoner-of-war in 1940 255, 256
Rakowsky S c.1910 Member of the Forest Committee in USA in 1953. Chairman of the Kalisher Un 241, 246
Umgegent Landsmanschaft Fun Nei Gekume
Redlich B c.1800 Physician. In charge of the hospital from 1848 to 1860 51
Redlich Isaac c.1880 Deputy member of the Kehilla Council - 1936 144
Redlich Joseph c.1760 Merchant. In 1820 a leading importer of woollen yarns, spirit manufacturer, 46, 147
general agent, wool buyer and wholesale merchant. Prospered after his daughter
married Ludwig Mamroth. In 1830 his property was assessed at 2 million gulden.
Signed contract of purchase of the Hospital
Redlich Samuel Joseph c.1750 In 1793 taken by the King under special protection and given permission to trade 33, 38
and store goods freely. He, his wife and heirs exempt from all kinds of
mistreatment and entitled to display silks, textiles and wool during fairs in
Kalish. Might brew beer and distill spirits. In 1814 a dealer in liquor and
textiles and exporter of grain and cattle.
Reich Jacob c.1890 A founder of the Dramatic Circle in 1915 216
Repphahn c.1810 Established the weaving industry in Kalish 73
Ring J c.1880 Advertiser in newspaper - Kalisher Leben 175
Ringlelblum c.1900 297
Rockman Samuel c.1900 Shopkeeper. An anti-Jewish riot started at his boot-shop 88
Rogozinsky Fania c.1910 Member of the Central Committee in 1949. An Israeli founder of Kalish House in 223, 226
1955
Romkowsky c.1890 Ruler of the Lodz Ghetto 268
Roselaar Elijah c.1800 Rabbi of Kalish from 1840 until his death in 1850 50
Rosenbaum Joseph c.1910 Member of the Publication Committee in Jerusalem. Member of the Committee of 6, 230(P)
Kalish Landsleit in Jerusalem
Rosenblatt c.1880 Of Lodz. Deputy in the Seim. Collected money in America for relief of Jews of 114, 241
Kalish
Rosenblatt Joshua c.1900 Severely wounded in 1919 riots and afterwards died of his wounds 114
Rosenblatt Yossele c.1870 Cantor. Composed a tune for a Hebrew anthem for Poale Agudat Israel 129
Rosenbloom c.1850 Factory owner. Partner of Leib Hayyim 116
Rosenbloom Zalman c.1750 One of the communal heads in 1800. A representative of the Jews of Kalish in 1814 34, 44
Rosenblum c.1890 Market-trader. Lightly wounded in attacks of 1931 180
Rosenblum Hananel c.1870 Head of Agudat Israel in Kalish with Joseph Moshe Heber. Member of the Kehilla 91, 144
Council - 1936
Rosenfeld c.1860 Inmate and helper at the Talmud Torah extension to the Jewish hospital in late 1939 254
Rosenfeld Abel c.1910 Member of the Council of the Tel Aviv Organisation of Kalish and District Landsleit 228
Rosenfeld Hela c.1910 Member of the Council of the Tel Aviv Organisation of Kalish and District Landsleit 228(P)
Rosenfeld Irka c.1890 Helper at the Talmud Torah extension to the Jewish hospital in late 1939 254
Rosenwald Isaac Solomon c.1880 Deputy member of the Kehilla Council - 1936 >144
Rosenzweig H c.1900 Actor at the Comet Amateur Little Theatre 1925 - 1927 217
Rotenberg Joseph c.1910 Delegate of the Borochow Kibbutzim in Lodz in 1946 235
Roth c.1890 Member of the Judenrat at camp at Kozminek-Bornhagen in 1939-40 255, 262
Roth Samuel (Shmuel) c.1910 Member of the Publication Committee in U.S.A. Moved from USA to Israel in 1962 - 6, 228,
1964. Member of the Executive of the Non-partisan Kalish Relief in USA in 1967. 240, 241,
Member of the Forest Committee in USA in 1953. A member of the Kalisher 245,
Independent Society in USA in 1967 329(P)
Roth Yasha (Yadzia) c.1910 Member of the Executive of the Non-partisan Kalish Relief in USA in 1967 240, 241,
247(P)
Rotzeig c.1880 Member of the Judenrat (Jewish Council) in Kalish in late 1939 251
Roy Mordechai c.1870 Organiser of after-work Torah studies at the Magen Abraham Yeshiva at the Great 100
Synagogue
Rozenfeld Ch c.1880 Advertiser in newspaper 148
Rubashow Zalman c.1890 Came from Warsaw to lecture to the Kalish branch of Poale Zion. Later became the 127
third President of Israel
Rubin Abraham c.1880 One of the founders and editors of Kalisher Leben. Died in 1931 163
Rubin Shlomo c.1880 Contributor to Dos Kalisher Leben. Wrote for the theatre. Author of section - My 135, 186
City - Reprinted from Kalisher Leben 14 Mar 1930
Rubinstein Moshe c.1910 Member of the Council of the Tel Aviv Organisation of Kalish and District Landsleit 228(P)
Ruhr (Rohr) Bendet c.1910 Worker in the shoemakers' workshop in the Arbeitslager in 1941 260, 269



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