Koretz
Koretz as it looked when the Sarners left in 1920. Dorothy brought the two pictures on the right with her.
Click to view more pictures of historic Koretz.
Click to view more pictures of historic Koretz.
History
Rabbi Pinchas of Koretz
A renowned Chassidic rabbi, a disciple of Ba'al Shem Tov, lived in Koretz.
Read about Rabbi Pinchas of Koretz
A renowned Chassidic rabbi, a disciple of Ba'al Shem Tov, lived in Koretz.
Read about Rabbi Pinchas of Koretz
World War II Yiskor Books
Sometime after the war, there was an effort to account for the victims of Nazi massacres.
View Koretz Yiskor Book for Sarners
View Mizerich Yisklor Book for Kiperbands (Cooperband)
Sometime after the war, there was an effort to account for the victims of Nazi massacres.
View Koretz Yiskor Book for Sarners
View Mizerich Yisklor Book for Kiperbands (Cooperband)
The Tesslers Return for a Visit in 1989
In 1989 Manly Tessler and daughter Reesa returned for a visit to Koretz. Reesa's mother Sonia was a cousin of Dorothy's who left Russia years after her. These are the notes from that visit.
Click to view notes from the Tessler's visit
In 1989 Manly Tessler and daughter Reesa returned for a visit to Koretz. Reesa's mother Sonia was a cousin of Dorothy's who left Russia years after her. These are the notes from that visit.
Click to view notes from the Tessler's visit
Documentary Video of a Return to Koretz
Expatriates return from Israel recently to visit Koretz
The film is in Hebrew with English subtitles. It describes many aspects of Koretz that the Sarners would have experienced before they left. And, the film recounts what befell the family during World War II.
Click to view the documentary film about Koretz
The film is in Hebrew with English subtitles. It describes many aspects of Koretz that the Sarners would have experienced before they left. And, the film recounts what befell the family during World War II.
Click to view the documentary film about Koretz
Web Site of Former Residents of Koretz
Former residents now living in Israel have developed this web site about many aspects of Koretz
Click to view the Koretz web site in Hebrew
Click to view the Koretz web site translated into English
Click to view the Koretz web site in Hebrew
Click to view the Koretz web site translated into English
The Koretz Book
Translation of memoirs and research about Koretz by former residents
Click to view reminiscences by former residents
Click to view reminiscences by former residents
Interview with a Survivor
Sara Shapiro (née Goralnik) discusses her childhood in Koretz before the war; being expelled from school because she was Jewish; witnessing a pogrom in 1942 when she was still a child and then moving to her town’s small ghetto; running away from the ghetto and finding a house in which to work as a maid; returning to Koretz after the war to discover that most of her family had died but then meeting her husband; going to a displaced persons camp in Germany; and eventually immigrating to Detroit, Michigan in 1949.
Click to view the interview with Sara Shapiro
Click to view the interview with Sara Shapiro
Koretz Today
Koretz Diaspora
Jews from Koretz have settled in many places.
A group in Hartford Connecticut established their own synagogue.
Click to view the history of the Koretz synagogue in Hartford.
A group in Boston created a separate cemetery.
Click to view information about the cemetery in Boston
A group in Hartford Connecticut established their own synagogue.
Click to view the history of the Koretz synagogue in Hartford.
A group in Boston created a separate cemetery.
Click to view information about the cemetery in Boston