Person · rabbi
Eliezer Yehoshua Epstein
הרב האחרון רבי אליעזר יהושע אפשטין
The last Ożarów rabbi served in Chmielnik and led deported Jews in 1942.
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Source OCR · scan 273 · printed page 538
... גבאי הקלויז הױ : ברוך גולדליםט, הירשלה יעגער והניך
פרײדמן. בעלי־תפילות: נטע זילברשטײן, יעקב טורק, זליג
רוזנבלום (לימים הנוראים), מאיר לאקם — מורה בבית־ספר
העממי וחסיד גלהב. שני רבנים מבית אוזירוב כהנו בחמילניק,
ובהם הרב האחרון רבי אליעזר יהושע אפשטין, שכהן
בחמילניק כרב עד פרוץ מלחמת השמד האחרונד״ ועם כיבוש
העיר בידי הנאצים הגרמנים הםתתר בסביבד״ ובשנת תש״ב
צעד בראש יהודי העיר המגורשים לכבשן. ...Connected nodes
Place
Chmielnik
Worked At
Community
Jews of Chmielnik
Walked At Head Of
Event
Deportation of Chmielnik Jews
Participated In · Participant
Place
Chmielnik
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Organization
Ożarów Hasidic kloyz
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Place
Beit HaMidrash Street
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Person
David Glicksman (Kradnik)
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Family
Ożarów dynasty
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Person
Baruch Goldlist
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Person
Hirshele Yeager
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Person
Hanich Friedman
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Person
Neta Silberstein
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Person
Jacob Turk
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Person
Zelig Rosenblum
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Person
Meir Laks
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Walked At Head Of
Eliezer Yehoshua Epstein → Jews of Chmielnik
צעד בראש יהודי העיר המגורשים
The text says he walked at the head of the deported Jews; this does not establish an organizational leadership role.
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