Rabbi Avrahom Grodzensky
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The famous yeshivah of Slobodka
in Lithuania with its students and mashgiach (supervisor) Rabbi Avrahom
Grodzensky, typify the ignominious demise of the greatest seats of Jewish
learning in the modern era. But typical too was the selflessness of
Slobodka's teachers and students as they prepared to pay the highest
price for kiddush ha-shem:
After the ghetto of Slobodka
was established, the students of the
yeshiva and the kollel became forced laborers. During all the years
of
the ghetto, he (Rav Grodzensky) did not cease to speak and reflect on
the fear of the Almighty. . . .
The ghetto years were intense,
constant preparations for sanctifying
the Almighty's Name . . . . Rav Elchanan Wasserman had found refuge
in
the home of Rav Grodzensky. . . . He asked him to prepare a lesson on
the timely topic of sanctifying the Almighty's Name. The righteous
scholar did not refuse, and in a few hours came out of his room and
spoke on this subject. Rav Grodzensky concluded with a deep,
stimulating talk on behavioral attitudes on the same topic . . . .
The last days of the Slobodka
ghetto came about. Rav Grodzensky was
cruelly beaten when the Germans discovered the bunker where he hid
together with several yeshiva students. He was brought to the ghetto
hospital. It was known that the Germans were going to burn down the
hospital, with all of the patients inside. He said to the last of his
students who visited him that he would lovingly receive the judgment
of Heaven, but his heart trembled within him over the image of the
Almighty--which would be desecrated by these evil people.
One of the things that distinguished Orthodox Jewish men was their
beards. Many, such as Rabbi Avraham Grodzensky (pictured), shaved
their beards, violating Orthodox traditions. He likely shaved it
because Othodox men were more likely to be chosen and abused, even on
the streets.
* Photo: Main Commission
for the Investigation of Nazi War Crimes /
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Photo Archive
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Grodzinsky Israel
Israel Grodzinsky was born in Kovno, Lithuania in 1914 to Rabbi
Abraham Grodzinsky and Chasya nee Heller. Prior to WWII he lived in
Kovno, Lithuania. During the war was in Kovno, Lithuania. Israel died
in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted
on 19/07/1979 by his first cousin once removed Submitter's Name
HELLER MIRIAM, Island Park, Il.
Grodzinsky Zeev
Zeev Grodzinsky was born in Kovno, Lithuania to Rabbi Abraham
and Chasya nee Heller. Prior to WWII he lived in Kovno, Lithuania. During
the war was in Kovno, Lithuania. Zeev died in Kovno, Lithuania. This
information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 19/07/1979
by his relative HELLER MIRIAM, Island Park, Il.
Grodzinsky Eliezer
Eliezer Grodzinsky was born in Kovno, Lithuania in 1913 to Abraham
and Chasya. Prior to WWII he lived in Kovno, Lithuania. During the war
was in Kovno. Eliezer died in Kovno, Lithuania. This information is
based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 19/07/1979 by his relative,
first cousin once removed Submitter's Name
HELLER MIRIAM, Island Park, Il.
Grodzinsky Miriam
Miriam Grodzinsky was born in Kovno, Lithuania to Abraham and
Chasya. Prior to WWII she lived in Kovno, Lithuania. During the war
was in Kovno, Lithuania. Miriam died in Kovno. This information is based
on a Page of Testimony submitted on 19/07/1979 by her relative.
first cousin once removed Submitter's Name
HELLER MIRIAM, Island Park, Il.
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Grudzanski Balfur
Balfur Grudzanski was born in Miroslavas, Lithuania in 1921 to
Arie and Sheina. He was a student. Prior to WWII he lived in Kaunas,
Lithuania. Balfur died in 1941 in Alitus, Lithuania at the age of 20.
This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 28/06/1999
by his nephew from Israel
BEN-ARI/ GRUDZANSKI ARIE
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Shapira Eva
Eva Shapira nee Grudzanski was born in Boyd, Lithuania to Shlomo
and Batia. She was a housewife. Prior to WWII she lived in Wilna, Poland.
During the war was in Wilna, Poland. Eva died in Lithuania at the age
of 65. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on
19/04/1999 by her cousin twice removed ( his grandmothers' cousin);
FRENKEL ARIE DAVID
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Grodzinski Liuba
Liuba Grodzinski nee Shtein was born in Kowno, Lithuania in 1895
to Hirsh and Mina. She was a physician and married to Julius Grodzinski
born 1890. Prior to WWII she lived in Bruxelles, Belgium. During the
war was in Paris, France. Liuba died in 1941 in Paris, France. This
information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 05/12/1964
by her brother SHTEIN MENDEL