David Shapiro is my great-great-grandfather! My Dad, David, is named after him. When David came back in the 1930's the people of Horodok made him a tapestry, which we still have.
And thanks to him we have the marvelous film of Horodok from his visit. That film was shown very often in Israel at gatherings of the shekels surviors.
Thanks Brian. It’s a very moving documentary and helped me to understand more about my family’s history. They’re spread around the Pale of Settlement but it seems mainly from the Minsk area. I’m going in a couple weeks to Lithuania to hopefully see the last remaining relative and the shtetl.
Pleased that this was helpful. Visiting in 1997 sh0wed that little had changed. Now it has. A young guy has taken on the project to preserve the memories of when it was a shtetl, and even organizes an annual international festival in July.
@@bwberman1945 My father's family is from David-Horodok. We have traveled to as a family to Italy, and it's a favorite destination spot for us. We always daven that Italy should go again to the World Cup.
@@bwberman1945Господин Берман, Вы проделали бесценную РАБОТУ! Спасибо сказать, это ничег не сказать, этого одного слова мало. Вы помогаете этим фильмом воссоздать представление современникам о сотнях тысячах таких "штетл" - в том числе и том, где проживали веками мои предки, это почти тот же регион, но Украины- таким же был штетл Чернобыль, откуда мои дедушка и бабушка, а до них - их родители, дедушки и бабушки, останки которых там покоятся (увы, с 24.02.22 НЕ с миром!) - такие фильмы смотреть обязательно нужно всем поколениям, поскольку там и боль и радость еврейства !
@@ИринаКап-ь5м Much thanks. My wife, who made the film, and I appreciate you contacting us and your kind comments. Dreadfull what the Russians are trying to do to Ukraine. Peace for all of us.
Glad for the beautiful world that you lived in together back then. Thank You for passing on information for people to be able to have some knowledge of this. Un vrai plaisir de voir. Très intéressant. Except for hearing of, and seeing some of the disgusting horror that people were subjected to. No amount of sorrow or anger can change anything. So, that I learn what I should from this. Thank You for helping me to know more and understand better about some of our history. תודה רבה. שלום. What is the song starting at 14:10, please?
Please contact me in the comments if you remember anyone in Vilnius with the last name of Urbonivicius. Thank you. My grandmother came from there, from a Jewish family who later moved to America. I am trying to find my Lithuanian family.
I’m assuming they didn’t have second amendment rights there.I wonder if such a thing could have happened in America. Probably not or at least not until all the guns are confiscated.
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David Shapiro is my great-great-grandfather! My Dad, David, is named after him. When David came back in the 1930's the people of Horodok made him a tapestry, which we still have.
And thanks to him we have the marvelous film of Horodok from his visit. That film was shown very often in Israel at gatherings of the shekels surviors.
Thanks Brian. It’s a very moving documentary and helped me to understand more about my family’s history. They’re spread around the Pale of Settlement but it seems mainly from the Minsk area. I’m going in a couple weeks to Lithuania to hopefully see the last remaining relative and the shtetl.
Pleased that this was helpful. Visiting in 1997 sh0wed that little had changed. Now it has. A young guy has taken on the project to preserve the memories of when it was a shtetl, and even organizes an annual international festival in July.
I'm not Jewish but I grew up in many villages in Italy what a life the schtetle life was beautiful alot of life and unity rest in peace horodok
Munch thanks. All small villages have amazing community strength, in all countries and in all religions.
@@bwberman1945 My father's family is from David-Horodok. We have traveled to as a family to Italy, and it's a favorite destination spot for us. We always daven that Italy should go again to the World Cup.
Mr. Berman, my father's family is from David-Horodok. We are active with the second and third generation Horodokers in our community.
Thanks for your remark. David-Horodok is not the same place as Horodock
@@bwberman1945 My apologies. I just remembered that "Horodok" is a town name that repeats itself in that part of Europe.
@@bwberman1945 Городок это районный центр Витебской обл. Беларусь.
@@bwberman1945Господин Берман, Вы проделали бесценную РАБОТУ! Спасибо сказать, это ничег не сказать, этого одного слова мало. Вы помогаете этим фильмом воссоздать представление современникам о сотнях тысячах таких "штетл" - в том числе и том, где проживали веками мои предки, это почти тот же регион, но Украины- таким же был штетл Чернобыль, откуда мои дедушка и бабушка, а до них - их родители, дедушки и бабушки, останки которых там покоятся (увы, с 24.02.22 НЕ с миром!) - такие фильмы смотреть обязательно нужно всем поколениям, поскольку там и боль и радость еврейства !
@@ИринаКап-ь5м Much thanks. My wife, who made the film, and I appreciate you contacting us and your kind comments. Dreadfull what the Russians are trying to do to Ukraine. Peace for all of us.
So moving, thank you.
Great to have such good feedback. Much Thanks
Glad for the beautiful world that you lived in together back then. Thank You for passing on information for people to be able to have some knowledge of this.
Un vrai plaisir de voir. Très intéressant.
Except for hearing of, and seeing some of the disgusting horror that people were subjected to. No amount of sorrow or anger can change anything. So, that I learn what I should from this.
Thank You for helping me to know more and understand better about some of our history.
תודה רבה. שלום.
What is the song starting at 14:10, please?
El haZipor - To the Bird - by Haim Nachman Bialik, 1891. The Hebrew Wikipedia has all the details. he.wikipedia.org/wiki/אל_הציפור
Thank you.
Городок в Витебской обл есть.... Это про него?... 🤔
Please contact me in the comments if you remember anyone in Vilnius with the last name of Urbonivicius. Thank you. My grandmother came from there, from a Jewish family who later moved to America. I am trying to find my Lithuanian family.
9:19 poor woman...
is this kazan Horodok?
I do not know of "Kazan" Horodok. This shtetl is in Belarus a little north of Minsk.
@@bwberman1945 I am working on a running project. My grandfather I belive is from Кажан-Гарадок. This would be south of Minsk.
The one south of Minsk is now called David Horodk
I know two Berman: Matvei Berman (ruthless governor of the Gulag) and Jakob Berman (ruthless tyrant of communist Poland after the war).
Interesting - never heard of them. Our family left Russian before the end of the 1800's and all contract with the family was lost.
I’m assuming they didn’t have second amendment rights there.I wonder if such a thing could have happened in America. Probably not or at least not until all the guns are confiscated.
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