Dr. Samuel Abramsky

Was a Professor of Ancient History and Bible. Made Aliyah in 1934.

From an account about the Jews of Przerosl where Shmuel and Josef Abramsky were from.

"We also found a local newspaper from 1992 with some articles about Jews. In one of them there was a letter written by Motko (brother of Shmuel and Josef) Abramski. He wrote, "Our relations with Polish people were generally good, but just before the war they simply got worse and worse. Maybe it was the fault of German occupation. The Poles were forbidden to buy from Jews. I and my brother, Josef [my grandmother's cousin Joseph Aviram the Israeli archeologist who I met in 1969], were last in Przerosl in 1988. Everything had changed, and we were sorry not to have met many familiar people. The cemetery is in very bad condition..."

Motko's father, Nysko Abramski, was the local grocery shop owner. He also bought cereals from the local farmers. People who remember those times showed us the place where it was located (Suwalska Street). Now it is Mr. Rant's house. Our interviewees say that some young boys used to steal cereals from the local owners to sell them to Nysko Abramski, and then the army in Suwalki bought them."