Menachem Ber Mendel Asz

Czestochowa Forced Labor, WWII; original documents at Jewish Historical Institute Warsaw: 10276 1970 D 10980 Menachem Asz ASZ Angestellter Employee Garibaldi 20 22 Apr 1940

Czestochowa: Harry Klein, "Czenstochov: Our Legacy," 1993, Yiddish portion: 10109 41 Mendl ASZ Czestochowa Youngest son of Rabbi N. Asz; collaborator in newspaper (Tshenst Togblatt)

Czestochowa: Resurrection and Destruction in Ghetto Czestochowa (Viderstand un Umkum in Czenstochower Ghetto, L. Brener), publ. before 1952,:

The underground workers published a periodic illegal newspaper under the name Rasta [Rada Starszych – council of elders] under Walberg's editorship and with the participation of Konarksi, Roziner, Brener, both of the Fogel brothers and Mendl Asz. Sura Chliwner (née Okrent), Motek Kusznir, Datner (a son-in-law of the Fogel family) and Uzer Blechsztajn took care of the technical side of the publishing. Leibl Kusznir was employed on the artistic side of the illustrated publications. The life of the Jews under the German occupation, the cruel activities of the Gestapo, security police and city leadership was reflected in Rasta, as well as the sad role of the Judenrat and of the Jewish police.