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Born Bencyjon Dorogoj in Radzilow
in 1918, he emigrated in 1936, leaving his parents and all his
siblings behind. His sister Frume escaped just as the Germans advanced into
town, and made her way to Latvia, then deep into Russia, and eventually to
Israel in 1948. Their sister Szyma was the first person killed in the
Radzilow pogroms of 1941. All the family that remained in Radzilow were
killed. His father Moszk and younger brother Kiwa managed to hide in
nearby Slucz, but were murdered after the war upon their return to
Radzilow. Upon arriving in
Israel, he soon joined the
Jewish Police Forces, known as Notrim, in 1937. After hearing of the
events in Europe, he joined the Jewish Brigade in 1942, and served in
Italy in 1944. In 1948 he took part in Israel's War of Independence. |
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Serving
in the
Jewish
Police Forces |
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In Uniform (Winter uniform on right)
[Shortly after arriving in Israel from Radzilow] |
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Patrolling Jerusalem |
Overlooking Jerusalem |
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Overlooking Jerusalem |
Awaiting a dignitary |
Alongside British Policemen |
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Szejna Bejla (Yaffa) (nee Kuberska)
and Moszk Dorogoj
Radzilow, 1920's or 30's
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Dorogoj children, Radzilow, ca 1922
[L-R]: Fejge or Szyma,
Bencyjon, Frume |
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Bencyjon Dorogoj, Israel, ca 1937
(Ben-Tzion Dorogoy) |
Bencyjon Dorogoj, Israel, 1939
(Ben-Tzion Dorogoy) |
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Frume Dorogoj and Shlomo Klein, 1946
[Photo taken in Lodz, Poland]
Frume escaped just as the Germans advanced into town
and she made her
way to Latvia, then deep into Russia
(married Shlomo),
and eventually to Israel in 1948;
Returned to Lodz in 1946 to sell his family's
property
for a
meager sum; Was afraid to return to Radzilow; Mistakenly
identified in the Grajewo YB
as the first person killed
in Radzilow,
when it was actually her sister Szyma |
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