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the small ghetto
A smaller ghetto to which 700 Jews were relocated.
Nazi plunderers
Nazi perpetrators who discovered Jews in hiding.
Ukrainian Nazi murderers
Ukrainian Nazi perpetrators who fired on victims.
Fridl Beast
A named perpetrator who shot and continued murdering victims.
Fabritschne Street
Street where 1,200 children were housed.
Malkin station
Station where deportation trains stopped.
Blizhin
Labor camp to which skilled workers were deported.
Small ghetto
Ghetto where Jews lived under confused and dangerous conditions.
Kupieczka Street
A street where workers were ordered to assemble.
Lublin-Poniatow
A destination written on wagons transporting raw materials and Jews.
Cheple
A location where houses were set on fire during the uprising.
Houses on both sides of the gardens
Houses burned on both sides of the gardens during the shooting.
Factory
A factory where 700 workers packed machinery and goods.
Dr. Beilin
The wife of Dr. Beilin accompanied the transported Jewish women.
Theresienstadt
The destination where transported children and women were isolated in separate barracks.
Paulina Fabian
Jewish woman who worked as a hygienist in Terezin concentration camp.
Czechia
Czechia is mentioned among places crossed after leaving Poland.
Gas chambers
Facilities into which most personnel were driven.
Poniatow
A labor camp where Bialystoker Jews were taken and murdered.
Rabbi Dr. Razanman
A rabbi found in the small ghetto with his wife and two daughters.
Dov Subatnik
A person found in the small ghetto.
Oryol
A city captured during the Soviet offensive mentioned in the passage.
Belgorod
A city captured during the Soviet offensive mentioned in the passage.
Kharkov
A city captured during the Soviet offensive mentioned in the passage.
Bryansk
A city captured during the Soviet offensive mentioned in the passage.
Soviet Union
The state that began a major offensive in July 1942.
Other camps
Other camps are mentioned as places where prisoners lived under different conditions.
The camp
The camp is described as the setting of the cremation and later discussion.
Extermination camps
Jews were taken to various extermination camps and murdered there.
Strauss waltzes
A camp orchestra played Strauss waltzes.
A. Hirshin
Credited as arranger of the music for the song.
Bialystoker Ghetto
The Bialystoker Ghetto is repeatedly referenced in the song.
Shmuel Litvin
The song was sung by Shmuel Litvin, who wrote down its notes.
Shimon Amiel
Named person associated with the passage title.
Mirele
Daughter mentioned in the narrator’s account.
Alnetsky
A Polish man described as an entrepreneur and violent sadist.