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Joachim Unger
A ministerial council member who endured imprisonment and concentration camps under Nazism.
Karl Ibach
A vice-chairman who endured imprisonment and concentration camps under Nazism.
Munich
A German city mentioned in an airplane journey.
Empire State Building
A New York landmark mentioned in a photograph caption-like description.
Rescued family
A family visited and photographed by a young German man.
King Solomon
King Solomon is depicted presiding over the judgment scene.
King Solomon
Referenced through a press symbol associated with the Jewish king Solomon.
Fani Garfinkel (Baiarski)
Named author or subject of a passage describing wartime concealment.
Ukrainians
Described as guarding people alongside Nazis with rifles.
Shalom Garfinkel
A young, healthy man selected for a separate group.
Young healthy men
A separate group to which Shalom Garfinkel was assigned.
Women with children
A group separated from young healthy men and associated with death.
Shimon Garfinkel
Shalom Garfinkel’s father, who participated in the Bialystok Ghetto uprising.
Etke
The narrator’s older sister, living with her family on a farm near Youngsville, New York.
Rivka
The narrator’s cousin, who survived and lived with her family in Melbourne, Australia.
Garfinkel
A person who pulled the narrator into a transport wagon.
Spandau
German prison where the prosecutor said he had served five years.
Rachel
The narrator’s sister, who was with the narrator during the deportation.
Youngsville, New York
The location of Etke’s family farm.
Melbourne, Australia
The place where Rivka lived with her family.
Liberman’s shoemaking business
A shoemaking workplace where Garfinkel worked on Ruzhanska Street.
Lapy
A place passed by the transport.
Unnamed woman disguised as a man
A Jewish woman disguised herself as a man among male prisoners.
Young Jewish men
Young Jewish men were driven through a gate in groups of five.
Eight Jews
Eight Jews who had attempted to escape the ghetto were shot.
Narrator’s family
The narrator refers to descendants continuing her family line.
Shimon
The narrator’s married son, involved in a textile business and living on Long Island.
Carol
Shimon’s wife.
Steven
The narrator’s married son, a bookkeeper living in Brooklyn.
Marline
Steven’s wife.
Brooklyn, New York
The place where Steven and Marline live.
Blyzhin forced-labor camp
A slave-labor camp mentioned as the destination of the narrator’s wartime experience.
Skarzysko
A place described as being far from Blyzhin.
Mauthausen
Camp named in the narrator's sequence of transfers.
Ebensee
Camp named in the narrator's sequence of transfers.
Nordhausen
Camp named in the narrator's sequence of transfers.