Białystok
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Acquaintance family
A family whose hidden child was accidentally suffocated during a Nazi search.
Mother in acquaintance family
A mother who covered her child to prevent discovery during a Nazi search.
Child in acquaintance family
A child who was accidentally suffocated while hidden from Nazi searchers.
the narrator's father
The narrator's father was sent to his death.
Berl Shvecher
The narrator's father's brother died at Blizhin camp.
Yankl
The narrator's youngest brother became ill and died at Blizhin camp.
the narrator's father
The narrator's father was assigned a number at Auschwitz.
the narrator's brother
The narrator's brother accompanied them during a farewell.
the narrator's father
The narrator's father was driven to death by Germans and killed with Jewish children.
Jewish children from Vilna
Jewish children were brought from Vilna to Auschwitz and killed in a crematorium.
the crematorium
The children were forced into the crematorium with the narrator's father.
Bialystok heroes
Bialystok heroes resisted the Nazi murderers, according to the passage.
Narrator's family
Family divided during deportation.
Narrator's father
Father was seen among deported people and later went to Majdanek.
Narrator's mother
Mother was deported to Treblinka and killed there.
Aryeh (Leon) Shereniets
Named author or narrator associated with wartime imprisonment and survival.
Leibl Biber
Named acquaintance from Philadelphia held at Auschwitz.
Shayke Arkin
Named acquaintance from Philadelphia held at Auschwitz.
Harder
Austrian sadistic murderer described as abusing prisoners.
Jewish children of Vilna
Jewish children from Vilna mentioned among crematorium victims.
Kazimierz Rachkowski
Author who survived the war in Warsaw with his wife.
Altman
A reportedly kind German noncommissioned officer who distributed bread to prisoners.
April 1943 heroic uprising
An uprising after which only two cells remained in the Jewish section.
Tsirl (Berkovich) Steingart
Person named in the passage.
Writer of this article
The article's writer and a contributor to Forverts.
Area around the Great Synagogue
Area around the Great Synagogue where poor Jewish residents lived.
Jewish cultural institutions
Cultural institutions contributing to Bialystok's Jewish cultural life.
Jewish sports clubs
Sports clubs active in Bialystok's Jewish cultural life.
Youth organizations
Youth organizations active in Bialystok.
French people
French people are described as helping hide Jewish children and obtain false documents and weapons.
false documents
False documents were obtained to support wartime rescue activities.
illegal activities
Rescuing Jewish children was an important part of the narrator's illegal activities.
illegal appeals
Illegal appeals were printed and distributed or posted on walls.
radio broadcasts
The passage describes exposing lies through radio and the controlled press.
the press
The controlled press is described as spreading lies and inciting people.
Bundist Youth
The Bundist youth organization associated with the illegal publication Youth Awakening.