Białystok
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Forest Camp
Labor camp on an island near Danzig for Polish prisoners.
Sam Solasz
Holocaust survivor born in Knyszin who lived and operated in Bialystok.
Knyszin
Town where Sam Solasz was born and later returned during Nazi rule.
Biala-Podlask
Town near Lublin associated with Solasz’s maternal grandfather.
Bialystok transit camp
Transit camp described as the embarkation point for Treblinka.
Zabludowa
Town identified as Paul Chorowski’s origin.
Biala Street
Street through which Chorowski entered the ghetto.
Professor Bergman
Teacher of Latin and history hiding in an underground bunker with his infant son.
Mr. Kniazeff
Director of a private hospital who sheltered fugitives.
Uncle Nachman
A person whose best friend was hospital director Mr. Kniazeff.
Habimah National Theatre
National theatre in Tel Aviv where Israel Beker was a prominent director.
Jewish State Theater
Theater in Moscow where Israel Beker studied acting during World War II.
The Stage of My Life
Art book by Israel Beker containing an introduction about his relationship with Bialystok.
Private hospital
Hospital where the narrator and other fugitives sought refuge.
Underground bunker
Bunker where about thirty people hid for several days.
David Pisar
Father of Samuel Pisar.
Helen Pisar
Mother of Samuel Pisar.
Eliezer Suchowolski
Maternal uncle with whom Samuel Pisar stayed in Australia.
Malmed
Ghetto resistance fighter who attacked an SS officer and was hanged.
Commerce Street
Main artery of the Bialystok ghetto where Malmed was hanged.
Of Blood and Hope
Samuel Pisar’s memoir describing his youth and escape from Nazi extermination.
Harvard University
University where Samuel Pisar graduated as a lawyer.
Babi Yar
Site of mass Jewish graves visited by Samuel Pisar in the Soviet Union.
David Rockefeller
Banker who visited Babi Yar with Samuel Pisar.
Frank Church
Former Idaho senator who visited Babi Yar with Samuel Pisar.
John F. Kennedy
President for whom Samuel Pisar served as a consultant.
Richard Nixon
President whose special commission Samuel Pisar advised.
American Bar Association
Professional association of which Samuel Pisar was a member.
U.S. State Department
Government department for which Samuel Pisar served as consultant.
Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress
Congressional committee Samuel Pisar helped guide.
Chajke Grosman
Speaker who addressed a Zionist conference in London in September 1945.
Dr. Datner
Teacher who taught at the Hebrew Gymnasium for more than 25 years.
Cytron’s Bet Hamidrash
Former Bialystok study house now used by the Polish Center of Culture and Art.
Polish Center of Culture and Art
Organization housed in the former Cytron’s Bet Hamidrash building.
Mass grave in Bialystok
Mass grave in Bialystok marked by a monument erected in 1947.
Zionist youth movement
Movement established in Poland after the war to settle in Israel.