Białystok
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Adolf Hitler
Nazi leader whose invasion and policies threatened Polish Jews.
Rosh Hashanah
Jewish New Year holiday during the German entry into Bialystok.
Yom Kippur
Jewish Day of Atonement on the eve of the German withdrawal.
Western Byelorussia
Region mentioned in Soviet territorial announcements.
Chazanowicz
Named among notable people associated with Bialystok.
Zamenhof
Named among notable people associated with Bialystok.
Mohilewer
Named among notable people associated with Bialystok.
M.M. Dolicki
Bialystok-born Hebrew poet and son of a shochet.
Dr. Lipa Sukenik
Archaeologist of the Hebrew University who conducted excavations in Israel.
Hebrew University
University associated with archaeologist Lipa Sukenik.
Dr. Szymon Dawidowicz
Translated Spinoza into Hebrew.
M. Segalowicz
Poet named among notable people associated with Bialystok.
Rosa Rayjisa
Opera star named among notable people associated with Bialystok.
Vaad Hakahal
Autocratic Jewish community council replaced by a democratic Kehilla.
Kehilla
Democratic Jewish community organization in Bialystok.
Children's home in Bialystok
Home serving more than five hundred Jewish children of working parents.
German Luftwaffe
German air force described as attacking Polish cities.
Adolf Hitler
German leader described as proclaiming threats against Poland.
Orphanages in Bialystok
Institutions providing support during war and poverty.
Synagogues in Bialystok
Institutions providing support during war and poverty.
Public kitchens in Bialystok
Institutions providing food and comfort during war and poverty.
The Yahrzeit Candle
Poem reflecting on mourning, memorial candles, and wartime martyrs.
Maxim Litvinov
Soviet foreign minister and ambassador, born Meir Walach.
Ivy Litvinov
Writer and educator who produced critically acclaimed literary works.
Philip Novick
Member of a delegation visiting Maxim Litvinov.
Samuel Kassel
Member of a delegation visiting Maxim Litvinov.
Wolf Rubin
Rabbi who lived in New York and was asked about by Maxim Litvinov.
Jakow Walach
Maxim Litvinov’s older brother and a rabbi in Bialystok.
Walach family drugstore
Drugstore owned by the Walach family in Bialystok.
Meir Walach
Name used for Maxim Litvinov before his political career.
Rabbi Szabsaj Walach
Spiritual leader of Rozenoj and Maxim Litvinov’s grandfather.
Rozenoj
Small town near Slonim led spiritually by Szabsaj Walach.
Mojsze Walach
Talmudic scholar and controller in a Bialystok bank.
Awrom Jakow
Prominent textile manufacturer in Lodz and Maxim Litvinov’s uncle.
Ivy Love
British Jewish woman who married Meir Walach in London.
Walter Love
Prominent writer and friend of H.G. Wells.