Białystok
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Joseph Mohilever
Joseph Mohilever was sent to Basel with a message for the congress.
1928 Białystok Jewish community elections
The last Jewish community elections in Białystok took place in 1928.
Old Boyare
An open site where striking workers gathered.
Leadership in Białystok community institutions
The narrator was elected chair of Białystok’s Jewish community council and represented Zionists.
Novolipie
City near which Kotik's library was located.
Pavel
A named leader of the Bund party.
Rosenthal family
The Rosenthal name appears among three Bund party leaders.
Mrs. Rosenthal
A woman named among three Bund party leaders.
Paperin
Paperin is identified as a later engineer.
The Four Brothers
The Four Brothers is listed among cultural literature circulated by the Bund.
Hebrew Library on Gumiener Street
Hebrew library containing much of the Hebrew literature of its time.
Pawietschizna Street
Street where Abraham Kotik's library was located.
Chaim
A relative by marriage mentioned as a teacher’s associate.
Rozhenoy Yeshiva
Yeshiva whose students studied with Zamenhof.
A. B. Gatlauber
Person mentioned as living in the late 1880s.
Sophie
The wife of an unnamed lawyer, according to the passage.
Yashe
A son named Yashe, described as a friend.
Baltic Sea
Sea mentioned in connection with Rabbi Lipele’s travels.
Yatke-Gas Zamenhofer Street
Street said to have been named after Yatke Street.
Dr. Lev
A Jewish doctor mentioned among Bialystok doctors.
Zilberberg
A Jewish doctor mentioned in the passage.
Vietrak
A locality visited by Rabbi Lipele and his relatives.
Dr. Lev's wife
She reportedly converted before death to receive an inheritance.
Yuravetska Street
Later wells were dug on Yuravetska Street.
Khazanovich
A doctor who tried to calm someone during a difficult night.
Rivka
A girl whose speech reportedly became suddenly impaired from fright.
Mordke
A person named in the doctor’s address to the mute girl.
Queen Hotel
A hotel in Basel associated with Dr. Herzl’s expected stay.
Casino
A palace where the Zionist Congress was scheduled to open.
Hayim
Owner or driver associated with a carriage used by the travelers.
Zionist Congress opening
The Zionist Congress was expected to open at the palace.
Khazanovich
A person described as a delegate elected to the Second Zionist Congress.
First Esperanto textbook
Zamenhof published his first textbook of the constructed world language in 1887.
Bialystok military garrison
Military garrison whose officials were described as preparing a bloodbath.
New Town (Alexandrovskaya Street)
Location reached by a Russian procession before the shooting began.
Chanaikes
A Jewish quarter reportedly protected from massacres by self-defense.