Białystok
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Shabtai Walach
Jacob Walach's son, a Talmud scholar and longtime rabbi in Rozhinoy.
Kamenev
Person imprisoned together with the narrator's brother.
Baron Ginzburg
Employer offering Mair a position in Kiev.
Maxim Litvinov
A senior Soviet government official and foreign minister interviewed in the passage.
Litvinov's brother
An elderly rabbi living in Łódź and interviewed by a journalist.
Apothecary on Wiltche Street
An apothecary that belonged to or served the Valakh family.
Meir
A person addressed during the encounter on the platform.
Reichstag
Building identified in the text as Hitler's speech venue.
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic is described as separating American Bialystok from Europe.
Soviet power
Political authority controlling territories beyond the border.
Nazi Germany
Hitler-Germany signed a friendship treaty with Soviet Russia.
Mazowiecka Street
A street through which soldiers entered the city.
Territories occupied by the Soviets
Jewish refugees fled to territories occupied by the Soviets.
Bialystok residents
Bialystok had approximately one hundred thousand residents before the war.
Non-Jewish Bialystok residents
Several thousand non-Jewish Bialystok residents were arrested and sent to Siberia.
Shimon Broide
Director of the new orphanage and former secretary of orphan care.
Jewish Variety Theater
A Jewish variety theater was organized with Jigan-Shumacher participating.
Edi Rozner's Warsaw Orchestra
An orchestra associated with Edi Rozner toured from Bialystok.
Yurovter 7
Address of one of three Jewish orphanages.
Chenstokhover 7
Address of one of three Jewish orphanages.
Beth Samuel synagogues
Beth Samuel synagogues are mentioned among repurposed religious buildings.
Religious Butchers' Cooperative
Members raised funds and built a mikveh in a member's residence.
P.P.S.
P.P.S. is listed among groups whose leaders and activists remained.
Malkin Border Point
Border point where Jews attempted to cross.
Distant Siberian and other cold regions
Destinations to which refugees were deported.
Siberian forests
Place to which some Bialystok Jews were reportedly sent.
Hartsher Truzhanovitch
Editor of the Bialystoker Express who was denied newspaper work.
Strukowski Street
Street mentioned as opposite the former wooden building and at a corner.
Vaiskover Street
A street where bombs fell during the bombing of Bialystok.
Wife of Yi. Ditsky
The wife of Yi. Ditsky was killed at the site.
Municipality
The municipal institution where Zalman Weinreich served as cashier.
Molotov's speech
A speech by Molotov described as famously sorrowful.
Adolf Hitler
Leader whose forces were expected to enter Białystok.
Mazowiecka
Route through which Nazi perpetrators entered Bialystok.
Jewish streets of Bialystok
Dense Jewish residential streets approached by Nazi perpetrators.
Yaakov Berg
Zionist activist and leader of Bialystok Agudath Israel.