Białystok
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Mrs. Aide
Listed as a founding officer and president of the Ladies Auxiliary.
Bialystoker Center
A center supported by the Bialystoker Young Men's Benevolent Association.
The club
A club that conducted important work and collected funds for Bialystok.
Bialystoker Friends
An organization active in fundraising and establishing a Bialystok center in Israel.
Charles Kos
Leader and activist of the Bialystoker Young Men's Benevolent Association.
Manuel Gradnik
Leader and activist of the Bialystoker Young Men's Benevolent Association.
Emily Gradnik
Leader and activist of the Bialystoker Young Men's Benevolent Association.
228 Broadway
The location of the large Bialystok center near the synagogue.
Ribalowski family
A distinguished family from Bialystok; relatives were murdered by the Nazis.
Bialystoker Center Home and Hospital for Older People
A home and hospital for older people operated by Ribalowski since 1973.
Chaim Shlomo Goldberg
Molly Ribalovski’s father.
Sheine Gitel Goldberg
Named with Chaim Shlomo Goldberg as Molly Ribalovski’s parents.
World Gathering of Bialystokers in New York
A 1949 world gathering of Bialystokers in New York.
Bialystok Moshav Zekenim
Institution that provided a home for homeless elderly people.
Rabbi Moshe Sohn
A renowned scholar knowledgeable in Hebrew and several European languages.
Norfolk
A city containing the Great Synagogue associated with Moshe Sohn.
Great Synagogue of Norfolk
A Norfolk synagogue where Moshe Sohn prayed and studied.
Maternal family of the narrator
A family of prominent Bialystok householders engaged in charity and good deeds.
Ladies Auxiliary
A women's auxiliary that initially had only a few dozen members.
Wall Street
The passage refers to the coming Wall Street crash.
Vuera Epstein
David Sohn's wife, identified as being from Bialystok.
Kalman
Max Rottner's business associate or brother in an enterprise.
Lumber store
A store sold by Lazer before opening a lumber business.
Max Ratner
Max Ratner led the Ratner family enterprise.
Israeli Chambers of Commerce
Organization whose president was Max Ratner.
Isaac Ribalovusky
General secretary of the Bialystok Center.
American-Israeli Chambers of Commerce
Organization whose president was Max Rotner.
Moshe Peshe Ratovtser
Head of a Bialystok household that emigrated to America.
Meir Ratner
Family member identified as the current Max.
Charles
Person who accompanied Max Ratner on his 1976 visit to Bialystok; identified as a cousin.
Greetings Corporation
Company founded by Yakov Sapirshteyn with plants across several regions.
Worcester Hebrew Academy
Day school in Cleveland associated with Yakov Sapirshteyn.
Tel-Stone
Place where Yakov Sapirshteyn purchased land to help establish Israel.
Jeannie Kantor
Woman from the same town who married Sapirshteyn in Cleveland.
Szczecin
A city Jacob Sapirstein reached before crossing into Germany.
Morris Sapirstein
One of Jacob Sapirstein's three sons who joined the family business.