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Narrator’s father
The narrator’s father, who did not survive with the narrator.
Narrator’s sister
The narrator’s sister, who did not survive with the narrator.
Narrator's mother
The narrator’s mother was taken from a discovered bunker with other relatives.
Narrator's father
The narrator’s father was taken from a discovered bunker and later assigned to work.
Shmuel Drogotchinsky
The narrator's husband, who endured Nazi persecution and escaped from Blechhammer camp.
Leizer Alshansky
A Bialystoker Jewish prisoner who escaped from Blechhammer camp.
Yeshua Krawiecki
A Bialystoker Jewish prisoner who escaped from Blechhammer camp.
Haim Kurniansky
A Bialystoker Jewish prisoner who escaped from Blechhammer camp.
The narrator's husband's mother
She urged her son to save himself before they were separated during deportation.
Hannah Goldfarb
Named as the mother of the narrator.
Moshe Kremer
Named in the narrator’s parentage statement.
Alice Kremer
Writer of the article and daughter of Moshe Kremer.
Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel addressed a gathering of second-generation participants about memorials and memory.
The narrator's father
The narrator's father was together with people in the camps.
Rabbi Chaim Shraga Brodsky
A prominent early activist in the Bialystok immigrant community.
Shimkha Tzfat
A Bialystok Jewish man who came to America in 1942.
Shimkha
A Jewish man who immigrated to America, worked, sought gold, and served in the American army.
General McClellan
The commander under whom Shimkha served.
Yerakhmiel Lifshits
A landsleit mentioned among people discussing Shimkha's life.
Louis Goldman
A landsleit mentioned among people discussing Shimkha's life.
Philip Tashman
A landsleit mentioned among people discussing Shimkha's life.
Yosef Lipnik
A landsleit mentioned among people discussing Shimkha's life.
Alter Kushes
A landsleit mentioned among people discussing Shimkha's life.
Jack Sofer
A landsman described in an anecdote about eating and local hospitality.
Mrs. Sofer
Jack Sofer's wife, described as hospitable.
Mrs. Grossman
An innkeeper who fed the hungry Shmukha.
Shimkha
A person who maintained the Great Synagogue on Norfolk Street.
General Kruger
General Kruger was falsely reported to have arrived incognito in New York.
Shimkha
A man who visited America and performed various laboring occupations.
Shimkha
A man remembered for his exceptionally large appetite.
Shimkha
An elderly Bialystoker resident who attended celebrations and received payment for delivering admonitions.
Maxim Suzanov
A painter who posed Shmicha as a rabbi for a portrait.
Shmicha
A man recognized in a newspaper image as General Kruger.
Raia Zak
A woman identified in a school photograph and later living in New York.
David Sohu
Described as a longtime leader of the Bialystok landsmanschaft in America.
Yakov Krepeliak
Named as a writer, personality, and fellow townsman associated with the Bialystoker Stimme.