Białystok
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Abrasha Galterts
A partisan fighter who escaped and later died fighting Nazi forces.
Petrasher Field
A field designated as a persecution site for Jews.
Gardner Jewish Council
A Jewish council whose members were found after the massacre.
Nazi forces
Nazi forces attacked streets and houses and fought Jewish defenders.
Abrasha Galter
A highly active ghetto fighter who was wounded while carrying ammunition.
Jewish Council courtyard
A courtyard where Nazi forces were found during the fighting.
Self-defense group
A Jewish self-defense group fought heavily armed Nazi forces.
Jewish youth
Jewish youth fought to the death during the conflict.
Partisans
Resistance fighters connected with the ghetto fighters.
Petrashe Field
A field where thousands of Jewish men, women, children, and elderly people were confined.
Petrashe Inquisition Field
The field where Jews were driven together and lives were extinguished.
Shmuel Raizner
Fifteen-year-old participant in the ghetto resistance.
Kovitski
Connected the partisans with the ghetto fighters.
12 Cheple Street
Residence and meeting place of self-defense members.
Self-defense members
Members who opened fire against Nazi forces from buildings.
Stutthof concentration camp
Concentration camp to which the group was later deported.
Cartonage factory
Factory where workers sought shelter before deportation.
the streets
Streets where thousands of victims lay after the massacre.
Jews’ Council Court
A Jews’ Council court is described as being raided.
houses
Houses of concealed Jews were attacked by murderers.
Bialystok–Treblinka railway line
A railway route described as lined with armed Nazi murderers.
unnamed narrator
The narrator returns to the former home and searches for familiar landmarks.
Razenman family
The Razenman family was permitted to leave the Petrasher field.
Jewish rescue council
A local Jewish rescue council took in some people removed from the ranks.
Lieberman
Director of the shoe factory mentioned during the deportation operation.
Rozenman family
Rabbi Dr. Rozenman, his wife, and two daughters.
Nazi Ukrainian Bandits
Armed group described as forcing gravediggers to bury living Jews with the dead.
Excavated Graves
Graves into which living Jews were forced together with the dead.
Malkiner railway station
A railway station where the train stopped before continuing toward Treblinka.
Kupietzke Street
Street where a fire destroyed a two-story house.
The Shot Heroes
Resistance members described as heroes who were shot.
Jewish youths and girls
A group of Jewish youths and girls captured from the hiding place.
Nazi murderers
Nazi perpetrators carried out killings and searched hiding places.
Hidden Jews
Jews concealed in hiding places during Nazi searches and attacks.
Kukharevski
A 17-year-old Jewish resistance participant who survived an initial selection but was killed.
Siomke Kukharevski
Kukharevski's brother, killed during an explosion at the weapons factory.