David-Horodok
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Charity Loan Fund
Fund provided interest-free loans to small traders and artisans.
Firefighters' Organization
Firefighting organization described as largely controlled by Jews.
Maccabi Ha-Esh
A city fire brigade whose members included most local youth.
City municipality
The municipality built a storage depot and introduced a special tax.
Fire brigade depot
A depot in central David-Horodok housed firefighting equipment and water barrels.
Christian quarter
The Christian quarter suffered a major fire in 1936.
Yosef Yudovich
A Jewish leader of the fire brigade in the years before World War II.
M. Y. Lifshitz
Jewish municipal official elected in the first democratic elections.
M. Lakhovsky
Jewish member of the Polish-appointed municipal administration.
S. Katzman
Jewish member of the Polish-appointed municipal administration.
Y. Yudovich
Jewish municipal official elected in the first democratic elections.
R. Mishalov
Jewish municipal official elected in the first democratic elections.
S. Raznik
Jewish municipal official elected in the first democratic elections.
H. Tzipan
Jewish municipal official elected in the first democratic elections.
Y. Lifshitz
Jewish municipal official elected in the first democratic elections.
Maccabi Fire Organization
Jewish institution receiving municipal financial support because it served the entire population.
Polish Elementary School
Polish elementary school supported and developed by the municipal administration.
David-Horodok community committee
The community committee held democratic elections in 1917.
Chevra Kadisha
The burial society maintained the cemetery and received burial fees.
Old cemetery in David-Horodok
An old cemetery on the riverbank, repeatedly damaged by flooding and erosion.
Democratic elections for the David-Horodok community committee
Democratic elections were held for the community committee after the 1917 Kerensky Revolution.
Moshe Lachovsky
Jewish member of the town administration and semi-official community representative.
Shlomo Katzman
Jewish member of the town administration and semi-official community representative.
Moshe Yehuda Lifshitz
Jewish member of the town administration and semi-official community representative.
David-Horodok Jewish community
Jewish community whose representatives served in the town administration.
Rabbi Shapira
First chief rabbi of David-Horodok.
Kaplinski
Elected head of the community in 1936.
Jewish community council
Council elected during Polish rule and responsible for limited communal matters.
Bathhouse
Communal facility among the few matters handled by the community.
Cemetery
Communal cemetery among the few matters handled by the community.
America
Country mentioned among powers expected to restrain Hitler's regime.
Soviet Union
State mentioned among powers expected to restrain Hitler's regime.
Ribbentrop–Molotov Agreement
Agreement whose announcement was described as shocking in 1939.
England
England declared war on Germany on 3 September.
France
France declared war on Germany on 3 September.
Białystok
Białystok was captured by German forces.