David-Horodok
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Jewish refugees
Hundreds of Jewish refugees arrived in David-Horodok describing wartime atrocities.
Belarus
Region identified as western Belarus in the military advance narrative.
Velvel Reishkes
Elderly man addressed by a senior officer entering the city.
Joseph Stalin
Leader invoked in promises of freedom, fraternity, and love.
Polish government
Antisemitic and reactionary Polish rule in the city before Soviet entry.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union, referenced in discussions about life and minority policies.
NKGB
Soviet security institutions referenced in reports leading to arrests.
Horodok residents
Residents of David-Horodok described as reacting against the Jewish population.
Population of Western Belarus
The population selected delegates for conferences concerning annexation to the Soviet Union.
Population of Western Ukraine
The population selected delegates for conferences concerning annexation to the Soviet Union.
Conferences on annexation to the Soviet Union
Two conferences selected delegates who petitioned for annexation of Western Belarus and Western Ukraine.
Soviet authorities
Authorities that introduced Soviet administrative and social arrangements.
Soviet financial department
Department described as conducting enterprise nationalization.
Tarbut Hebrew School
Hebrew school converted into a Yiddish-language school.
Hertzel Tsifin
Resident prosecuted for meat-and-sausage speculation.
David-Horodok hospital
Hospital established with a maternity department.
David-Horodok cinema
Permanent cinema established in the town.
M. Rimar
Person shown with family and factory managers.
Rimar family
Family members appear in a sawmill caption.
M. Rimar sawmill
Sawmill associated with M. Rimar in David-Horodok.
Leizer Ronkin
Tannery owner arrested after Yosef Yudovitz.
Yonia (Yosef) Brukhin
Revisionist activist arrested after Leizer Ronkin.
Bolshevik punitive detachment
Detachment that shot Beytsl Yudovitz and two Christian citizens.
Haim Barentshuk
Zionist General activists arrested in David-Horodok.
Yasha Yudovich
Zionist General activist arrested in David-Horodok.
Artshik Morbatshik
Zionist General activist arrested in David-Horodok.
Berl Rimar
Zionist General activist arrested in David-Horodok.
Shaia Kantor
Zionist General activist arrested in David-Horodok; later remained in Poland.
Shmuel Tashtshik
Poalei Zion activist arrested in David-Horodok; later lived in Israel.
Arka Lifshitz
Poalei Zion activist arrested in David-Horodok.
Kopel Morbatshik
Poalei Zion activist arrested in David-Horodok; later lived in Israel.
Mendel Kravchik
Poalei Zion activist arrested in David-Horodok; later lived in Israel.
Yona Brukhin
Reported to have died in Soviet concentration camps.
Brest prison
Prison from which Lazer Ronkin escaped during transfer.
Soviet concentration camps
Camps where five named people reportedly died.
General Zionists
Political movement whose activists were arrested in a single night.