David-Horodok
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Poalei Zion C.S.
Political movement whose activists were arrested in a single night.
Hitler’s forces
Military forces that attacked the Soviet Union in June 1941.
Mikashevichi
City captured by the Germans before David-Horodok was reached.
Former Soviet-Polish border
Border approached by youths and families seeking escape to Russia.
German military authority in Pinsk
German military authority approached by a David-Horodok delegation.
Mariko
Medic who headed a delegation to German military authorities.
Lyuba Kosarev
Appointed head of the civilian police under German rule.
Gorbitsch family
Isser and Hershel Gorbitsch were found hiding and taken to the market square.
Isser Gorbitsch
Found hiding with Hershel Gorbitsch and taken to the market square.
Hershel Gorbitsch
Found hiding with Isser Gorbitsch and taken to the market square.
Catholic church
Assembly point designated for Jewish men ordered to report for work.
Germans
Returned to the city and transferred civilian authority to local Horodchuks.
Partisan unit
Two children reached a partisan unit and survived.
Velvel Kushnir
A man spared because he was an expert in repairing sewing machines, then later shot.
Partisans
Partisans carried out attacks and sabotage in David-Horodok during German occupation.
Unnamed Jewish girl partisan
A Jewish girl partisan was reportedly first into attacks and last to retreat.
Meir Hershl Korman
A Holocaust survivor who visited David-Horodok after the war.
Neta Mattityahu
A Holocaust survivor who visited David-Horodok after the war.
Idel Nakhmanovich
A Holocaust survivor who visited David-Horodok after the war.
Mendel Karbatshik
A Holocaust survivor who visited David-Horodok after the war.
Litman Morbatshik
A Holocaust survivor who visited David-Horodok after the war.
Mass grave of David-Horodok Jews
A mass grave containing Jews from David-Horodok who were described as tormented.
Yitzhak Nakhmanovich
A serviceman pictured at the mass grave in David-Horodok in 1945.
Mass grave in David-Horodok
The mass grave where Yitzhak Nakhmanovich was pictured in 1945.
Y. Lifshitz
The person identified by an initial and surname at the passage’s conclusion.
M. Zagorodsky
Author of memoir excerpts about David-Horodok and exile.
Mir
Place associated with the author’s maternal grandfather, a yeshiva leader.
Rabbi Leib Kunes
Yeshiva leader identified as the author’s maternal grandfather.
The author’s mother
The author’s mother taught him prayers during childhood.
Jewish communities in the diaspora
Communities where trained religious functionaries were expected to serve.
The synagogue
A synagogue whose candleholders were taken by an unpaid prayer leader.
Jewish towns of Polesia
The passage discusses poverty among Jews in remote Polesian towns.
Safliak
A poor craftsman in the town who repaired worn shoes.
The town
The unnamed town where Safliak lived and worked.
The narrator's father
The narrator's father used discipline and threatened apprenticeship to Safliak.
The Torah scroll
Safliak wished to embrace the Torah and circle the bimah.