David-Horodok
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Stolin Hasidic Company
A Stolin Hasidic group that visited during Purim celebrations.
Abraham-Moses the Matchmaker
An enthusiastic Hasid and prominent Torah scholar who accompanied the Stolin group.
Rabbi Israel-Joseph
The narrator’s grandfather, remembered as a talented rabbi of the town and David-Horodok Hasidim.
Rabbi Velvele
The narrator’s father, described as pious and later assuming the Hasidic leadership seat.
The narrator's father
The narrator's father lived modestly and died while preparing to pray.
Chayele
The narrator's sister Chayele died young.
Rabbi Aharonle
The narrator's elder brother served as rabbi in Luninyets and was murdered with two children.
Shamai
Shamai was murdered with his father by the Nazis.
Miriam
Miriam was murdered with her father by the Nazis.
Wife of Rabbi Aharonle
Rabbi Aharonle's wife died in Pinsk and descended from noted Hasidic figures.
Henia
The wife of the narrator's brother was the daughter of a Hasid of Stolin.
Rabbi Moshe-Yehoshua
The narrator's third brother inherited the rabbinate of David-Horodok from their father.
Chanele
Chanele was murdered in David-Horodok with her parents and siblings.
Feigele
Feigele was murdered in David-Horodok with her parents and siblings.
Vavele
Vavele was murdered in David-Horodok with her parents and siblings.
Zipporah Kunda-Ginzburg
The passage is signed by Zipporah Kunda-Ginzburg.
Luninyets
A city where Rabbi Aharonle served as rabbi.
Nikolai Nikolaevich
Russian military commander identified as the supreme commander.
Central Jewish Relief Committee
Central committee assisting Jewish refugees in the capital.
Yehuda Kashtan
Young townsman who arranged for refugees to be sent to David-Horodok.
Jacob Rabinowitz
Prominent householder who served on the municipal relief committee.
Regional Committee in Pinsk
Committee approached by Yehuda Kashtan to send refugees to David-Horodok.
Municipal Relief Committee
Committee established for ongoing care of the refugees.
Refugee arrival in David-Horodok
A steamboat brought over one hundred refugees from Pinsk to David-Horodok.
Yehuda Kashtan
Community committee activist who organized aid for refugees.
Rovla
Nearby community where aid collections were conducted.
Yitzik
Speaker who addressed residents of Rovla for refugee aid.
Y. Zeldin
Author of a passage about David-Horodok during the Bolshevik period.
Asher son of Yitzhak Berman
Supplier whose connections helped protect David-Horodok Jews.
Tsar Nicholas’s motor and cavalry corps
Military corps supplied by Asher Berman.
Asher
A Jewish man who rescued Jews during violence.
Yosef Kluzhni
A Jewish man sheltered in Asher's attic.
Lipa Finkelstein
A man rescued from hanging by Asher.
Shmuel Mzilski
Asher's brother-in-law, rescued from hanging.
Aharon Dvorin
A man rescued from attackers threatening to cut his ears.
Yitzhak Makhrumsk
Asher's father, who sought burial and help for survivors.