David-Horodok
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Yona Brukhin
Reported to have died in Soviet concentration camps.
Mariko
Medic who headed a delegation to German military authorities.
Lyuba Kosarev
Appointed head of the civilian police under German rule.
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.
Velvel Kushnir
A man spared because he was an expert in repairing sewing machines, then later shot.
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.
Yitzhak Nakhmanovich
A serviceman pictured at the mass grave in David-Horodok 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.
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.
Safliak
A poor craftsman in the town who repaired worn shoes.
The narrator's father
The narrator's father used discipline and threatened apprenticeship to Safliak.
The prayer leader
An unnamed prayer leader led the Rosh Hashanah morning service.
Unnamed local righteous rabbi
A righteous rabbi who lived in David-Horodok and blessed the narrator.
Aharale Karliner
A renowned and respected rabbi invited to circumcise the narrator.
Rabbi Kadish
A teacher remembered by the narrator as poorly dressed and emotionally expressive.
Unnamed narrator
The narrator studied under Rabbi Kadish at age eight.
Unnamed narrator's father
A teacher who explained the Tabernacle and its vessels to students.
Hillel the butcher
A butcher whose house was occupied by the narrator's family.
Wolf
Hillel the butcher's son, described as unsuccessful in his studies.
Moses Zaika
A teacher associated with spreading education who used new educational methods.
Moses Zaika's son
Moses Zaika's son, described as playing on the holy holiday of Yom Kippur.
Ahad Ha'am
Quoted regarding the Sabbath and Jewish people.
Barber
A barber cut and shaved hair at the bathhouse.
Haya-Tsipa
A charitable, childless woman who collected leftover bread from affluent homes.
Yankel the teacher
A Jewish teacher struck by a large snowball during the Nittel festivities.
Shaul-Bar
A local wine seller and public Torah preacher in David-Horodok.
Moshe der Poiker
A drummer in Horodok whose daughter was sent to Pinsk to earn a living.
Eli Kohn
The head of the Kohn family, associated with a small steamboat.