David-Horodok
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Tsvia Kraus
Named contributor identified with Tsifarin.
Reuven Mishalo
Named contributor associated with Tsvia Kraus’s text.
Hitler
Hitler is referenced in connection with the destruction of European Jewry.
Vitautas
Independent ruler of Lithuania mentioned in a treaty.
Sigismund Kestutaitis
Prince who received Pinsk, David-Horodok, and Ludmir in the treaty account.
Ivan Semyonovich
Successor of Yuri in the historical succession account.
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
The town reportedly had known no war since the days of Khmelnytsky.
Shimon Leibtman
A teacher identified as among the first Hebrew-in-Hebrew teachers.
Rabbi of Slonim
A rabbi who customarily contributed one ruble.
V. Iskah Lifshitz
A person listed in the first row of a 1920s Jewish National Fund group photograph.
Shoshana Gloiberman
A person listed in a Jewish National Fund group photograph.
Yehoshua Manoah
The Jewish National Fund emissary listed in the group photograph.
Hayim Finkelshtein
A person listed in a Jewish National Fund group photograph.
Arke Lifshitz
A person listed in a Jewish National Fund group photograph.
Hayim Lansky
Listed among seated group members.
Helfant
A person identified as leading the Bund group in David Horodok.
A. Y. Shafer
One of those who brought educator Y. S. Adler to David-Horodok.
Gvirtzman
Person listed among seated individuals in a group photograph.
M. Kvitni
Manager of the Bank for Commerce founded in 1923.
Masai
The depot keeper summoned firefighters to training with a trumpet.
M. Rimar
A Jewish leader of the fire brigade in the years before World War II.
Dr. Zhulcover
Jewish municipal official elected in the first democratic elections.
Meir Morvatchik
Elected head of the community in 1928.
Tanya
One of the brothers identified as ceremonial hosts at the assembly.
Kulaga Yavoplov
Identified as one of the ceremonial hosts at the assembly.
Rabbi Moshele
Among the men who avoided leaving the city for forced labor.
Chaim
Named among men who avoided leaving the city for forced labor.
Der Pahaaster
A teacher presented as a typical melamed in David-Horodok.
Head of the kahal
The kahal head reportedly recalled another substantial fire in 1868.
Disyatnik
An official who ruled the town when the narrator was three.
Katzman family advocate
A Katzman who defended clients before a justice of the peace in civil cases.
The legendary dwarf
Unnamed local man who remained after others fled to America and later became religiously ascetic.
the rabbi of Stolin
Rabbi visited by the grandfather after the candle incident.
The narrator’s father
Public-minded resident who became a municipal council representative after settling in town.
Volvela
Rabbi in the United States, according to the passage.
Moshe Gurushkin
Named among the first Zionists in David-Horodok.