David-Horodok
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Jews of Poland
The Jewish population of Poland, described as fearful before the approaching war.
British Consulate in Warsaw
A consulate in Warsaw where additional information was received during the 1939 visit.
Parents’ home
Home that became a meeting place for townspeople and visitors.
Residents of David-Horodok
Townspeople who gathered to exchange news and discuss escape.
M. Shor Ami
Author of the passage about his final days in David-Horodok.
M. Rapoport
Named contributor appearing before the account of the final days in David-Horodok.
Rabbi Shapira
Dedicated and loyal Zionist activist who had reached the Land of Israel.
Residents of the narrator’s town
Residents whose aspirations and dreams were disrupted by the crisis.
Soviets
Authorities described as dividing the population into three social categories.
Belohush
A locality whose resident recognized Herzl Luria.
Families from the town in Israel
Hundreds of families who survived and lived active lives throughout Israel.
Moshe Shechter
A dear friend accompanying the narrator to David-Horodok on June 26, 1941.
David Shechter
Moshe Shechter's father, according to the passage.
Wolf, newspaper seller
Moshe Shechter's grandfather, identified as a newspaper seller.
Synagogues of David-Horodok
The town's residents walked to synagogues with their children before the Sabbath.
Labor battalions
Soviet labor battalions recruited hundreds of young men in March and April 1941.
German-occupied area
The German-occupied area near which airfields were built.
Yitzhak Gulman
A person who decided to leave with the narrator.
Miriam Frankel
A person who turned back after guards refused the group passage.
Tsirl Bagon
A person who turned back after guards refused the group passage.
Shoshana Eisenberg
A person who turned back after guards refused the group passage.
Rochlin
A partisan-unit commander and Communist Party secretary in David-Horodok.
Communist Party
The party whose secretary in David-Horodok was Rochlin.
Maccabi
Organization through which some Jewish and non-Jewish youth were mobilized.
Moshe Margolin
Person who reported the Red Army would soon arrive.
Olshan Bridge
Bridge guarded by a five-person fire brigade group.
Moshe Borukhin
Resident whose house was near fighting between armies.
Horyn Bridge
Bridge toward which the group advanced across the town.
Jacob
A person ordered by Rabbi Shapira to leave for Vilna immediately.
Joseph ben Moses Bruchin
Member of the first group attempting to leave David-Horodok.
Zev Ronkin
Member of the first group attempting to leave David-Horodok.
Rivne
A transit route toward Romania.
Eishyshok
A place where travelers learned Vilna was returning arrivals.
Yosef Basvitz
Operated a consumer cooperative shop in David-Horodok.
Yosef Gluiberman
Reported that Yaakov and David Gorvitz crossed from Vilna to transfer the Karlin admor.
Yaakov Gorvitz
Crossed from Vilna with David Gorvitz to transfer the Karlin admor.