David-Horodok through time
A chronological route through dated events and source accounts in the memorial book. Dates reflect what the selected evidence states and do not imply independent corroboration.
- Before 1905
Education and communal institutions develop
A library for children and school youth was organized before 1905, while David-Horodok is described as an organized Jewish settlement with communal institutions. [mention_dab488115e2b3d35ee93d321, mention_aeca1dac65f285350a4e666c]
- 1905
New political movements appear
A small Bund group was organized in David-Horodok during the revolutionary period, and Poale Zion is also recorded in the town. [event_candidate_61032a7ea799c1d014ada76e, mention_749d32a48606275263727c6a]
- 1909
Merchants establish a bank
Larger merchants in David-Horodok founded a merchants’ bank, linking commercial activity with local economic organization. [event_candidate_f45726c1fa8c7aca42c82026]
- December 1917
Ber Borokhov dies
Ber Borokhov died in December 1917, and the memorial book records a meeting held in the town in his memory. [event_candidate_385d3de0601e1cbc688c48a0, mention_5828f6626efcb3f75e7e0543]
- 1918
Violence and Jewish education amid upheaval
Beytsl Yudovich was shot with two Christian townspeople during the 1918 Bolshevik Revolution, while Manivitz is recorded as directing the Tarbut school. [event_candidate_2d06251cf6b091cf3e195b27, event_candidate_105307ee99f37a12f4644bf6]
- 1920
Pogrom violence reaches the synagogue
The Bulakhovtsy gang murdered Aharon Hershel Dorzin and Shalom Boir during Simchat Torah in 1920. [event_candidate_a1f99d1eeab46608ebbf70f3]
- 1923–1924
Economic cooperation expands
A merchants’ bank was founded under M. Kviernes in 1923, followed by a People’s Bank under Sh. Papish in 1924. [event_candidate_3b7bd64dfb6e190e00c95c1d, event_candidate_af80afa7e81ec09c6e077adc]
- 1928–1936
Communal and municipal elections
Jewish community elections are recorded in 1928 and 1936, and municipal elections took place in David-Horodok in 1928. [event_candidate_338cbe2271285d637c7f90c6, event_candidate_af966dbecfba85d507fb0aa1, event_candidate_f0a1ebe00540af1ee9e497b5]
- 19 September 1939
Red Army enters David-Horodok
After Polish forces withdrew and crossed the river, Red Army assault units entered David-Horodok; Jewish and other residents came into the streets to welcome them. [event_candidate_e1df7af434b09ea87666cb5b, event_candidate_a7a45f36af6961a2897defe5]
- 27 July 1941
Men are assembled and shot
A memorial-book testimony dates a mass killing to 27 July 1941, describing men assembled outside David-Horodok under false pretenses and shot. [event_candidate_c63b4b0144bca152fd0b3c06]
- 16 August 1941
Jewish quarters are surrounded
Jewish quarters were surrounded, and men and children were brought to a Catholic monastery courtyard. [event_candidate_1d8f640b02a6e4722e33a8cc]
- 1942
The destruction spreads across the region
The memorial book reports that 7,000 people in Stolin were killed on the eve of Rosh Hashanah in 1942, while other David-Horodok accounts describe ghettos, murder, and escape. [event_candidate_2511cdfe808973d6daa780f9, mention_badc2057ff3ba3e64ef68f2e]
- Later autumn 1943
Wartime survival continues
One account places its events in later autumn, one month after Sukkot 1943, during the continuing wartime experiences recorded by survivors. [mention_5f10a22d4d602407cf324e43]
- September 1946
A survivor account is published
Yitzhak Nakhmanovich wrote his account in 1946, and it was published in September of that year. [event_candidate_941332eb48e44c003649ee3f]
- After the war
Return, justice, and rebuilding
Survivors visited the burned town, some returned to Horodok, and local perpetrators were captured and imprisoned; the Joint also founded an orphanage in David-Horodok. [event_candidate_05ef01958d4a391b1775c3af, event_candidate_6b248574262a60daa0c7cc2f, event_candidate_5af6ccb457ef770aba673f89, event_candidate_608ea8a7971d2e2885b8174c]