What happened to the community under occupation?

The memorial book describes German authorities imposing demands through a Jewish Council and demanding gold and a large monetary contribution. Other accounts describe German soldiers forcing residents into labor and pursuing them, showing how occupation penetrated everyday life.

Under German rule, the Burial Society continued to function in the ghetto and held annual meals. Its activity suggests that even under persecution, communal obligations and religious care remained important to those imprisoned there.

The book records families murdered or deported together, including Mendl and his family on July 25, 1942, and the Warszawski family. A Moriah school class and its teacher were also killed, making clear that destruction reached children, households, and communal institutions alike.

The memorial volume preserves documents concerning German actions, including records connected with the Pinsk massacre and movements recorded in October 1942. It also states that the Drohitchin ledger was no longer in existence after 1941, underscoring both the violence and the loss of communal records.