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Zhabinka

זשאבינקע

Place where Aaron Yosef Shevinsky died.

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Sokalvuke

סאקאלװוקע

Village where Feigl Hoizman was born.

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Argentina

ארגענטינע

Country where Yisrael Hoizman died in 1946.

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Motole

מאטעלע

Khaytche Drucker perished there with her family.

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Subat

סובאט

Village near Drohiczyn associated with Beyle’s family.

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Hawaii

האװאיע

Location where Eliezer Samuel Eisenstein served with his regiment.

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Australia

אויס־ טראליע

Location where Eliezer Samuel Eisenstein served with his regiment.

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Dutch New Guinea

האלענדישע ניו גואינע

Place stormed by the 24th Infantry Division.

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Yanov

יאנאװע

Town associated with the Antapolsky family.

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Antapol

אנטאפאליע

Town associated with the Antapolsky family.

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The railway station

באן־סטאנציע

The mother went to the railway station to send food parcels.

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The house and property

די הויז מיטן פלאץ

The father wanted to sell the house and property after World War I.

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Eretz Israel

ארץ־ ישראל

The father wanted to travel to Eretz Israel after World War I.

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Building site for the Volks House

א שײנע ס פלא ץ

A site purchased for constructing the Volks House.

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Drohitzhin

דראהיטשין

The author identifies Drohitzhin as his hometown in the former Grodno Governorate.

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Kobrin prison

קאברינער טורמע

Prison where Eliyahu Nah Mendelson was held.

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Cemetery shtibl

בית־עולם שטיבל

Place where Yiddish proclamations were printed.

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Land of the Ancestors and Prophets

ארץ האבות והנביאים

Sacred eastern destination toward which hope was directed.

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Judean hills

הרי יהודה

The passage invokes raising Judah's flag in the Judean hills.

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German occupation

דער דײטשער אקופאציע

The passage describes the community as living under German occupation.

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Raviner Forest

ראװינער װאלד

Forest where a secret meeting was held.

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The prison

טורמע

Prison from which Yaakov Goldberg was freed.

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Russian border

רוסישע גרענעץ

Border crossed by Goldberg before leaving for America.

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The market

מארק

Market where a large workers' demonstration occurred.

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Kobrin Street

קאברינער גאם

Street where a poor young man lived.

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Burned city

פארברענטער שטאט

A city described through its destruction and Jewish suffering.

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Ghetto

געטא

The setting where Jews confronted persecution and murder.

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Ghettos

געטאס

Enclosed ghettos where Jews were subjected to persecution.

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Shliske 60

שליסקע 60

The address of Hillel Zeitlin’s home and a gathering place for scholars.

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Warsaw Ghetto

װארשעװער געטא

Place where Hillel Zeitlin was killed while being transported toward Treblinka.

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Treblinka

טרעבלינקע

Destination toward which Hillel Zeitlin was being taken.

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Budzyn camp

לאגער בודזשין

Camp where David performed forced labor for thirteen months.

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Warsaw cemetery

װארשעװער בית־עולם

Cemetery where Elhanan was buried and where Aharon later placed a gravestone.

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Korma

קארמע

Town identified as Hillel Zeitlin’s birthplace.

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Ubadovich

אובאדאװיטש

Town associated with Esther Kunin’s parents.

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Roslavl

ראסלאװל

City where Zeitlin worked for a period.

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