Drohiczyn
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Garden
Garden where the narrator hid overnight in a ditch.
Yosl Shinder's garden
Garden reached after crossing the cemetery and a bridge.
Shinder's garden
Garden where the narrator noticed people nearby.
Straw shed
Shed where the narrator hid for three days.
Stalingrad
The text says German forces retreated from Stalingrad.
Khutor
Romanovsky went to a khutor near Simenavitz.
Cornfield
The narrator hid in a tall cornfield for three days.
Bunker
A bunker where the narrator encountered Hungarian Jews and Germans.
labor camp near Kobryn
Three Jewish young men escaped from a labor camp near Kobryn.
Braner courtyard
German perpetrators dumped victims’ bodies into a specially dug pit in the Braner courtyard.
Raviner courtyard
Courtyard where Jewish victims were taken and killed with machine guns.
Palevski’s house and yard
Site behind which Germans murdered and buried ghetto Jews.
Lekevitch
A policeman from Lekevitch reportedly murdered Jews.
Sakhe
A place where the narrator hid.
Village
A village where the narrator sought water.
Kristin’s farmstead
A farmstead the narrator was told to leave because it was dangerous.
Shed
A shed where the narrator was temporarily hidden.
the ghetto
The narrators remained there while awaiting persecution.
Swampy taverns
Wetland tavern area from which the narrator and children departed.
Sernik
A town described as completely erased, with no Jewish settlement remaining.
A farmer's house
Farmhouse sought by the narrator and children for bread and shelter.
mass grave
A mass grave contained victims from the town massacre.
the peasant’s farm
A peasant couple’s farm is mentioned as a nearby location.
Farm buildings called Mahilkes
The narrator and children entered farm buildings called Mahilkes.
Magilkes cemetery
A cemetery of Drohitchin’s Christian population appears in a photograph caption.
Temporary shelter under a haystack
Temporary shelter where a mother and her children lived in hiding.
Swaritse-Vitcher Forest
Forest where Jewish refugees and partisans gathered in underground pits.
Svaritzevitcher forests
A forest area described as a refuge during the war.
Sparever forests
A forest area described as a refuge during the war.
Svariner forests
A forest area described as a refuge during the war.
Jewish cemeteries
The Jewish cemeteries are described as shattered and desecrated.
Steyr displaced persons camp
Displaced persons camp in Austria where the narrator arrived.
Kolonia
Kolonia received Jewish refugees from the surrounding area.
School Courtyard
The School Courtyard marked one endpoint of Ghetto A.
Hartford
Tzviya and Binyamin Wolf were located in Hartford.
Moshe Liters (Epstein) well
Water was secretly brought from the Moshe Liters, Epstein, well.