Drohiczyn
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Palestine Colonial Bank
A bank whose shares were sold by the groups.
Mezhritcher Shumter
A person whose house was searched by Polish police for communist literature.
Son of the Mezhritcher Shumter
The son reportedly smuggled himself into Russia.
Juntas
An organization described as a major recent development.
Peyvel Des Kvasnik
A person associated with the courtyard shown in a 1938 caption.
Peyvel Des Kvasnik’s courtyard
The courtyard identified in a 1938 photograph caption.
Kagilin
The passage reports persecution in Kagilin.
Stavnits
The passage reports Jews being expelled from a park there.
Abc
A publication is quoted using hostile language about Jews.
Milatin
The passage reports severe suffering among Jews in Milatin, Galicia.
Stak
Place listed among locations where Jews were attacked.
Stuchin
Place listed among locations where Jews were attacked.
Chizhev
Place listed among locations where Jews were attacked.
Yankel Balegale
A person accompanying the grandmother and grandfather to meet the narrator at the train.
Yankel
A person who warns the narrator that wolves are present.
Minkovichi
A nearby town mentioned as having paved streets.
David Mordechai Dawmski
A reserved rabbinical candidate known as “the interpreter.”
Yisrael Efrim
Named as a principal founder of the study group.
Yisrael Tiles
Named as an alternative identification of a principal founder.
Manifestation in Drohichin honoring the Balfour Declaration
A large manifestation in Drohichin honored the Balfour Declaration.
Antapolia
A town whose students attended the yeshiva.
Rabbi Aharon of Khamsk
A scholar appointed as head of the yeshiva.
Bezhnitzes families
Jewish families who arrived in Drohiczyn during wartime.
Bad
Place whose non-Jewish resident later provided firewood.
Waleweł
A community whose Jews were present at a schnapps distillery.
Brone
Location where German forces were reportedly entrenched.
Makhliye
Named in a group identification.
Krasneaulitsa Street
One of two streets left standing after the town burned.
Chaim Benjamin
A named member of the town committee.
Lipman Azriel Feldman
One of four delegates who met the commandant.
Khashe Branerke
Hospital worker who cared for patients during the described period.
Mordechai Minkawitch
Named in a 1916 photograph caption.
German occupation force
German occupation force described as being popular among Jews in photographs.
Jews of Drohitchin
The passage describes Jewish residents farming and tending livestock.
Biała
City from which goods were smuggled to Drohiczyn.
Zakozel
Place associated with wartime schnapps production.