Drohiczyn
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Valevel
Locality whose Jews participated in schnapps trade.
Gdalia Kaplan
Person named in a caption list.
Polish raiders
Armed Polish bands robbed, assaulted, and terrorized Jewish residents.
Mishiver family
Family represented in a caption naming Leah Lev and children, Samuel and Taybl.
Kamin-Kashir
Jewish community whose residents were cited by bandits.
Balakhowtsy
Armed men entered the city and later departed after receiving money.
Gutav family
Shlomo's sons, the Gutav brothers, later lived in Chicago with their families.
Shalom Gratt
Named in a photograph caption.
Częstochowa
City reportedly occupied by Germany during the war.
Wilhelm
Referred to as “Reb Velvel” and described as friendly with Jews.
Kholm District
A district associated with German colonists who were sent away.
Lublin District
A district associated with German colonists who were sent away.
Nate Valevelski
Person listed among the first row of revolutionaries.
Menahem Katzenelnbogen
Person listed among the first row of revolutionaries.
Shmuel Bunem Trubavitz
Person listed among the second row of revolutionaries.
Shmuel Horowitz
Person listed among the second row of revolutionaries.
Israel Valevelski
Person listed among the second row of revolutionaries.
Gudel Rosenkranz
Person listed among the second row of revolutionaries.
Bunem Burshteyn
Person listed among the third row of revolutionaries.
Shmuel Pulik
Person listed among the third row of revolutionaries.
Police station
A police station whose guard intervened during an attack.
Area behind the town
Area behind the town where residents prepared hiding places.
Narrator's pharmacy
Pharmacy repeatedly entered and looted by soldiers.
A Yanawer
Person named in a photograph caption.
Hinter-Geslach
A place where a small number of houses remained after the town's destruction.
Rentsz Zelig Hoyzman
Named contributor or associated person.
A. A. Zumer
Named contributor or associated person.
Leon T. Kels
Person identified in a photograph caption.
Photograph from August 1932
Photograph caption identifying four people and dating the image to August 1932.
Hershenhoyz
Named in a photograph caption as being in the first row.
Slanimsk
Named in a photograph caption as being in the second row.
Lieutenant
A lieutenant is described walking with a dog and receiving orders to return.
Soldier
A soldier rode in the wagon alongside the sub-officer.
Rittmeister Rass
First commandant of the village, described as capricious.
the old Khalozhiner
An elderly person found in the middle of the street during the German roundup.
Ritmeister
A mounted officer whose drivers’ abuse is reported at the end of the passage.