Drohiczyn
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Moment
Yiddish editorial office mentioned by the narrator.
Goniec Warszawski
A newspaper is quoted regarding Jews in Poland.
Galicia
Milatin is located in Galicia according to the passage.
Warsaw Jewish ghetto
The writer says they have not left the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw for two years.
Lomza
City and surrounding area described as experiencing severe persecution.
Bydgoszcz
City listed among places where Jews were attacked.
Malkin
Place listed among locations where Jews were attacked.
Kielce
City listed among locations where Jews were attacked.
Lodz
City listed among locations where Jews were attacked.
Oshmene
Place listed among locations where Jews were attacked.
Drohobych
City listed among locations where Jews were attacked.
Bryansk
City listed among locations where Jews were attacked.
Hershl Eisenstein
Person identified in a photograph caption at the new cemetery.
Moshe Leizer Grotsch
Person identified in a photograph caption at the new cemetery.
Yisrael Dovid
Person identified in a photograph caption at the new cemetery.
Chana Milner
Person identified in a photograph caption at the new cemetery.
Chava Milner
Person identified in a photograph caption at the new cemetery.
Yosef Milner
Person identified in a photograph caption as Chava Milner’s son.
European Jewry
European Jewish population described as buried by Polish soil.
England
Destination of the narrator’s journey from Drohitchin.
Death of Y. Slonim
Y. Slonim died in 1944.
Tog
A New York Jewish newspaper where Y. Slonim published many poems.
Broadway
Broadway appears in the poem’s memory of flames and turmoil.
America
The speaker recalls coming from America to Drohichin as a child.
the bridge
The speaker visits the sand by the bridge and notes a former feature is gone.
the grandfather’s sawmill business
The speaker visits the sawmill business of his deceased grandfather, Reb Velvel.
Reb Velvel
Reb Velvel is identified as the speaker’s grandfather and described as long deceased.
the hekdesh
The hekdesh is described as desolate and full of sorrow.
New York
A place associated with the poem’s contrast between city sins and the small town.
The grandmother
The narrator’s grandmother, who came to the train with the grandfather.
The grandfather
The narrator’s grandfather, who came to the train with the grandmother.
The grandfather
The narrator’s grandfather, who calls the narrator a wanderer and laughs.
The yard
A yard beside a barn where the narrator finds two dogs.
Old study house
Old study house recalled in Drohitchin.
Market
Market described as full of peasants.
Schoolyard
Schoolyard mentioned as the speaker’s departure point.