Drohiczyn
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Death of Zadok
Zadok died after suffering from hunger and cold while hiding with the group.
Esther’s recovery
Esther later became healthy after escaping.
Dr. Hayim Shashines served as inspector
The author states he was an inspector of Jewish People's Banks.
Death of Eliezer Schwarz
Eliezer Schwarz died in Adar II 1919 at age thirty-nine.
Death of Abraham Schwarz
Abraham Schwarz is stated to have died in 1918.
Boris joins the partisans
Benjamin escaped the ghetto and joined partisans in Biliner Forest.
Baris joins the Red Army
Baris joined the Red Army and served as a commander.
Baris dies in Prague
Baris became ill in Prague and could not be saved.
Boris wounded fighting Germans
Boris was wounded by a German bullet during a battle.
Boris discharged from the Red Army
Boris was discharged from the Red Army as a Jewish invalid.
Family return to Pinsk
The family returned to Pinsk in 1922.
Yom Kippur 1941 action in Vilna
During the action, Jews were deported toward Ponary and Enty resisted Lithuanian captors.
Imprisonment of Shlomo and Fellow Couriers
Shlomo, Sarah, and Chashke Zilber were imprisoned in Pawiak in Warsaw.
Occupation of Drohiczyn
German forces occupied Drohiczyn on June 25, 1941.
Murder of Jewish families in Vetele
The village elders of Vetele murdered several Jewish families in late July.
Destruction of Jewish communities in spring 1942
Jewish communities in Kozlov, Devin, and Bereza were destroyed in spring 1942.
Drohiczyn ghetto deportation
About 1,600 ghetto residents were driven toward the train station on July 25, 1942.
Murder of the Jews of Ghetto A
The Jews of Ghetto A were reported murdered.
Zeydl Lev settles in Drohiczyn
Zeydl Lev settled in Drohiczyn in 1924.
Killings in Khamsk and Motele
Local inhabitants killed the remaining Jews in Khamsk and Motele.
Murder of non-workers in the ghetto
Non-working Jewish residents were murdered on July 25, 1942.
Family escape from persecution
A Christian policeman helped the narrator and family flee.
Return to Drohitchin
The narrator and her children reached the Red Army and returned to Drohitchin.
Letter from Shimon Levy to Gdalia Kaplan
A March 1947 letter describes wartime confinement and hardship in Drohitchin.
Mass killing of half the town
Half the town was killed on Shabbat Nahamu in 1942.
Escape from transport and survival
The narrator escaped into a forest, reached partisans, and survived.
Return to birthplace
In 1945, the narrator returned to his birthplace and found no one there.
Death of Chaye-Frayde Warschawski
Chaye-Frayde Warschawski died in Siberia in 1943.
Red Army entry into Drohitchin
The poem states that the Red Army entered Drohitchin.
Death of Aharon-Shmuel
Aharon-Shmuel died on 9 Cheshvan 1941.
Death of Yosl in the Polish Army
Yosl is stated to have died in the Polish Army.
Death of Aharon Lev
Aharon Lev died in Drohichin in 1928.
Deportation to Russia
Drohitchiner and Chamsker survivors were sent to Russia by the Bolsheviks in 1941.
Photograph of displaced survivors
A group photograph was taken in Zeipheim, Germany, on 28 July 1947.
Death of Meir Mordecai Huizman
Meir Mordecai Huizman, a Polish soldier, was killed in battle in 1939.
Kesselring sentence and later release
Kesselring received a death sentence in 1947, later commuted, and was released after several years.