Drohiczyn
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Birth of Samuel Levy
Samuel Levy was born in Drohiczyn in the Hebrew year 5676.
Isaiah Warszawski’s birth
Isaiah Warszawski was born in Drohiczyn.
Isaiah Warszawski emigrates to the Land of Israel
Isaiah Warszawski emigrated to the Land of Israel on 8 March 1938.
Isaiah Warszawski serves in the Royal Air Force
Isaiah Warszawski served in the British Royal Air Force from 1940 to 1946.
Isaiah and Tova married
Isaiah and Tova married in December 1945.
Isaiah served in the Israeli Army
Isaiah served as a soldier in the Israeli Army in 1948.
Warsaw’s military service in the Israeli army
Warsaw joined the Israeli army after the Irgun was dissolved and served as a commander.
Warsaw’s journey to New York
Warsaw came to New York in June 1950 to recruit Betar pioneers.
Warsaw’s return to Israel
Warsaw returned to the Land of Israel in August 1951.
Death of Rabbi Yehuda-Nah Brower
Rabbi Yehuda-Nah Brower died in Jerusalem in 1939.
Hershel Steinberg's emigration to the Land of Israel
Hershel Steinberg emigrated to the Land of Israel in 1922.
Hershel Steinberg's move to America
Hershel Steinberg moved to America in 1930.
Death of Elia-Mordechai Eisenstein
Elia-Mordechai Eisenstein died in Jerusalem at age 90 in 1956.
Irgun attack and capture of Jaffa
Abraham Bezdzhezhsky led Irgun fighters in attacking and capturing Jaffa in 1948.
Death of Abraham Michael Laurie
Abraham Michael Laurie died in 1948.
Birth of Yom Tov Heftman
Yom Tov Heftman was born in Bryansk in 1888.
Death of Yom Tov Heftman
Yom Tov Heftman died in Tel Aviv in 1955.
1939–1945
A period explicitly dated 1939–1945 appears in the passage.
1904–1983
The passage contains the date range 1904–1983.
Funeral procession for seventeen victims
A procession of five wagons carried seventeen victims toward the cemetery.
Burial of seventeen victims
Seventeen graves were covered after the funeral procession.
Dispute over the divorce of Kleva
A noted controversy concerning a divorce from Kleva.
Kishinev Pogrom
Pogrom after which Zavl delivered speeches against the tsarist regime.
Russo-Japanese War
Dr. Gershuni spent some time at the front during the Russo-Japanese War.
Turkish-Russian War
War years during which Sarah Rive made considerable money.
San Remo act
An act after which the Jewish population of Poland and the world became greatly excited.
Balfour Declaration
A declaration confirmed by the Allied powers according to the passage.
Destruction of the ghetto
Badanke warned Jews several days before the ghetto's destruction.
Outbreak of war in 1939
War broke out in 1939, and the narrator's husband was taken to the front.
German gold and contribution demand
The Germans demanded gold and a large monetary contribution from Jews.
Migration to America
The narrator and children arrived in America and settled in New York in September 1946.
Destruction of Drohiczyn
The association existed until the destruction of Drohiczyn.
Banquet for David Eisenstein
A banquet organized by the Aid Society for David Eisenstein in 1940.
Death of Hershl Dwinsky
Dwinsky died at an advanced age after living in a Jerusalem retirement home.
Jewish casualties of Khmelnytsky's Cossacks
The passage describes roughly half a million Jews falling victim to Cossack forces in 1648–1649.
Permission for Hebrew school
Jewish residents obtained permission to establish a school for Jewish boys.