Drohiczyn
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Russian peasants
Russian peasants described in relation to antisemitism.
Jews in Russia
Jewish population described as suffering government persecution before the war.
Bialystok
City mentioned among locations affected by pogroms.
German colonists
German colonists from two districts were sent away.
Drohitchin intellectuals
Drohitchin doctors, writers, and educators listed in a historical section.
Drohiczyn Jewish population
Jewish population targeted by hooligans in 1905.
Drohiczyn Jewish community
Jewish community described as mostly Mitnagdim, with a Hasidic minority.
Drohiczyn Jewish community
Community commemorated by the volume.
The Jews of the town
Town Jews who bought confiscated wheat for Passover matzah.
Returning peasants
Peasants returning from Russia demanded their houses back.
Drohichin Jewish population
Jewish population that learned of the Zakazelie massacre.
Zakazelie Jews
Jewish victims and survivors of the Zakazelie massacre.
Jewish victims
Fourteen additional Jewish people were killed with Bathsheba’s family.
Drohichin Jewish community
Jewish community described as comprising 700 families before the war.
Jewish population of the town
Jewish inhabitants described as living under mortal fear.
Drohitchin
Town whose rabbinate succession became disputed.
Asher Berezavski’s family and community
Asher Berezavski’s family and community perished.
Drohiczyn
Community where Rabbi Warsawsky co-founded and served as secretary of Hatzohar.
Grodno
Community associated with a yeshiva and Yiddish press.
Pinsk
Jewish community described after the war.
Our local communities
The local communities where the young shochet settled.
Kalner community
Community granting Shmuel Yisrael Kaplan rabbinic appointment.
His congregation
The congregation served by Rabbi Kalenkawitch.
Drohiczyn Hasidic community
Hasidic community described as small in number but strong in quality.
Kobriner Hasidim
A small group of Kobriner Hasidim in Drohitchin lacked a dedicated place to pray.
Drohitchin Ghetto
Ghetto from which Menachem reportedly escaped before reaching Lviv.
Drohichiner Landsmen
Drohichiner expatriates represented by Eisenstein during his 1920 mission.
Drohitchin community in America
Community established by early Drohitchin immigrants in America.
Drohiczyn Jewish life
Jewish communal life in the town.
Balakhovtsy
Group identified in the caption as killing Nakh Leifer in 1921.
Kishinev
Community affected by pogroms mentioned in the passage.
Jewish people
The Jewish people subjected to German mass murder.
Jewish towns
Jewish towns portrayed as frightened and suffering.
Jews of Poland
The Jews of Poland, among whom Zeitlin lived and worked for many years.
Nine Jews in Drohitchin
Group reported as the Jews currently in Drohitchin.
Group A
A category designated for workers among the Jews.