Drohiczyn
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German forces enter Drohichin
German forces entered Drohichin after Russian troops withdrew.
Order to return
A sub-officer ordered the travelers to return to the town.
Death of Gitl
Gitl died in Harbakh during winter 1916.
German forced labor
Residents performed agricultural and other labor under German supervision.
Forced labor under German soldiers
Residents were forced to perform hard labor, including digging and hunting hares.
Kishinev
City mentioned among locations affected by pogroms.
Hamel
City mentioned among locations affected by pogroms.
Bialystok
City mentioned among locations affected by pogroms.
Black Hundreds
Groups described as inciting robbery, murder, and pogroms.
German roundup of Jewish residents
German soldiers drove Jewish residents from homes and divided men into field-labor groups.
Austria
Country that acted against Serbia after the Sarajevo assassination.
Serbia
Country targeted by Austria at the outbreak of war.
Austrian Crown Prince
His assassination is described as the first spark of World War I.
Sarajevo assassination
Assassination described as the first spark of the world conflagration.
Meir Meyerovich
Named in a photograph caption as a gymnasium student.
Kalisz
City reportedly occupied by Germany during the war.
Russian gymnasium
Gymnasium attended by four named people in a photograph caption.
Beit midrash
Community members gathered there to recite lamentations and discuss the political situation.
Refusal of forced labor on Saturday
Jewish men refused to cut hay on Saturday and were ordered home after protest.
East Prussia
A region mentioned alongside Galicia in wartime movements.
Forced potato digging
A soldier forced the narrator and another young man to dig potatoes; a ritmeister supervised the work and threatened punishment.
Payments to avoid labor
Jews gave gifts to the village watchman to avoid forced labor.
German colonists
German colonists from two districts were sent away.
German entry into Ukraine
German forces entered Ukraine after Bolshevik forces withdrew.
Founding of the town committee
A town committee was established in Drohiczyn after the Ukrainian commissioner disappeared.
Polish military entry into Drohitchin
A Polish military detachment entered Drohitchin at midnight and caused turmoil.
Bolshevik march from Pinsk
Bolshevik forces marched from Pinsk toward the Polish forces near Kobrin.
Officer falls in battle and is buried in Drohitchin
An unnamed officer fell in battle and was buried in the market with a military parade.
Brest-Litovsk
A place near which German forces were positioned.
Drohitchin intellectuals
Drohitchin doctors, writers, and educators listed in a historical section.
Young Jewish men from Pinsk are executed
Polish forces shot young Jewish men after forcing them to dig their own graves.
Polish forces occupy Drohitchin
Polish forces occupied Drohitchin after the Bolsheviks withdrew.
Soldiers
Soldiers entered shops and the narrator's pharmacy.
Berl Lechawitzky
Person named in a photograph caption.
Isr Zlotnik
Person named in a photograph caption.
Yakov Siderov
Person named in a photograph caption.