Drohiczyn
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David Warszawski
Person identified in a photograph caption.
Photograph of named people at David Warszawski's house
Caption identifies people and David Warszawski's house in August 1932.
Jewish families
Several Jewish families arrived with their wagons during the fire.
Pinsk Street
A street where a small number of houses remained after the town's destruction.
Herman Grossman
Named contributor or associated person from New York.
Matie Yachnes
Named contributor or associated person.
Yosel Burshtein
Person identified in a photograph caption.
Yosel Liberman
Person identified in a photograph caption.
Yasl the cantor's wife
The wife of Yasl the town cantor.
German doctor
A German doctor registered victims during the wartime epidemic.
Nearby villages
People went to nearby villages to thresh grain and bring it to town.
Rachel Epshtein
Named in a photograph caption as being in the first row.
Hannah Grinshteyn
Named in a photograph caption as being in the first row.
Beile Milner
Named in a photograph caption as being in the first row.
Naomi Wasserman
Named in a photograph caption as being in the first row.
Esther Goldberg
Named in a photograph caption as being in the second row.
Khaytche Andrinavski
Named in a photograph caption as being in the second row.
Yentl Wasserman
Named in a photograph caption as being in the second row.
Toibe
The narrator’s sister Toibe.
Narrator’s daughter
The narrator’s daughter remained in town during the outbreak.
Harbakhe
A village where the narrator and relatives went after the holiday in 1915.
Jacob Einbinder
Person identified in a caption alongside Gedalia Kaplan.
Railway
Direction toward which an airplane was observed flying.
Narrator's family
The narrator describes trying to rescue the family from a terrible fire.
Sub-officer
A sub-officer from the town ordered the narrator to return.
Drohiczyn Jewish population
Jewish population targeted by hooligans in 1905.
Valevelski
Named in a photograph caption as being in the second row.
Schwartz
Named in a photograph caption as being in the second row.
Kabrinski
Named in a photograph caption as being in the third row.
Occupied territory
Territory placed under commanders’ authority during the occupation.
Occupation commandants
Commanders governing the occupied territory and its civilian population.
Position area
Area near a military position under a commandant’s authority.
Rear area
Area farther from the front with somewhat easier conditions.
David
The narrator’s brother David.
Narrator’s wife
The narrator’s wife remained in town during the outbreak.
Narrator’s family
The narrator became separated from his family during the epidemic.