Drohiczyn
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Unnamed staff veterinarian
A staff veterinarian assumed authority over the camp in summer 1917.
Egypt
Egypt is invoked as a comparison for forced labor and suffering.
Hitler
Hitler is referenced in discussion of German actions.
The editorial board
The passage ends with an attribution to the editorial board.
Ukrainians
Population group arriving after the Germans left Drohiczyn.
Belarus
Belarus is mentioned as a territory affected by German withdrawal.
Ukrainian government
A Ukrainian government is represented by a commissioner in Drohiczyn.
Jewish youth militia
A militia of Jewish youths maintained order and provided self-defense.
Polish–Bolshevik War
The passage begins a section about the Polish–Bolshevik War.
Menachem Averbun
Person identified in a photograph caption.
Abraham Kravets
Person identified in a photograph caption.
Harodets-Antapolia
Location on the road to Kobrin where opposing forces met.
Polish military
Military force that entered the town and withdrew toward Kobrin.
Militia
Local force whose commander was taken by Polish troops.
Drohitchin city committee
City committee whose members were seized by Polish troops.
Unnamed fallen officer
An officer who fell in battle was buried in the market with a military parade.
Graves of Pinsk youths
Graves dug by young men from Pinsk before their execution.
Young Jewish men from Pinsk
Young men from Pinsk joined the Bolsheviks and were shot by Polish forces.
Poznań soldiers
Polish soldiers described as throwing Jews from moving trains.
Leizer Varshavski
Person named in a group photograph caption.
Freidl Eisenstein
The author’s sister-in-law, described among people suffering hardship.
Yakov Sidorov's death
Yakov Sidorov died of typhus during the same summer.
Eliyahu Eyhenstik's aid deliveries
Eliyahu Eyhenstik twice brought money sent by relatives in America.
Polish military retreat
Retreating Polish troops fled toward Warsaw in summer 1920.
David
The narrator's brother, who was ill with typhus in 1919.
Joint
Relief organization that sent food and clothing and opened kitchens for children.
David
The narrator's brother, David, whose garden held buried possessions.
Yisrael Eliezer Kharsel
A person whose house sheltered officers during the unrest.
A stable
The narrator hid somewhere in a stable during the danger.
Bolshevik entry into Drohitchin
The Bolsheviks entered Drohitchin, prompting residents to emerge from hiding.
Killing of 17 Jewish people at Zakazelie
Balakhovtsy fighters entered Zakazelie near Drohiczyn and killed 17 Jewish people.
Establishment of civil administration in Drohiczyn
After the war ended, a civil administration and some order were established in Drohiczyn.
Arrival in America
The narrator arrived in America in February 1923 with help from relatives.
Typhus epidemic in Drohitchin
An isolation hospital operated during a typhus epidemic in Drohitchin in 1915.
Polish soldiers assault Jews
Polish soldiers removed Jews from beds, beat them, and brought them to a wall to be shot.
Gdalye Kaplan reached America
After fleeing, Gdalye Kaplan eventually reached America.