Drohiczyn
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Peasants return from Russia
Peasants from surrounding villages returned after fleeing to Russia.
Zakazelie massacre
A Balakhowite band killed seventeen Jewish people at Zakazelie.
Murder of Feygele and Khashele
The writer found Feygele and Khashele dead with gunshot wounds and shattered skulls.
Murder of the Sender family
A Jewish family was murdered in the Asevetser Forest during Shemini Atzeret in 1899.
Murder of Mender’s family
Mender, relatives, children, and a servant girl were murdered in Drohitchin.
Burial of the murdered family
The victims’ bodies were buried in one family grave at the old Drohitchin cemetery.
Drohiczyn Jewish delegation received by bishop
A bishop received a Jewish delegation from Drohiczyn on 13 August 1937.
Harry Markus travels through Lithuania and Poland
Harry Markus visited several Lithuanian and Polish cities and towns.
Polish-Soviet War
The narrative places the events during the Polish-Soviet War in 1921.
Burial of seventeen victims
Seventeen murdered victims were brought to town and buried in the cemetery.
Death of Rabbi Moshe
Rabbi Moshe died in 1781.
Moses’s rabbinate in Pichatetz
Moses served as rabbi in Pichatetz.
Mordecai’s rabbinate in Ganyeid
Mordecai served as rabbi in Ganyeid.
Beginning of aliyah
A mass immigration to the Land of Israel began ten years after the Gaon's death.
1837 Safed earthquake
An earthquake destroyed Safed’s Jewish settlement and killed Rabbi Abraham’s wife, sons, and daughters.
Founding of the Vaad HaKlali
The Vaad HaKlali was established to unite Ashkenazim in Jerusalem.
Appointment of Zvi Eliyahu as Drohitchin rabbi
Zvi Eliyahu received a rabbinic appointment and became Drohitchin’s local rabbi.
Rabbi Menachem Reichman moved to the Land of Israel
Rabbi Menachem Reichman departed for settlement in the Land of Israel in 1904.
Death of Rabbi Menachem Reichman
Rabbi Menachem Reichman died in Jerusalem in the year of his arrival.
Eulogies for Rabbi Menachem Reichman
Alikim Getzel delivered daily two-hour eulogies for a week in Drohiczyn.
Birth of Yitzhak Yaakov Kolenkowitz
Yitzhak Yaakov Kolenkowitz was born in 1870 in Kleszczele.
Marriage of Yitzhak Yaakov Kolenkowitz and Chana Yehudith Reichman
Yitzhak Yaakov Kolenkowitz married Chana Yehudith Reichman in 1889.
Postwar rebuilding of Drohitchin
Rabbi Eizik Yakov devoted himself to rebuilding Drohitchin after World War I.
Murder of the Margalit family
Rabbi Saul Margalit and his family were killed by German murderers.
Death of Rabbi Tzvi Eliyahu
Rabbi Tzvi Eliyahu died, prompting a succession dispute in Drohitchin.
Death of Rabbi David Mordecai Yudovsky
Rabbi David Mordecai died at age 46 after serving as rabbi for twelve years.
Attendance at Volozhin Yeshiva
David Mordecai traveled to Volozhin Yeshiva despite lacking funds for expenses.
Nachman Kahn emigrates to America
Nachman Kahn left for America with his family in 1929.
David Mordechai's family moves to America
David Mordechai's family moved to America and settled in Baltimore after World War I.
David Mordechai remains with his community
Rabbi David Mordechai declined another city's position and remained with his community.
Zev Miller becomes a dayan
Zev Miller was appointed dayan in Yitzhak Kalankowitz’s rabbinical court.
Hannah and Perl’s deaths
Hannah and Perl, with their families, perished.
Nah Kohen’s marriage
Around 1913, Nah Kohen became a son-in-law of Rabbi David Mordechai Yudovsky.
Narrator studies at Grodno Yeshiva-Kibbutz
The narrator arrived to study at Grodno Yeshiva-Kibbutz around 1923.
Birth of Eliyahu Altvarg
Eliyahu Altvarg was born in Drohiczyn.
Eliyahu Velvel's migration to Drohiczyn
Rabbi Eliyahu Velvel moved with his family to Drohiczyn during World War I.