Drohiczyn
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Rabbi Shimon
Named as Bashke Berezowski's father.
Latze
Mother of Dr. Mordechai Weissman.
Chava Averbuch
Parent of Menachem Averbuch.
Asher Schwartzbard
Man arrested by Poles in 1919 and sent to Kobryn; Menachem secured his release.
Menachem Averbuch
Jewish activist and writer whose wartime fate is uncertain.
Moshe Sapozhnik
Doctor and community leader from Drohitchin who studied medicine and served during wartime.
Abraham
Moshe's brother, who described Moshe's death.
Shamai Hakman
Father of Tzipora Rabin.
Hershel Zelig
Resident of Brashevitch who supported poor people from Drohiczyn and helped build an old study house.
Rivka Shepsl
Woman whose tavern housed the narrator's family.
Matie Leyb
Shopkeeper who sold syrup and herring in the town.
Mordechai Leyb Kaminetzky
Matie Leyb's stated full name.
Golde Hinde Milner
Parent of Todros Lib Milner.
T. L. Milner
Milner was married to Esther Altman and had one son.
Shimon Nachman Milner
Shimon Nachman was the Milners' only son and studied chemistry in Chicago.
David Eisenstein
David was Israel Baruch Eisenstein's father and died in Drohitchin in 1938.
Chaya-Gitl Eisenstein
Chaya-Gitl was Israel Baruch Eisenstein's mother and died in 1930.
Rabbi Eliyahu Baruch Kamai
Rabbi Eliyahu Baruch Kamai was head of Mir Yeshiva.
Freidl
Israel Brukh’s wife, who died in 1919.
Yitzhak Kravets
Freidl’s grandfather.
Israel Baruch
A community activist, businessman, and resident of Miami Beach.
Esther Eisenstein
Israel Baruch Eisenstein’s wife, born in Drohiczyn and educated in Hebrew studies.
Aaron Kryvitsky
Teacher known as the Lekhevitcher teacher, born in Motol.
Shmerl Yona
Aaron Kryvitsky’s father, who arranged his education in a heder and yeshiva.
Yitzhak Lechevitcher
Father of Aharon's wife.
Gitl
Mother of Yisrael Barukh Warszawski.
Rabbi Dovid’l Yafe
Rabbi described as a kabbalist and genius in Yisrael Barukh’s ancestry.
Yisrael Barukh Eisenstein
Studied with Yisrael Barukh in a kibbutz near Vilna.
Aharon
Aharon settled in Drohiczyn after marriage and later emigrated to America.
Israel Brukh
Man described as pursuing education and working as a pharmacist.
Chaim
Husband of Hannah Margalit, living with her and their children in Louisville.
Ahuvah Becher
Daughter who survived and was in Israel.
Rabbi Yakov Wasserman
Yosef Wasserman’s father, identified as a ritual slaughterer.
Sulien Wasserman
Yosef Wasserman’s wife, daughter of Shimon and Lotze Weissman.
Shimon Weissman
Father of Sulien Weissman.
Lotze Weissman
Mother of Sulien Weissman.