Drohiczyn
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German bombardment of Drohichin
German forces bombarded Drohichin in September 1939.
Release of Jewish Detainees
All Jews were released after one day of arrest.
Joint livestock grazing
Sixteen families jointly grazed livestock in the field under German occupation.
Sister killed near the post office
German perpetrators shot the narrator’s sister and left her dead beside the post office.
German raids in the ghetto
German bandits repeatedly entered the ghetto and killed Jews.
Night operation in the ghetto
German forces and police entered the ghetto after residents awaited the inevitable.
Death of Libe and her two children
Libe said she and her two children would be killed first for sanctifying God’s name.
Soviet bombardment of Drohitchin
Soviet forces began bombing Drohitchin as the Russian army approached.
Escape to a rural refuge
Romanovsky fled toward a khutor and carried the narrator to safety.
Liberation of Drohiczyn
The narrator was told that liberation had occurred as Russian soldiers appeared.
Return to Drohichin
Russian forces took the survivor to her house in Drohichin.
Destruction of Drohichin
Murderers destroyed the town of Drohichin and its Jewish population.
Escape from labor camp
Three Jewish young men escaped from a labor camp near Kobryn.
Feygl led to execution
Feygl was led to execution with the narrator’s father as witness.
Kravets family hiding
The Kravets family hid in their neighbor Moshe Lievak’s attic.
1939 photograph caption
A caption identifies named people in a photograph dated 1939.
Arrest of Shimon
Police arrested Shimon after Petruk reported him as a hidden Jew.
Torture of Shimon
German murderers beat Shimon and forced him to reveal hidden Jews’ location.
Liberation by the Red Army
The Red Army liberated the surviving group, who later returned to Drohitchin.
Husband sent to the front
The narrator's husband was taken by the Poles to the front and wounded.
German attack on Drohitchin
German aircraft attacked Drohitchin on June 23, 1941.
Arrests of Christians and Jews
Ten Christians and eight Jews were arrested after a German demand.
Hostage-taking of the rabbi and 35 Jews
Germans took the town rabbi and 35 Jews as hostages over a demanded contribution.
Release of the rabbi and 30 detainees
Palevski secured the release of the rabbi and 30 detainees from the Germans.
Deportation into the ghetto
German forces drove Jews from Molch and Shershev into the city and later the ghetto.
Murder of Hashe Eizik
A policeman reportedly stabbed Hashe Eizik to death for resisting removal from her home.
Murder of Hinde
Hashe Eizik’s daughter Hinde was reportedly stabbed to death.
Hanging of Petruk and his family
Petruk and his family were reportedly hanged in Drohitchin market for hiding a Jew.
Liberation by Russian forces
Russian forces liberated the narrator and others after the partisans arrived.
Death of Yakov Yosef
Yakov Yosef is marked as deceased in 1938.
Later attendance at Yankl's higher class
The narrator later studied in Yankl's higher class for four terms.
Deportation to Treblinka
The passage reports fear that people would be deported to Treblinka.
Ghetto encirclement and roundup
Police surrounded the ghetto before taking people away at dawn.
Departure from the swamps
The narrator left the swampy taverns with the children during a dark, rainy night.
A partisan zone formed
A partisan zone formed in the forest among Jewish refugees and commanders.
Attack on the forest camp and rescue of Jewish survivors
Bands attacked a forest camp; partisans rescued surviving Jews in 1943.