Drohiczyn
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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.
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.