Drohiczyn
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Asher Schwartzbard
Man arrested by Poles in 1919 and sent to Kobryn; Menachem secured his release.
Drohitchin People's Bank
Bank whose administration included Menachem as a member.
Warsaw Moment
Publication in which Menachem wrote correspondence.
Lviv
Place where Menachem hid in 1941 and reportedly later died.
Jewish Committee
Committee with which Menachem worked after returning to Drohitchin.
Drohitchin Ghetto
Ghetto from which Menachem reportedly escaped before reaching Lviv.
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.
Drohitchin District Hospital
Hospital headed by Moshe during the German occupation.
Shamai Hakman
Father of Tzipora Rabin.
A World unto Itself
Book of poetry by Tzipora Rabin.
The Own Land
1951 booklet describing experiences in the Land of Israel from 1947 to 1949.
Hershel Zelig
Resident of Brashevitch who supported poor people from Drohiczyn and helped build an old study house.
Street study house
Study house containing a Torah school in the town.
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.
I. L. Peretz Folk School
Chicago school where Milner became a teacher after emigrating.
Yavne Talmud Torah
Chicago institution where Milner later taught.
Morgen Journal
Newspaper Milner represented from 1930 through 1953.
Jewish National Workers’ Union
Organization of which Milner was a member in America.
T. L. Milner
Milner was married to Esther Altman and had one son.
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is identified as Esther Altman's place of origin.
Shimon Nachman Milner
Shimon Nachman was the Milners' only son and studied chemistry in Chicago.
Chicago University
Shimon Nachman was a chemistry student at a Chicago university.
Betar in Drohitchin
Dr. Goldstein founded and led Betar in Drohitchin.
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.
Hebrew school
School operated by Israel Brukh in Chicago.
Zionist Colonial Bank
Organization whose shares were sold by the youth group.
Israel Baruch
A community activist, businessman, and resident of Miami Beach.