Drohiczyn
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Bantshe
Named in a photograph caption.
Shalom
Named in a photograph caption.
Yente
Named in a photograph caption.
Hedshl
Named in a photograph caption.
Moshe David
Commemorated by a gravestone caption.
Nachama
Named as a co-worker in the ghetto laundry.
Chana
Named as a co-worker in the ghetto laundry.
Rachel
Wife of Chaim Kavrinski, killed during the massacre.
Chaim Kavrinski
Rachel’s husband, named in a list of victims’ families.
Garden
Garden where the narrator hid overnight in a ditch.
Benjamin Walewelski
Named in a photograph caption.
Khaytshe Kabrinski
Named in a photograph caption.
Sheyntse Walewelski
Named in a photograph caption and memorial text.
Manie Walewelski
Named in a photograph caption.
Bantshe Walewelski
A Jewish council member shot by murderers.
Kheyke the pharmacist
Mother of Bantshe Walewelski, shot after mourning her son.
Sheyndl Walewelski
Named among people reported killed.
Sarah Karzh
Named among people reported killed.
Khasia Veysatski
Named among people reported killed.
Dr. Shekhter
A doctor who warned the narrator about survival alone.
German police
Police who marched into the ghetto during the night operation.
Haim's daughter
Unnamed daughter identified in a photograph caption.
Rivka
Person named in a photograph caption.
Hannah Valveler
Person named in a photograph caption.
Yosl Shinder's garden
Garden reached after crossing the cemetery and a bridge.
Shinder's garden
Garden where the narrator noticed people nearby.
Straw shed
Shed where the narrator hid for three days.
Romanovsky
A person who visited the narrator in hiding and reported on German searches.
Pravda
A newspaper brought by partisans for the narrator to read.
Stalingrad
The text says German forces retreated from Stalingrad.
H. Steinberg
Named in a caption or identification line.
L. Goldberg
Named in a caption or identification line.
Soviets
Soviet forces began bombing Drohitchin.
Khutor
Romanovsky went to a khutor near Simenavitz.
Cornfield
The narrator hid in a tall cornfield for three days.
Hungarian Jews
Hungarian Jews encountered in a bunker during German bombardment.