Drohiczyn
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Bunker
A bunker where the narrator encountered Hungarian Jews and Germans.
Russians
Russian forces whose soldiers appeared during the liberation.
Abraham the Cheramkher
A survivor who came from the forests one month later.
Sfevak's daughter
A girl identified as Sfevak's daughter.
Pinie Waldman
A person named in a caption.
Moriah
An institution named Moriah mentioned in a photograph caption.
Russian NKVD
The Russian NKVD visited the survivor the following day.
Nahum the Biliner
A person listed among rescued Jews.
Rakhlek Krawets
The author of an eyewitness account of the destruction of Drohitchin.
Itske Krawets
The narrator’s father, whose house hosted the Judenrat’s founding.
the elected Jewish leader
An elected Jewish leader collected valuables and carried out German orders.
labor camp near Kobryn
Three Jewish young men escaped from a labor camp near Kobryn.
the Tenenboim brothers
The Tenenboim brothers escaped from a labor camp near Kobryn.
Zawelawski
Zawelawski escaped from a labor camp near Kobryn.
Feygl, Israel Zelik’s wife
Feygl was led to execution with the narrator’s father as witness.
Israel Zelik
Israel Zelik is identified as Feygl’s husband.
Sarah and Rachel Kravets
The Kravets sisters reported persecution and hid with their family.
Braner courtyard
German perpetrators dumped victims’ bodies into a specially dug pit in the Braner courtyard.
Moshe Lievak
Moshe Lievak sheltered the Kravets family in his attic.
Rivka Rosenzweig
Person named in a 1939 photograph caption.
Eidel Epstein
Person named in a 1939 photograph caption.
Shimon
A Jewish man arrested and tortured after Petruk betrayed him.
Mednitsky family
The speaker’s cousins in Drohitchin.
Outbreak of war in 1939
War broke out in 1939, and the narrator's husband was taken to the front.
German gold and contribution demand
The Germans demanded gold and a large monetary contribution from Jews.
Nahum Zishuk
Named among victims with family members.
Mirl Zishuk
Named among victims with family members.
Etl
Named among the daughters and sons-in-law of Nahum and Mirl Zishuk.
Henie
Named among the daughters and sons-in-law of Nahum and Mirl Zishuk.
Leybe
Named among the daughters and sons-in-law of Nahum and Mirl Zishuk.
Moyshe
Named among the daughters and sons-in-law of Nahum and Mirl Zishuk.
Sarah Lindman
Victim taken, bound to a horse, and dragged over a stone pavement.
Litman
Victim taken, bound to a horse, and dragged over a stone pavement.
Raviner courtyard
Courtyard where Jewish victims were taken and killed with machine guns.
Judenrat
Council that ordered Moshe to transport horses to the SS.
Palevski
A priest whom Jewish women and the rabbi’s wife petitioned for help.