Drohiczyn
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Germans and police
Authorities conducting raids in swampy taverns and killing discovered Jewish fugitives.
Swampy taverns
Wetland tavern area from which the narrator and children departed.
Sernik
A town described as completely erased, with no Jewish settlement remaining.
A farmer's house
Farmhouse sought by the narrator and children for bread and shelter.
mass grave
A mass grave contained victims from the town massacre.
the peasant’s farm
A peasant couple’s farm is mentioned as a nearby location.
Unnamed farmer
A farmer warned Jewish fugitives to leave and described police killings.
Unnamed narrator
The narrator wandered at night with their children while hiding from danger.
Narrator’s children
The narrator’s children traveled with the narrator while hiding.
Farm buildings called Mahilkes
The narrator and children entered farm buildings called Mahilkes.
Magilkes cemetery
A cemetery of Drohitchin’s Christian population appears in a photograph caption.
Khane Braverman
Person named in a photograph caption.
Reizl Saratshik
Person named in a photograph caption.
A. Shushanov
Person named in a photograph caption.
Beyltse Sapozhnik
Person named in a photograph caption.
Shepsl
Person named in a memorial caption.
Eydl-Khaye (Milner) Kagan
Person identified in a memorial caption.
Nisl
Person named in a memorial caption.
Meir
Person named in a memorial caption.
Gadl
Person named in a memorial caption.
Jewish partisans
Partisan group that encountered and rescued survivors from apparent death.
Temporary shelter under a haystack
Temporary shelter where a mother and her children lived in hiding.
Swaritse-Vitcher Forest
Forest where Jewish refugees and partisans gathered in underground pits.
Efraim Bakalchuk
Jewish commander who helped provide food and clothing to Jewish refugees.
Melekh Bakalchuk
Partisan unit radio operator and teacher from Pinsk who broadcast wartime news.
Ukrainian Bulbavtsy
Ukrainian nationalist bands that attacked partisans, Jews, peasants, and Poles in the forests.
Maksim Misura
Partisan commander who helped rescue Jews from attacking bands.
Alek Akugav
Jewish partisan commander involved in rescuing Jews.
Beyle Katler
Named among the children of Dovid and Feige-Rokhl Katler.
Jews in the forest
Jews in the forest, including survivors rescued by partisans.
Martzin Bambawski
A Polish man who warned hidden refugees about an attacking band.
Svaritzevitcher forests
A forest area described as a refuge during the war.
Sparever forests
A forest area described as a refuge during the war.
Svariner forests
A forest area described as a refuge during the war.
Jewish cemeteries
The Jewish cemeteries are described as shattered and desecrated.
Children's school
A children's school where Jewish children studied is mentioned.