Drohiczyn
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Gas chambers
Gas chambers associated with the cries of Jewish children.
Crematoria
Crematoria associated with the suffering of victims.
museum
A possible future location for a surviving copy of the memorial book.
archive
A possible future location for a surviving copy of the memorial book.
library
A possible future location for a surviving copy of the memorial book.
Drohitchin
The town to which preserved papers and documents relate.
Dnieper River
A river bordering Polesia on another side.
Poland
Received the entire Grodno Governorate and parts of Minsk Governorate in 1921.
Grodno Governorate
An administrative territory transferred to Poland after the Treaty of Riga.
Pinsk Marshes
Marshes that impeded Swedish, French, and German forces.
Pinsk district
A district that remained within Lithuania after the 1569 union.
Lithuania
The polity in which the Pinsk district remained after 1569.
Germany
The destination for timber shipped by water.
Second Drohichin
A designation used to distinguish this Drohichin from an older one.
Sweden
Country whose forces launched a campaign against the Polish government in 1706.
Kobrin District
District into which Drohitchin was incorporated.
Ukraine
German forces occupied all Poland and Ukraine in 1941.
Leningrad
German forces nearly reached Leningrad during the 1941 invasion.
Drohiczyn
Drohiczyn Jews are described in a seventeenth-century document.
Vilna
City from which an order concerning village Jews was reportedly issued.
Drohitchin railway station
Railway station near Drohitchin improved communication and transportation.
Pinsk
Nearby city where Drohitchin children studied and residents sought services.
Russia
Destination of estate owners who left with the Tsarist armies.
Polesia
Region named in the organization’s title.
Brisk
A place whose male Jewish population was largely murdered.
Minsk
City where Tsvishvarts later studied and gathered educational materials.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union was party to the 1921 peace treaty and later incorporated Drohiczyn in 1944.
Moscow
German forces nearly reached Moscow during the 1941 invasion.
Lyakhavichy
Lyakhavichy is named among towns paying taxes.
Khamsk
Birthplace of Nachman Weisman.
Mount of Olives
A cemetery location whose tombstones document Drohitchin residents.
Slabodka
Place where boys from Drohitchin studied.
Drohichyn
Town identified as located in Kobryn district, Grodno region.
Kobryn district
Administrative district identified in the report.
Grodno region
Region identified in the report.
Chomsk
Town associated with a correspondence report about village Jews.