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Anstadt Street
Street where the narrator was instructed to report to the Gestapo.
M. Eisenberg
Person named in the passage’s closing attribution.
Narrator
First-person narrator describing arrival in Lodz and student life.
Yeshiva
Religious school attended by the narrator in Warsaw.
Hidushei HaRim
A rabbi said to have received a blessing from the first Radoshitzer Rebbe.
Dr. Alexander Margolis
A Bund activist reportedly shot in December 1939.
Alexander Hasidim
Hasidic group that cooperated with the Zionist organization during elections.
A. M. Kenigsberg
Identified as an important activist among the Alexander Hasidim.
Henekh Rus
Identified as an important activist among the Alexander Hasidim.
Artisans
Occupational group forming the Folkists' base.
Yosef Veitsman
A lawyer and prominent Folkist politician in the community.
Hershlik
A lawyer among the Folkist leaders.
Wladyslaw Grabski
Wladyslaw Grabski served as finance minister in the Polish National Democratic government.
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler's rise to power worsened conditions for Jews in Poland.
NPR (National Workers’ Party)
A strong political party in Lodz with an explicitly antisemitic character.
Endekes (Democratic People’s Party)
A civic party with broad support in Polish society.
Endecja
Nationalist political movement that controlled Łódź city council in 1994.
Ministry of Justice
Ministry whose minister controlled admission to legal advocacy.
Hitler
Leader referenced in connection with Germany and Poland’s anticipated fate.
Pruszkow
Place where German tanks overtook the group heading toward Warsaw.
Koluszki
Railway station where travelers had to disembark before continuing toward Lodz.
Manistratske Street
Street where the narrator’s Jewish gymnasium stood.
Narrator
First-person narrator arriving in Lodz with relatives there.
Radomsker Rebbe
A rabbi identified as a student of the first Radoshitzer Rebbe.
Rabbi Yissachar Ber, the first Radoshitzer Rebbe
The first Radoshitzer Rebbe and founder of the Radoshitzer dynasty.
Radoshitzer dynasty
A Hasidic dynasty founded by the first Radoshitzer Rebbe and known in Congress Poland.
Congress Poland
Region where the Radoshitzer dynasty became known.
Rabbi Yissachar Ber
A Radoshitzer rabbi whose grave was in Lodz and who died in 1920.
Radoshitz
Town where the Radoshitzer figure led his Hasidic court.
Hebrew Gymnasium
School in Lodz that the narrator entered upon arrival.
Government school
Government school attended in the narrator's town.
Parents' clothing shop
Clothing shop owned or operated by the narrator's parents.
Narrator's parents
Parents associated with the clothing shop.
Dr. Y. Rapoport
Named in a chapter heading about a Jewish gymnasium in Lodz.
Pomorska Street
Street where the Moshav Zekanim home stood.
House where the narrator lived
House where the narrator's family lived and employed a watchman.