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A neighbor’s home
A neighbor’s home where a sick son was lying in bed.
German roundup for forced labor
German soldiers took Jews for work and assaulted residents who resisted.
Release of captured Jews
Captured Jews escaped from the truck while a German soldier returned toward the narrator’s home.
Bela
A woman who left the Lodz ghetto to rescue her family.
Bela's family
Bela's family, whom she sought to remove from the ghetto.
Zawisza
A location where the narrator arrived home after work.
House number 29
A house identified by number 29.
Zawisze Street
Zawisze Street was described as a boundary in the ghetto.
Genia Bornstein
Genia Bornstein is named in the page heading and associated text.
Fefer Street
Bibow hid on Fefer Street in August 1944.
Brotfish
One of three rulers of the ghetto.
Fuchs
One of three rulers of the ghetto.
Lager-Nitzka 80
Location of a tailoring resort employing approximately 3,000 men.
Grossman
Commissioner of the resort at Lager-Nitzka 20.
Sweden
The narrator’s seventeen-year-old younger sister later died there.
Yelahle
The narrator names her sister Yelahle among those sent right.
Lube
The narrator names her sister-in-law Lube among those sent right.
Bela Markovitch
The narrator names cousin Bela Markovitch among those sent right.
Solazh
The narrator names aunt Solazh, noted as living in America, among those sent right.
The narrator's mother
The narrator's mother was sent left during the selection.
The narrator's family
The narrator's remaining family members were sent left during the selection.
Canal
A woman entered a canal while escaping.
The narrator's family
The narrator says their mother and entire family were burning in crematoriums.
mother
A mother whose child was killed after attempting to escape.
child
A 19-year-old boy abducted and killed by a Nazi.
the Blockova
A Czech Jewish woman who informed Germans and struck the mother.
woman from Sosnowiec
A woman from Sosnowiec led prisoners back from the labor office.
women from Lodz
Women from Lodz approached the electric wires seeking acquaintances.
Walderlust
Concentration camp near Hanover.
Hanover
City near the Walderlust camp.
Irma Grezer
A named female murderer encountered during food distribution.
Salt mine
Salt mine containing a concealed ammunition factory.
Concentration camp
Camp where the narrator and others arrived.
Redehauser
Camp leader who commanded violence against prisoners.
Dolmetscher
Person identified as Redehauser's informer.
Genie Kalechman
Woman from Lodz hospitalized with the narrator for three days.