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Tzadok Shur
A classmate admired for writing essays in Polish or Hebrew and publishing poetry.
Marila Shur
A child identified as the younger sister of Tzadok Shur.
George Shur
A self-named author who published poetry and works in school periodicals.
George Shur
A person remembered by the narrator, whose postwar fate is questioned.
Marila
George Shur’s sister, remembered as a talented Jewish girl.
Dr. Natan Ek
A teacher of Hebrew literature and Bible who later worked at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.
Dr. Freilikh
A teacher of Latin mentioned among the narrator’s former teachers.
Y. Rappaport
Rabbi Dr. Y. Rappaport is named in a heading about the second Jewish gymnasium.
Shaul Riner
Shaul Riner is identified as the director of the gymnasium.
Dr. Riger
Dr. Riger is identified as Shaul Riner’s wife and a mathematics teacher.
Dr. Philip Fridman
Dr. Philip Fridman is remembered as a history teacher.
Karl Kautsky
Karl Kautsky is named as a German author whose writings Gutgeld carried.
Georges Sorel
Georges Sorel is named as a French author whose writings Gutgeld carried.
Gutgeld
The narrator’s friend, described as religious at home and radical outside.
Dr. Brandstetter
Director of the third gymnasium for girls.
Dr. Braude
Dr. Braude worked as a rabbi in Galicia and founded Jewish gymnasiums in Lodz.
Professor Shor
Professor Shor is described as a major Jewish leader in modern Warsaw Jewry.
Dr. Joshua Ton
Dr. Joshua Ton was a well-known rabbi in Krakow.
Dr. Freund
Dr. Freund was a rabbi in Lemberg.
Dr. Ehrenpreis
Dr. Ehrenpreis was a rabbi in Stockholm.
Dr. Landau
Dr. Landau was a rabbi in Johannesburg.
Yossele Rozenblat
A renowned cantor whose recording inspired the narrator to learn a prayer.
Fraiman
A friend who played cantorial melodies and lived on Pietrikover Street.
Etel
The narrator’s aunt and his father’s younger sister.
the narrator’s father
Etel’s older sibling, identified as the narrator’s father.
Rabbi Issachar Dov
Etel’s father, identified as the Radoshitzer rabbi.
the Radoshitzer rabbi
A title identifying Rabbi Issachar Dov.
Etel’s husband
Etel’s husband, described as a Ger Hasid.
Menashe
An older man quoted as advising his wife.
Shmuel Diker's father
Father of the narrator's friend, remembered from Lodz.
Shmuel Holenderski
Student who studied medicine and died in the Bialystok ghetto.
Mr. Holenderski
Shmuel Holenderski's father and member of the Lodz city council.
Yudkin
A Lodz acquaintance who studied at Yavne Gymnasium and joined Hashomer Hadati.
Jabotinsky
A speaker who addressed a large Jewish gathering in Lodz.
Uncle Jacob
The narrator recalls hearing his uncle Jacob.
Mordecai Braude
Rabbi Dr. Mordecai Braude preached at the German synagogue.