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Military Commission
A commission Yosl reportedly attended during the Tsarist period.
Kiml Beker
Baker who owned a bakery in the market.
Leibele Gritzman
Regular visitor to Kiml Beker's bakery gathering place.
Alte Beker
One of Kiml Beker's four daughters; described as very religious.
Deborah Beker
One of Kiml Beker's four daughters.
Reizl Beker
One of Kiml Beker's four daughters.
Chayele Beker
One of Kiml Beker's four daughters.
Aleksander shtibl
Prayer house where the narrator prayed with his grandfather.
Kiml Beker's wife
Invited the narrator into the household to bless the etrog.
Yosef Zubrawicz
Named author or narrator of the passage.
Blok
Poet listed among subjects of Markish’s lecture.
New cemetery on Zhelichower Road
A new cemetery site purchased on Zhelichower Road.
Jewish community of the town
The town could not pay the general and also had to pay for a new cemetery.
Hana-Shmaies family
Family living in a stone house and engaged in grain trading.
Hinterstadt
Area where few Jews lived, reached by a walk for bread.
Castle
Castle located near the grain merchants and gymnasium.
Polish Jewish-type painter
A Polish artist who mainly painted Jewish subjects.
Gershon Plug
A cantor or prayer leader from the Great Synagogue.
Moshe Aharon Lisibiker
A cantor or prayer leader from the Chok-Bet Study House.
Chok-Bet Study House
A study house associated with Moshe Aharon Lisibiker.
Judge Lantsevich
A judge described as expecting Jewish litigants during the Ten Days of Repentance.
Shlomo Yekhiel
One of the rabbi’s two attendants during Yom Kippur services.
Chaya Fridman-Prishevoy
Named contributor associated with Los Angeles.
Lukow marketplace
Marketplace described as empty on Friday afternoon.
Nisan
The narrator’s brother, who resisted death transports and fought to survive.
Chaiml
The narrator’s youngest brother, who hid in forests and later died.
Polish AK partisans
Polish AK partisans uncovered a hiding place and killed the narrator’s brother.
Jewish home
Jewish households suffered during war and revolution.
Goldfaden's Theater Pieces
The mother sang songs from Goldfaden's theater pieces while working.
Icl-Haim's Heder
A heder operated by Icl-Haim in his courtyard.
Yankele's cheder
A cheder located in an enclosed courtyard where children played.
Adron the Pious
A shoemaker who served as Torah reader for the boys’ society.
Cienzkowska Street
Street near the Christian district where the brewery was located.
Yona Noy
A teacher and Aguda representative who died in Warsaw during the Holocaust period.
Mendel Noy
Yona Noy’s son, living in Israel and among Lukow immigrants there.
Rabbi Leibl
An Agudah activist involved in social institutions.