Łuków
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Unnamed forest
Forest beside which the river flows.
Cursed Bridge
A bridge described in local stories as cursed.
People
A Sholem Aleichem comedy in one act.
Sholem Aleichem
Named as the author whose drama is discussed.
Jacob Zanstein
Yiddish poet whose poems were published in collections and Polish translations.
Word and Melody
Poetry collection by Jacob Zanstein, published in 1959.
Ghetto
The poem refers to a burning ghetto and its rear fence.
The speaker's street
The poem says fire and blood flooded the speaker's street.
Tiberias
Tiberias is named as the setting contrasted with a remembered scene.
The Market
A market is described as a place where the mother bought fish.
Western Wall
The speaker refers to going to the Western Wall.
operating table
The text describes a scene at an operating table.
Avenue from the railway station into town
An avenue connected the railway station with the town and served as a promenade.
Town
The town was connected to the railway station by an avenue.
Motor flour mill
A multistory red-brick motor flour mill stood beside the road.
Mill house
A wooden house beside the flour mill housed the miller’s Bernstein family.
Warsaw Street
A street in Lukow, described near the town entrance.
Siedlce Road
A road extending from the town entrance toward Siedlce.
Radzyner Road
The longest street extended as far as Radzyner Road.
Rabbi Hershele Morgenstern
A rabbi whose red-brick house stood beside Warsaw Street.
Morgenstern's son
A son of Rabbi Hershele Morgenstern who helped run the wine shop.
Rabbi Morgenstern's synagogue
A synagogue entered through the courtyard of Rabbi Morgenstern's house.
City Hospital
The city hospital stood across from the rabbinic court building.
Post and Telegraph Station
The post and telegraph station stood beside the city garden.
Matl Kleinman’s Printing Shop
The printing shop included a counter, typesetting room, and printing press.
Moshe Feldman
Moshe Feldman worked at Matl Kleinman’s printing shop.
Shalom
Moshele's son, sent to a Polish school.
Polish School
A Polish school attended by Shalom.
Stationery Shop
A shop with broad windows, entered from Zhelekhauer Road.
Biderman's oil and distribution shop
A shop known as an oil business sold lighting supplies, soap, and kindling.
The narrator's father
The narrator's father operated a shop in the described market line.
Hadel the potter
Hadel the potter sold earthenware, dishes, pots, and wooden spoons on market days.
The Kaza guard
A tall-bellied guard sat at the closed gate of the Kaza.
Motl Shcherb
Motl Shcherb is identified as a pigeon fancier associated with the Kaza guard.
Firefighters
Firefighters kept barrels and small pump machines in the Kaza yard.
Chaya-Sarah's house of study
Chaya-Sarah's house of study stood at the end of a lane.