Łuków
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Old Town
The narrator observes events from a hiding place in the Old Town.
Vegetable seller
A vegetable seller says tomatoes contain vitamins and blood.
Jewish woman
A Jewish woman runs through Warsaw after liberation, speaking Yiddish.
Gedalia Dzhibuletski
Named Yiddish passage author or narrator.
German soldiers
German soldiers searched homes and forced residents outside.
German soldier
German soldier confronted the narrator on the stairs.
Germans
German forces searched, issued orders, and threatened the narrator.
Drazdal
A former Łuków resident who testified that Jews were not responsible for a German soldier’s death.
Węgrów
The town to which prisoners were driven and confined overnight.
Enclosed site at the edge of Węgrów
An enclosed place where prisoners were brought before nightfall.
Unnamed German soldier
A German soldier whose death prompted an investigation and testimony.
German exploration unit
A German unit involved in an encounter with Polish soldiers.
Polish soldiers
Polish soldiers involved in the encounter and alleged to have killed the German soldier.
Polish prisoners of war
Polish prisoners held with up to 25,000 people overnight.
Węgrów Jews
Węgrów Jews attempted to provide food to the prisoners.
German-organized kitchen
A kitchen arranged by the Germans to prepare soup for prisoners.
Unnamed narrator
The narrator attempted to escape from a camp.
Unnamed camp
The narrator attempted to escape from this camp.
Unnamed girl
A girl helped the narrator escape.
Unnamed German guard
A German guard watched the camp perimeter.
Unnamed nearby barn
The narrator and the girl went behind a nearby barn during the escape.
Sokołów
The escapees planned to travel to Sokołów after Węgrów.
Warsaw refugees
Warsaw refugees were unable to return home because the Germans surrounded the capital.
Łuków Jews
Jews from Łuków who traveled home after Yom Kippur.
Z. Segalovich
Named author of a poem about Łuków’s destruction.
A Tree in Poland
Poem describing fear, destruction, fire, and deaths in Łuków.
Kovno
City mentioned in the poem as a place of fear.
Rovno
City mentioned in the poem as a place of fear.
Moshe Greitzer
Author or narrator of an account of wartime experiences.
Leibl Besser
Lukow Jew encountered in Soviet captivity.
Shepetovka
Place where the narrator entered Soviet captivity.
Moshe Peperman
Jewish victim remembered as shot during a punitive action.
Drozdahl
Volksdeutsch detainee who stated Poles shot the Germans.
David the Beitelmacher
Leader of the kitchen established for displaced Jews.
Siedlce
Destination toward which Jews and Poles were driven.
Wengrow
Place where the driven Jews were successfully freed.