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Escape from the barracks
The narrator and companions escaped from the barracks before the expected train arrived.
Return to Lukow
The unnamed narrator(s) returned to Łuków, hid in a cellar, and later entered the Jewish ghetto; no named participant is established.
Chaim Pramst survived the war
Chaim Pramst survived the war.
Attack on the forest bunker
AK perpetrators surrounded the bunker and threw in a grenade, killing Rebecca Alpisher and Am Chaim Fishbits.
Murder of Sender Rendl family members
AK bandits brought by a forest guard brutally murdered unnamed Jewish family members in the forest.
Liberation of Lukow
After the liberation of Lukow, the survivors gathered and celebrated their victory.
Fight with Germans
Jewish people were killed after a difficult fight with Germans in the Lazer area.
Moshe Gritzer was captured by Soviet forces
Moshe Gritzer became a Soviet prisoner at Shtovkovka after the occupation.
German punitive action in Lukow
German punitive action in Lukow: after three Germans were killed, Germans seized Jews and Poles and marched them to Siedlce and then Węgrów; the Lukow community should not be listed as a victim participant.
Jews were brought to Lukow
Jews from several places were brought to Lukow and housed locally.
Forced labor at Rogozhnitsa
Jews were transferred in groups to forced labor, including at Rogozhnitsa.
Killings at Rogozhnitsa
The narrator witnessed several Jews being killed at Rogozhnitsa.
Deportation from Łuków to Treblinka
The city's Jews were taken by train to Treblinka.
Escape from deportation transport
The narrator, Godel Griczer, and David Fridman escaped from the barracks while awaiting the onward train to Treblinka, after being transferred there from the Pig Market.
Formation of the Jewish ghetto
The fugitives learned that a Jewish ghetto had been established in Lukow.
Murder of the Kesselbrener family
The Kesselbrener family was murdered after being discovered in hiding.
Murder of Chaim Frost
Chaim Frost was murdered in Luzi after liberation.
Murder of members of the Randel family
AK perpetrators murdered members of the Randel family after a forest warden betrayed them.
Retaliation against the forest warden
The named comrades entered the forest warden's home and shot him and his son as an act of revenge for the murder of the Randel family.
Murder of Lukow youths by armed Poles
Armed Poles murdered Jewish youths while they slept; two youths escaped.
Liberation of Lukow
After Lukow’s liberation, the narrators met and celebrated victory.
Jews killed in the Lakhi area
Jews hiding in an outbuilding were killed after German forces were summoned.
November 1939 weapons search action
Weapons-search action in Jewish homes in Łuków, conducted by storm units led by Gestapo personnel.
Death of Rabbi Aharon Nate
Rabbi Aharon Nate perished together with the Jews of Lukow.
Return to Łuków in 1939
Leibish Barn returned to Łuków after leaving with the Red Army for Brest.
Forced labor at Ragashnitsa
People from Lukow widened the Shkna River in two shifts.
Shooting of Leibl Becker
Lishka ordered Leibl, Yosef Becker’s son, removed and shot.
Shooting of Leibl Karpikatch
Leibl Karpikatch was later shot.
Railway labor near Krinker Road
The narrator and Berl Bam's son worked laying railway rails.
Assault on Jewish women
Shmuel Shteynberg was killed with a hammer after resisting an attempted rape of his wife.
Gold action
German authorities demanded gold and seized Jewish women when payment was delayed.
Attack on Jewish life in Lukow
Bandits arrived on Simchat Torah 1942 to destroy Jewish life in Lukow.
Shooting of Hersh Leyzer Lender
The storm leader shot Hersh Leyzer Lender beside the fence.
Vehicle departure from Lukow
An armored vehicle with armed bandits departed from Lukow.
Deportation of Jews to Treblinka
Jews were taken to trains and transported toward Treblinka for murder.
Departure from Warsaw toward the Soviet Union
The narrator left Warsaw with Lukow acquaintances toward the east and the Soviet Union after the invasion and bombardments; no numeric year is stated.