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Arrival in Lukow
The unnamed narrator and companions arrived in Lukow after four days; the supplied evidence does not identify the narrator as Moshe Feltzman.
Departure from Lukow
The narrator left Lukow with several friends after a brief period of rest.
Border crossing at Malkin
The narrator crossed the border at Malkin in early January 1940; the family is context, not an evidenced participant.
Narrator crosses the Bug River
The narrator crossed the Bug River while traveling toward Rivne.
Refugees travel into deep Russia
The narrator and refugees traveled into deep Russia during the war.
German entry into Lukow
German forces entered Lukow and arrested two community leaders.
Shooting of Lukow community leaders
German forces arrested and shot two Lukow community leaders.
Shooting of the Wengrow rabbi
The Wengrow rabbi was shot during Yom Kippur night.
Death of Shlomo Rozensteyn
Shlomo Rozensteyn fell dead on the road while young men were being driven toward Wengrow.
Soviet army arrival
The Soviet army arrived after German forces left Lukow.
Train departure
At 9 a.m., the train departed slowly while gunfire was heard nearby.
Refugee deaths at the Bug border
Some refugees, including Hanna Glatchneider, became ill and died while fleeing across the Bug border; the excerpt gives no date.
Collective farm labor
The narrator worked in a collective farm field harvesting sugar beets in Kazakhstan.
Reported extermination actions in multiple cities
The passage reports extermination actions in Warsaw, Novaminsк, Lublin, Lubartow, Chelm, and elsewhere.
Escaped Jews reach Lukow
Jews escaped from other towns and arrived in Lukow after extermination actions.
Jews jump from trains en route to Treblinka
Some Jews escaped by jumping from trains traveling toward Treblinka.
Fur confiscation action
Authorities demanded that Jews in Lukow surrender their furs.
Gold and jewelry collection in Lukow
The Judenrat collected gold and jewelry from Lukow Jews under German order.
Aktionen in nearby towns
Aktionen occurred in nearby towns including Sokolow, Wengrow, and Siedlce.
Jews brought into Lukow
Jews from Radzyn and surrounding places were brought into Lukow.
Nighttime encirclement of the Jewish streets
Gestapo personnel, police, and Ukrainian bandits surrounded the Jewish streets and blocked escape routes.
Shooting of patients and hospital staff
The sick and hospital personnel were shot in the hospital, without attributing the victims to Lukow.
Mass shooting of Jews
Approximately 500 Jews were shot; the passage does not specifically identify them as the Lukow Jewish community.
Collection of travel expenses
Liberman collected over 600,000 marks from Jews for travel expenses.
Execution of Judenrat president
The Judenrat president was shot dead after Langer told him that he would be the first to be shot.
Shooting of Mrs. Burstein and other resisting women
Mrs. Burstein, her daughter, and other resisting women were shot.
March killings
Forty-seven men and women were murdered in March.
Deportation from Siedlce
Approximately 20,000 Jews were deported from Siedlce in September 1942.
Siedlce deportation killings
One thousand deportees were killed while being seized and forced into wagons.
Deportation to Mezeritch
Approximately 10,000 Jews were forced into railcars at Mezeritch.
First murderous action in Lukow
A two-day operation surrounded the ghetto and gathered approximately 4,000 people.
Mass killing of Jews
Captured Jews were lined up, forced to undress, and killed one by one.
First deportation
The Lukow rabbi addressed Jews on the eve of the first deportation.
Aktion on the second day
An Aktion occurred the day after the rabbi addressed and blessed the Jews.
Arrests of two peasants
Two peasants were arrested in Kurteuv after Jews were reportedly found in their barns.
Murder of sixteen Jews in Burke forests
Sixteen Jews hiding in a bunker were killed in the Burke forests; a forest guard exposed them.