Łuków
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Lower Silesia
Region named as the location of the Jewish Committee.
Synagogue courtyard
A sacred place containing destroyed Jewish buildings.
Magistrate Yard
Site where eighty children were reportedly shot at night.
Shimon Ribak
Yosef Ribak’s brother, named among those buried.
Brother-grave excavation
A brother grave was excavated for members of the burial society.
Anshel Katz
Anshel Katz recounts childhood experiences during the war.
Łuków ghetto
The Łuków ghetto had not yet been established at that time.
The narrator’s older brother
He was shot and killed during a German roundup at the family meal.
Magistrate Courtyard
A courtyard where Jews were gathered and children were taken during the night.
Neuman
A Gestapo officer who shot a man during the roundup.
Mother
The narrator’s mother saw him and told him to flee.
Father
The narrator’s father spoke to him during the forced march.
Magistrate court
Two children escaped from the magistrate court.
Narrator
The narrator was eleven years old during the described events.
Barnik family
A butcher named Reuven from the Barnik family joined the forest group.
Galambek forest
A group of sixteen people went to the Galambek forest.
Forest bunker
The bunker was attacked with two grenades and later became a grave.
Daniel, Watenmacher's son
Daniel, identified as Watenmacher's son, was among the Lukow people encountered.
Unnamed farmer
A farmer showed mercy and offered the narrator bread at night.
Jewish people
Jewish people attacked by Germans near a fire.
Farmer woman
A farmer woman who sheltered the fugitives and brought them warm food.
Isaiah Cohen
Named at the beginning of a passage about emigration, war, and occupation.
Miriam Shumak
Named among young people who spent their youth in prisons.
Lukow community in Brussels
A small group of Lukow emigrants in Brussels formed an association.
Brussels
City where a small Lukow emigrant group formed an association.
Israel Goldgewicht
Described as the leader of the Lukow group in Brussels.
Lukow landsmen association in Brussels
Association formed by a small group of Lukow emigrants in Brussels.
Lukow landsmen
Lukow natives who formed a small assistance fund.
Hershl Chatschke
Brother-in-law who awaited the narrator at Lukow station.
Sheyndl Chatschke
Sister-in-law who awaited the narrator at Lukow station.
Polish border
Border where luggage and documents were strictly inspected.
Spanish Civil War
War period during which the May 1937 journey occurred.
Lukow community
Community whose residents were convened and discussed migration.
Sonia Wasserstrom
Lukow person listed among those who came to Belgium.
Toulouse
Area near which the travelers arrived after eight days.
Spanish border
Border near the town where the travelers arrived.