Łuków
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Łuków Ghetto
A ghetto in Lukow described under German occupation.
Railway line near Lukow
A railway line beside which the stationmaster lived.
Railway
The railway where the narrator worked and from which he escaped.
Barracks on the railway line
Barracks housed Jewish workers who were forbidden to enter the city.
Jewish ghetto in Lukow
The Jewish ghetto established in the town during the war.
Forests
Forests where approximately one hundred Jews hid during the war.
Aleksandrov
Village where the two Damanski brothers lived and hid Jews.
Bunker beneath a pigsty
Bunker where several Lukow Jews were hidden.
Second bunker
Reserve bunker in a small forest used by Jewish survivors.
Bunker in the forest
A bunker where Jews from another group were hidden.
The brickyard
Reported hiding place of the Frengler family.
The rabbi's house
The rabbi's home, where a Gestapo officer questioned his wife.
Ragashnitsa
Labor site where people from Lukow worked on a river.
Shkna River
River widened by laborers from Lukow.
Mezdrich
Location near which the labor was conducted and where examinations occurred.
Labor camp
Camp where people from Lukow performed forced labor.
Bathhouse
Bathhouse where prisoners' clothing was disinfected.
Barracks
Barracks to which companions carried the narrator after work.
Bug River
River whose opposite bank was controlled by the Soviets.
Malkin
The narrator crossed the border at Malkin in early January 1940.
Deep Russia
Region where refugees spent the war years.
Lukow railway station
Railway station recognized by the narrator upon arrival.
Train station
The destination where the family was to be taken.
Bug border
Border crossed by Jewish refugees fleeing German-occupied Polish territories.
Kazakhstan
The narrator says they were deported to Kazakhstan in 1942.
Lubartow
A town reported to have experienced an extermination action.
Chelm
A city reported to have experienced an extermination action.
Sokolow
A nearby town where Aktionen occurred.
Jewish streets in the town
Jewish streets were surrounded during a nighttime operation.
Fields around the town
Armed guards were positioned in the fields around the town.
Pig Square
Jews were ordered or driven to Pig Square during the assault.
Auschwitz
Auschwitz is named as a site demonstrating German atrocities.
Oranienburg
Oranienburg is named alongside other concentration camps.
Dachau
Dachau is named alongside other concentration camps.
Kartuz-Bereza
Kartuz-Bereza is recalled as an earlier camp.
Stekh
Village where several Jews were murdered.