Łuków
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Wife of Israel Springer
Unnamed member of the first resistance group.
Sister-in-law of Alberg
Unnamed member of the first resistance group.
Meir Heiblum
Member of the resistance detachments.
First Jewish resistance group
Jewish resistance group of approximately twenty people.
Second Jewish resistance group
Jewish resistance group operating against the Germans.
Jewish resistance detachments
Detachments that included additional named resistance members.
Łuków Judenrat
Jewish council in Łuków during the described period.
Resistance movement
Resistance movement with which Weintraub was connected.
First combat unit
Combat unit in which Ruchinus was present.
Samuel Rozenblit
Member of the second combat unit.
Second combat unit
Combat unit active in the Łuków resistance context.
Hayzir Market
A market where detained Jews were concentrated.
Jewish population of Lukow and surrounding areas
Population described as numbering up to 28,000 with newcomers from nearby places.
Animal stalls
Site where the narrator and others were confined after transport.
Leibl
The narrator's brother, who worked outside the camp with his children.
Zukerman
A commander who identified sick and religious Jewish workers.
Labor camp near Łuków
A camp where laborers worked under German supervision.
Zalesie
The narrator's home, to which he returned after camp liquidation.
Treblinka
Destination identified for deported Jews and transports.
Firefighters
A group described as patrolling the town during the roundup.
Gastman family
Benjamin Gastman’s family, divided between two bunkers during an Aktion.
Polish cottage
A Polish cottage where Benjamin stayed overnight.
Sarah
Benjamin’s wife’s sister, who was killed with her children in May 1943.
Narrator's family
The narrator's family escaped to the forest after the actions.
Narrator's daughter
The narrator's daughter witnessed Jews being taken to be shot.
Narrator's brother
The narrator's brother was among those murdered at the cemetery.
Łuków Jewish survivors
Several Jewish Łuków survivors who sheltered together after liberation.
Tzvi
The narrator’s son, who served in the Israeli army and fell in Jerusalem.
Moshe Gerekh
Author or speaker identified by the heading.
Mount Zion
Site captured during fighting in Jerusalem.
The narrator’s mother
The narrator’s mother who sent family members toward Lukow in 1939.
Manish
The narrator’s brother who traveled with their mother toward Lukow.
Mordechai
The narrator’s youngest brother who pleaded not to be left alone.
Samuel Shedletsker
The narrator’s uncle, whose address in Lukow was provided as a destination.
Cemetery in Kalushin
A cemetery where Jewish dead were taken after bombardments.
Manish
The narrator’s brother, named Manish.