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Lavke Sparberg
A fifteen-year-old participant in the Minsk Ghetto underground movement.
Factory
Factory where Lavke Sparberg worked and led youths.
Abraham-Moshe Shlachtawitsch
Jewish partisan leader and rescuer active in the Soviet Union during World War II.
Underground organization
Organization led by Shlachtawitsch in Minsk.
Soviet government
Government that decorated Shlachtawitsch for his service.
Polish state
State that also decorated Shlachtawitsch.
Minsk area
Area where fallen Lukow heroes aided partisans in the forests.
Forests near Minsk
Forests where partisans received supplies from fallen Lukow heroes.
Nahum Goldzak
A resistance fighter who escaped Minsk Ghetto to join partisans.
Leibl Agman
Fought in the Red Army and later in the Kosciuszko Division.
Shaul Agman
Fought in the Red Army and later in the Kosciuszko Division.
Yisrael Steinberg
Helped rescue fellow townspeople and cared for Lukow prisoners in Auschwitz.
Pinchas Cheshinski
Author of a first-person account of the German attack on Lukow.
Gestapo personnel
They reportedly brought groups of Jews to the magistrate courtyard and shot them.
The narrator’s parents
The narrator remembers seeing their parents in a dream of the town.
The narrator’s siblings
The narrator remembers seeing brothers and sisters in a dream of the town.
Cemetery near Malcinov
A killing site three kilometers from town on the Shvidrer road.
Malcinov
Village near the cemetery described as a killing site.
Rechbach
Location and year printed at the end of the passage.
Moshe Zukerman
Named author or contributor of the passage.
Sholem Aleichem
Author of the cited play about Tevye the Milkman.
At Night in the Old Market
Play cited among Jewish theater performances in the camp.
Tevye the Milkman
Play cited among Jewish theater performances in the camp.
Group of Jewish doctors
Jewish doctors who organized medical assistance in the camp.
Unnamed Jew from the Land of Israel
Unnamed Jewish visitor described as carrying an English passport.
Song of the Valley
A song sung for listeners and described as a hymn and symbol of hope.
Carmel
A geographic region mentioned in a discussion of pioneers’ lives in Israel.
Galilee
A geographic region mentioned in a discussion of pioneers’ lives in Israel.
Jezreel Valley
A valley mentioned in a discussion of pioneers’ lives in Israel.
Friends of the Jews
A designation adopted by French women who solidarized with Jews.
Comfort Brigade
An informal group that encouraged camp inmates after visits from relatives.
Josef Mengele
Doctor who conducted a selection at Birkenau.
Moshe Zuckerman
Named contributor associated with the passage titled “Song of the Valley.”
Pithiviers aid committee
Committee established to assist needy camp members.
Cultural committee
Committee that organized lectures, readings, theater, and a reading room.
Gardening department
Department involved in planting and growing plants in the camp.