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Train deportation toward Treblinka
A train carried Lukow Jews toward the Treblinka death camp; Anshtak and Weissboim jumped from it.
Surviving fighters regroup near Lukow
A group of surviving Jewish fighters organized itself in the Shvertshevski forest near Lukow under Yehiel Anshtak and Reuven Weissboim.
Employment at the Minsk Jewish Hospital
H. Smoliar worked at the Minsk Jewish hospital under the name Stolarewicz.
Red Army arrival
The Red Army arrived, prompting celebration and a meeting with its commanders.
Arrest and murder of Moshe Aharon Wietrub
Moshe Aharon Wietrub was among those arrested, tortured, and murdered; the passage does not identify the perpetrator.
Shootings during forced labor
The son of Akiva Katz, a grandchild of Leibele Tentser, and the son of Yosef Beker were reportedly shot during the canal work for even minor deviations; the named men are not identified as the victims.
Deportation of Rike Jews
Rike Jews were deported to an extermination camp, identified elsewhere as Treblinka.
Taking of Radzin
The narrator's unit captured Radzin before being transferred near it.
Armed resistance in Lukow
Named Łuków Jews led passive resistance, organized a Jewish fighting organization, and fought Hitler's forces with weapons.
Removal of Jews from the Minsk Ghetto
Lavke Sparberg led youths helping Jews leave the ghetto for partisans in July 1943.
Third German action in Minsk Ghetto
During the third German action, Nahum Goldzak lost his wife and two children.
Expected Red Army arrival
The Red Army was expected to arrive and remain in the town.
Internment of citizens at French camps
The first citizens were interned at the camps on 14 May 1941.
Return home after liberation
The narrator returned home in April 1946, not long after liberation.
Yosef Burshtits and family survived
Yosef Burshtits, his wife, and three children survived.
Burial of the dead at Maltsinov
The dead were taken to Maltsinov and buried there.
Mordechai’s arrival during World War I
Mordechai arrived as a homeless person during the First World War.
Founding of the society
The society was founded as a benevolent organization.
Evacuation of Mons prison
Mons prison was rapidly evacuated because of the sudden American landing in France.
Reported sudden death of Nahum Goldzak
News of Nahum Goldzak’s sudden death arrived in 1955.
Reuven Heiblum goes to Warsaw
At age thirteen, Reuven left Łuków and went to Warsaw.
Berl became an independent tailor
After three years, Berl's sister rented him an attic room, and Berl became an independent shoemaker.
Death of Berl Lip
Berl Lip died young, apparently at about age thirty; dateStart should be empty.
Death of Yaakov Zukerman
Yaakov Zukerman was buried in the grave of the Friends of Łuków.
Moshe Shlakhtavitch arrested in 1926
Moshe Shlakhtavitch was arrested and tried in 1926 after a political provocation; the place is unspecified.
Family killings in Auschwitz or Majdanek
Moshe Feldman, Chaya-Hinde, and Shimshele died in 1942–1943; the passage names Auschwitz and Majdanek without assigning individuals to either place.
Murder of the Rendl family members
The narrator's father Mender Rendl, mother Leah, sisters Hannah, Deborah, and Golda, and brothers Berl and Hershel were tragically killed by Hitlerist bandits.
Destruction of the family
The passage mourns the terrible destruction or loss of the family; it does not establish murder, perpetrators, or a more specific event.
Podlachia
A region whose plain was covered by Lukow's strategic location.
Kotsk Hasidism
A Hasidic movement described as influential in Lukow.
Ukrainian helpers
Ukrainian collaborators assisted the German perpetrators.
M. Zanio
Named contributor or author of the passage.
The Kotzk Rebbe
Religious figure referenced through the community’s rabbinic lineage.
Unnamed narrator
Narrator who visited Lukow in 1947.
Oświęcim
Witnesses described victims arriving by train and seeking gas chambers there.
Lithuanian Podlasie
Region inhabited by the Yotvingians according to the passage.