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Lviv Hebrew Book Censorship Office
Government office for reviewing Hebrew books in Lviv.
Hebrew printing press in Lviv
A proposed Hebrew printing press in Lviv, authorized for Aaron Cohen in 1816.
Rubinstein printing press
Printing press owned by Haya Rubinstein and later closed by the government.
David Tzvi Shargatzel’s printing press
Printing press founded by David Tzvi Shargatzel in 1858.
Abraham Yitzhak Mankes’s printing press
Printing press established for a new Babylonian Talmud edition.
Druker-Felker printing press
Printing press opened jointly by Druker and Felker in 1860.
Study house on Boyimov Street
A study house where Sokhistav preached and addressed admirers on Saturdays.
Small synagogue
A synagogue register containing a memorial prayer for Rabbis Reitzis.
Lviv Municipal Archive
Municipal archive consulted by Caro and directed by Alexander Czolowski.
University in Lviv
University where Balaban studied law beginning in 1895.
Tadeusz Czacki Elementary School
Elementary school in Lviv's Jewish quarter where Balaban worked from 1900.
Tachkemoni Rabbinical School
Rabbinical school directed by Blaban for about ten years.
Askola Gymnasium
Gymnasium directed by Blaban in Warsaw.
Institute of Jewish Studies
Institute founded in 1928 that played an important role in Polish Jewish cultural life.
Progressive Synagogue of Lviv
Synagogue whose history was Balaban's final book.
Baron Hirsch elementary schools
Elementary schools where Balaban taught after interrupting university studies.
Jewish education network in Poland
A Jewish education network in Poland for which Blaben trained teachers.
Hospital founded by Lazarus
Hospital located beside Shpitalna Street near the cemetery.
Jewish Home for the Aged
Jewish old-age home located near the cemetery.
Municipal Archive
Archive holding land-purchase documents cited in the passage.
Beit Almin Shul
Synagogue near Shpitalna Street, built in the nineteenth century.
Nahman Synagogue
Synagogue funded by Yitzhak ben Nahman in 1582 and later known by other names.
Gildene Royz Synagogue
Another popular name for the synagogue founded by the Nahman family.
Inquisitorial Court of the Lviv District
Court described as sentencing Adel and the Reitses brothers to death.
Turei Zehav Synagogue
A synagogue that received a bronze menorah donated by Simhah Menahem in 1689.
Former Cadets School
Former cadets school where cemetery stones were brought.
Lviv Jewish community committee
Committee that estimated the city’s Jewish population in August 1941.
Ukrainian police
Police or militia organized during the German arrival.
Ukrainian Uniate Church
Church headed by Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky.
International Military Tribunal
Court before which Erwin Schulz gave sworn testimony.
Saint Anna School
School building that housed a German military hospital.
Old Turei Zahav Synagogue
An old synagogue burned by German authorities.
Lviv Jewish Council
Council established in July 1941 as an executive mechanism for German orders.
Jewish Commercial Gymnasium
School previously managed by Avraham Rota.
Synagogue at 2 Rapaport Street
Location of the Jewish council taxation department.
Abraham Cohen School
Later location of the housing department.