Skala-Podilska
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East Galicia
Historical region where Skala was located.
Austrian monarchy
Political authority under which Skala experienced peaceful years before World War I.
Skala community
The community destroyed during World War II by Nazi occupiers and Ukrainian auxiliaries.
Nazi occupiers
Nazi occupiers who destroyed the community and cut short Jewish lives.
Ukrainian auxiliaries
Ukrainian auxiliaries described as assisting the Nazi occupiers.
Skala martyrs
The Jewish martyrs commemorated in the passage.
Skala and nearby villages Jewish communities
Jewish communities commemorated by a memorial monument established in 1976.
Holon cemetery
Cemetery in Holon where a memorial monument was established in 1976.
Association of Skala Emigrants in Israel
Organization that established the Skala memorial monument in Holon in 1976.
Hungarian Army
The Hungarian Army conquered Skala on 8 July.
Nazi forces
Nazi forces began occupying eastern Poland on 22 June 1941.
Jews of Poland
The passage identifies major wartime dates in the history of Polish Jewry.
Yehuda Drimer
Rabbi Yehuda Drimer headed a group of fifteen Jewish men summoned by the Hungarian authorities.
Uziel Shtok
Skala Jew who aided deportees and accompanied them across the border.
Transcarpathian Ruthenia
Region whose Jewish residents were deported toward the former Polish-Soviet border.
Orinin
Town toward which deportees were driven and where Hungarian Jews were held.
Kamianets-Podilskyi
District city east of Skala in Soviet Ukraine.
Hungary
Country that annexed Transcarpathian Ruthenia and later controlled the deportees.
Unnamed Budapest-born boy
Boy who protested the treatment of deportees and was tortured publicly.
Budapest
Birthplace of an unnamed boy among the deportees.
Unnamed elderly rabbi
Elderly rabbi beaten after delaying departure for prayer.
Unnamed rabbi's daughter
Daughter whose pleas helped save her father from his attackers.
Zvi Zelikovich
Survivor who later became a member of Nordia near Netanya.
Yaakov Katz
Survivor later residing in Acre.
Nordia
Moshav near Netanya where Zvi Zelikovich was a member.
Netanya
City near which Nordia is located.
Acre
City where Yaakov Katz later resided.
Former Polish-Soviet border
The former Polish-Soviet border near Skala.
Count Goluchowski
The count whose estate was targeted by German civil officials.
Agricultural Estate Administration
German administration established in Count Goluchowski’s palace.
Judenrat of Skala
The Jewish council required to provide daily labor quotas.
Zollgrenzschutz
German border and customs guard stationed in Skala.
Major Braun
Senior commander who resided in the former estate administration house.
Mendel Busik
A talented local violinist frequently invited to play with Major Braun.
Braun
An officer described as Hra’s supposed superior.
Gestapo
The Gestapo is described as controlling death-related affairs.