Skala-Podilska
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Skala
The community from which Shlomo departed during World War I.
Soviet soldiers
A small number of Soviet soldiers withdrew rapidly from Skala.
SS forces
Thousands of retreating SS forces overran Skala.
Survivors
Survivors experienced emotional recovery and anxiety at the end of March 1944.
Ukrainian villagers
Some people hiding during the retreat were murdered by Germans or Ukrainian villagers.
Benjamin Gotsfeld
Named among residents of the town.
Pinio Frankel
Named among residents of the town.
Chaim Gotsfeld
Named among residents of the town.
Hilda Brakha Tabak
Named among residents of the town.
Buchach
The Nazi forces fortified themselves there temporarily.
Zhukov
Soviet forces under Zhukov repelled strong enemy attacks.
Soviet military authorities and provisional government
Survivors assisted Soviet military authorities and the provisional government.
Upper Silesia
Survivors concentrated in Upper Silesia.
Warsaw
Youth movement groups formed in major cities including Warsaw.
Lodz
Youth movement groups formed in major cities including Lodz.
Katowice
Youth movement groups formed in major cities including Katowice.
Southern Germany
Survivors dispersed from Austria toward Southern Germany.
Canada
Some Skala survivors later dispersed to Canada.
Skala survivors
Some survivors found temporary refuge in displaced persons camps.
Displaced persons camps in Germany and Austria
Some Skala survivors temporarily stayed in displaced persons camps.
Skala Association in the United States
The association donated substantially to a health fund clinic in Netanya.
Landsmanschaften in Israel
A memorial article about Skala was published in this work.
Skala and nearby villages
A monument commemorates Skala and nearby villages’ martyrs.
Berl Katznelson High School
The Kfar Saba school adopted the Skala community through a memorial certificate.
Kfar Saba
The Berl Katznelson school is located in Kfar Saba.
Shabazi Elementary School
The Shabazi school hosted lectures about Skala and its Jewish history.
Even Yehuda
The Shabazi school is located in Even Yehuda.
Yad Vashem
The Berl Katznelson school deposited a memorial certificate there.
Jerusalem
Yad Vashem is identified as being in Jerusalem.
Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem is associated with preserving the memorial scroll.
Katznelson School
The school teaches Skala’s history and the Holocaust.
Shlomo Bilgoray
A talented painter who reviewed children’s Holocaust drawings before his death.
Lachman-Weiss Foundation
A family-founded foundation awards Holocaust books to students.
The author’s family
The author’s family founded the Lachman-Weiss Foundation to commemorate Holocaust victims.
Stupki camp
Camp associated with deported Jews from Skala.
Great Aktion in Skala
A major wartime Aktion occurred in Skala before the narrator’s camp connection ended.