Skala-Podilska
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Esther Batsar-Gilbert
Named contributor associated with a section about a Soviet prison.
Israel-Leib Freifeld
Subject of a biographical section.
Jacob Herzog
Named contributor in the contents.
B. Ressler
Named contributor associated with a Skala judgment.
Hechalutz core in Skala
A Hechalutz core located in Skala.
Moshe Bitan
Named contributor associated with theater and the founding of a Jewish library.
Gadalia Lachman
Named contributor associated with folklore and humor among Skala youth.
Skala Jewish community
Community referenced in the contents as Skala’s community.
Jewish library in Skala
Jewish library whose founding is referenced in the contents.
Western Podolia
Region where Skala is situated.
Dniester River
Large river into which the Zbruch flows.
Besht
Person identified as born in Okop.
Old Skala
Settlement area beyond the fortress spur and ravine.
Husiatyn
Destination north of Old Skala by dirt road.
Zapotocha
Rural suburb west of the stream.
Esther Bner-Gelbert
Named as the author of the passage.
Louis Metzchel
Named as an author or contributor in the contents.
Jacob Wizental
Named as an author or contributor in the contents.
Jacob Sofer
Named as an author or contributor in the contents.
Jacob Herzog
Named in the passage.
Ruins of the Turkish fortress
Historic site in the town.
Zbruch River
River forming Skala’s western boundary and flowing into the Dniester.
Okop
Town at the Zbruch’s mouth and birthplace of the Besht.
Southeastern Galicia
Region identified parenthetically with Podolia.
Stara Skala
Alternate name given for Old Skala.
Chortkiv
Destination northwest of Old Skala by dirt road.
Lubomirski military camp
Prince Lubomirski established a military camp on Skala fortress ruins in 1621.
Battle near Khotyn
The Polish army defeated the Turkish army near Khotyn on the Dniester River.
Borshchiv
Town reached by roads south and southwest of Skala.
Mylnytsia
Town reached by roads south and southwest of Skala.
Zalishchyky
Town on the Dniester shore.
Soviet annexation of Skala
Skala was annexed to the Soviet Union and Soviet Ukrainian Republic in September 1939.
Nazi occupation of Skala
Nazi German forces occupied Skala from late June 1941 through late March 1944.
Rabbi Israel of Ruzhin flees Russia
Rabbi Israel of Ruzhin crossed the border at Skala while fleeing Russia.
Shlomo Drimer serves in the Polish Army
Shlomo Drimer became a captain and deputy chief rabbi in the Polish Army.
Judah Drimer inherits Skala rabbinic position
Judah Drimer inherited his father's rabbinic position in Skala.