Skala-Podilska
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Murder of deported Jews at Belzec
Women, elderly people, and children were sent to the Belzec extermination camp.
Transports to Belzec
Transports carried Skala Jews to Belzec; some escaped by jumping from train cars.
Murders at Janowska Camp
Rabbi Dreamer, Eliezer Fish, and Yosef Meizelman were among the first murdered.
Aktion in the town
An Aktion left the town with fewer than half its inhabitants.
Deportation of Zolgerentshuts workers
Workers were captured at night and sent the next day to Yanovska camp.
Participation in a partisan unit
Several young people from Skala participated in a partisan unit led by Joshua Zucker and Lunk Yung.
Liberation of Sarny
Sarny was liberated on 13 January 1944.
Liberation of Skala
Soviet soldiers liberated Skala, after which the town was overrun during their retreat.
SS forces overrun Skala
Thousands of retreating SS forces overran Skala after Soviet soldiers withdrew.
Liberation of Skala
Skala was reported liberated by Soviet forces during the war.
Postwar dispersal of Skala survivors
Skala survivors dispersed from displaced persons camps to countries including the United States and Canada.
Donation to a health fund clinic
The Skala association in the United States made a substantial donation to a Netanya clinic.
Deportation of Jews from Skala to camps
Jews from Skala were captured and sent to the Barki and Stupki camps.
Great Aktion in Skala
A major Aktion took place in Skala before the end of September 1942.
Organization of Jewish forced labor assignments
The Judenrat introduced labor assignments, reducing chaotic street roundups.
Forced railway construction toward Russia
Jewish slave laborers were to build a railway line toward Russia.
Forced-labor transport from Skala toward Chartkiv
The Judenrat assembled men for forced labor and sent them toward Chartkiv.
Supplies collected for deportees
The Judenrat organized clothing and food for people who had been sent away.
Death of Moshe Shtak
Moshe Shtak was killed when a mound of earth collapsed and buried him alive.
Release of the entire transport
Nissan Alinger freed all 27 people in three groups after the funeral period.
Transport to Barki-Wielkie
A transport was sent again to Barki-Wielkie with listed Skala residents.
Death of Azriel Zaidman
Azriel Zaidman died two days after liberation in Skalat.
Mass murder of Chortkiv intellectuals
Dozens of Chortkiv intellectuals were collected, taken to a nearby forest, and shot.
Wannsee Conference
Conference held on 20 January 1942 concerning the Final Solution.
The action
An operation beginning at six in the morning on September 26, 1942.
Aktion in the town
An Aktion killed more than half the town’s inhabitants.
Great Aktion in Skala
A major wartime Aktion occurred in Skala before the narrator’s camp connection ended.
Captured men sent to camps
Captured men were confined in a tobacco warehouse and sent to two camps.
Death of Yitzhak Mann
Yitzhak Mann reportedly died in Skaler Forest.
Death of Yaakov-Ber Trasavoutski
Yaakov-Ber Trasavoutski reportedly died in Belzec.
Death of Tadris (Tony) Shitser
Tadris (Tony) Shitser reportedly died in Stupki.
Death of Mordechai Yales
Mordechai Yales reportedly died by suicide in Barki.
Death of Nachum Shenkerman
Nachum Shenkerman was reportedly shot in Barki.
Death of Avraham Shvartsapfel
Avraham Shvartsapfel reportedly died in Skaler Forest in 1943.
Shooting of Eliyahu Eugenblik
Eliyahu Eugenblik was reportedly shot in June 1942.
Death of Zeide Goldshitz
Zeide Goldshitz reportedly died at Barki in May 1942.