Skala-Podilska
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Nechemia Shtak
A leader of the group that built forest shelters and underground bunkers.
Old trench
An old trench used for cooking in the forest.
Hersh Shvartsbakh
The narrator’s neighbor who believed Jews could hide in dense forests.
Jews hiding in the forest
Jews who hid in forests during the described persecution.
Malka
The narrator’s cousin who knitted sweaters for Polish peasants in summer.
Polish peasants
Polish peasants who traded or provided food to Jews in hiding.
Mazorən
A small colony near the edge of a forest.
Radchuk
Ukrainian forest guard who helped Jews hiding in the forest.
Radchuk's wife
Radchuk's wife, who helped Jews hiding in the forest.
Ruins of Jewish houses in Skala
Ruins of Jewish houses in Skala where people sheltered during winter.
Ukrainian murderers
Ukrainian perpetrators who captured and shot some displaced people.
Russian partisan groups
Armed groups encountered in the forest during the war.
The forest
Forest where Russian partisans deterred Ukrainian and German killers.
Local Ukrainian and German killers
Perpetrator group that feared approaching the forest because of partisans.
Yosef Shvartsbakh
A Skala young man who belonged to the Ashendorf youth partisan band.
Shmerl Yabets
A Skala young man who belonged to the Ashendorf youth partisan band.
Ashendorf Youth Band
A Jewish partisan unit founded in the Barshtshev ghetto and active in Tsiganer Forest.
Tsiganer Forest
The forest where the partisan band was active.
Book of Ghetto Wars
A cited work describing the partisans’ activity and heroic end.
Moshe Kahanovitz
The named author of a cited work on Jewish partisans in Eastern Europe.
Eastern Front
The front along which Soviet armies pressed the Germans in summer 1943.
German army
German army units surrounded and searched the Skala Forest.
Bunkers
Bunkers where members of the group sought refuge during the search.
Yosef Blutstein
Person hiding in the first bunker with family.
Baile
Child hiding in the first bunker.
Abraham Frankel
Person hiding in the second bunker and surviving.
Sarah Frankel
Person hiding in the second bunker and surviving.
Frida Frankel
Person hiding in the second bunker.
Rita Frankel
Daughter hiding in the second bunker.
Mira Frankel
Daughter hiding in the second bunker.
Moshe Dunaier
Person hiding in the second bunker.
Pinie Frankel
Person from the group who survived outside the bunkers.
Riva Shwarzbach
Person from the group who survived with her children.
Susie Shwarzbach
Child who survived with Riva Shwarzbach.
David Shwarzbach
Child who survived with Riva Shwarzbach.
Solomon Blutstein
Victim whose body was found and buried in the forest.