Skala-Podilska
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Forest guard
An unnamed forest guard accompanied the Ukrainian policeman.
German soldiers
German soldiers later hunted wild boars in the forest.
Yosef Blutstein
Named as a builder of new bunkers in the forest.
Old bunkers near the Mazuren
Temporary hiding place after fleeing the Sassnes.
Construction of new bunkers
Six named men built new underground shelters deep in the forest during winter.
The new bunkers
Bunkers occupied from January 1944 until liberation in late March 1944.
Skala Jews
Nineteen Skala Jews were shot and burned in the same forest.
The forest near the group
A forest where Shalom Grinberg’s relatives and nineteen Skala Jews were killed.
Chaim Gatetfeld
A person who left a bunker toward the town with Nehemiah Shtok.
Sasi Zimmerman (Gatesfeld)
Author of diary excerpts describing wartime hiding with her child.
German border guards
German border guards guarding the former Polish-Soviet border.
the village
Village where Germans and border guards are present.
the husband
The narrator’s husband visits regularly, bringing provisions, books, and newspapers.
the narrator’s child
The narrator states that she and her child would otherwise go hungry.
the landlady
The landlady becomes dissatisfied with the husband’s visits and eventually forbids them.
hidden Jews
The narrator says that some Jews remain hidden.
the woman called “Fine Litvishe Vaybl”
A woman brings milk and eggs and offers to shelter them until liberation.
Unnamed husband
The narrator’s husband brings news of pogroms.
Unnamed husband
The narrator and her husband negotiated with a farmer for concealment and supplies.
Unnamed farmer
A farmer agreed to dig a hiding place and bring bread and water daily.
the farmer
A farmer led the narrator and child toward an open barn.
the child
The child traveled with the narrator during the nighttime journey.
German watchmen
Two German-speaking watchmen were encountered near the border.
the border
The watchmen were walking toward the border.
an open barn
The farmer led them to an open barn belonging to someone else.
Kapuchinits
A pogrom occurred there.
Barshchov
A pogrom was expected there.
Narrator's brother's family
The narrator's brother was hidden together with his family.
Brother's house
The narrator went to the house where her brother lived.
Attic
The narrator's brother and family were concealed in an attic.
Kapuchinits pogrom
A terrible pogrom occurred in Kapuchinits.
Barshchov pogrom
A pogrom was underway in Barshchov.
Small low attic
The narrator and husband lived in a small, low attic where they could only lie down.
Barshtshav
A town from which the narrator’s husband’s sister arrived.
Militia
A group reported as having killed people encountered on the road.
Peasants
Peasants reported as having killed people encountered on the road.