Skala-Podilska
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Zalman Hachner
Named as one of the city’s honored men.
Hershl Weintraub
Older iron and metal-products merchant in the town.
Hershl Rasher
Neighbor and well-known baker in the town.
Hershl Adelstein
Orderly, pedantic synagogue worshipper with daughters.
Nachman Ralls
Another name given for Nachman Stolyar; his house touched the synagogue wall.
Leah Horserman
The wife of Motel Goldshtein.
Tsiptschia
A notably plump woman associated with the Szwarcbach family.
Hannah-Sarah
A woman who prepared wedding foods and desserts before weddings.
Yazizhani
A town with its own market day for beggars.
Yager
Named among regular carriage passengers involved in town public life.
Yagendorf family
Yagendorf family members are named among regular carriage passengers.
Fidrer
Named among regular carriage passengers involved in town public life.
Fish
Named among regular carriage passengers involved in town public life.
Hausner
Named among regular carriage passengers involved in town public life.
Brientze
Shimshele’s wife, responsible for removing floodwater from their hut.
Bolshevik Revolution
Revolution following which the father was released from Siberian exile.
Nazi regime
The regime whose forces controlled the narrator’s father and were expected to suffer defeat.
Moshe Zalibah
The rabbi and community authority of Peltshin, and Chaim Roiz’s father.
Petliurists
An armed group identified as murdering Chaim Roiz’s brother in Peltshin.
Lisatch
Place associated with Itzikl.
Bershad
Settlement where Yosef later settled.
Rizhiner
A righteous Hasidic figure associated with a ruling concerning a deceased Hasid.
Ivanya Pusta
Village where HeHalutz training took place in 1920.
Moshe Weinradb
Participant in the meeting about raising funds for the school.
Meir Berger
A Skala-born Jewish theater expert who returned from New York.
Dina Kornblit Frankel
Participant in “Shma Yisroel”; living in Israel at the time of writing.
M. L. Herzog
Participant in “Shma Yisroel”; living in Israel at the time of writing.
Moses Vizental
Participant in “Shma Yisroel”; living in New York at the time of writing.
Isidor Keshir
Yiddish actor from Skala who performed for many years in New York.
Morris Schwarz
Director associated with the Schwarz Art Theater.
New Street
Street toward which some couples turned near the barracks.
Upper Gate
Gate beside the count’s park, mentioned in a caption.
Bench by the Upper Gate
Bench where older Jews stopped or sat during their walk.
Shabes Wasserman
Named among people described as deceased.
Fishele Fish
Named among people described as deceased.
Edzie Wasserman
Named among people described as deceased.