Skala-Podilska
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Count Goluchovsky's palace
A count's palace shown in the map legend.
Jewish cemetery
A Jewish cemetery shown in the map legend.
Christian cemetery
A Christian cemetery shown in the map legend.
Community hall
A community hall shown in the map legend.
Bathhouse
A bathhouse shown in the map legend.
New York
City named in the memorial-book committee line.
Tel Aviv
City named in the memorial-book committee line.
Israel
A destination where surviving Skala Jews settled.
America
America is mentioned as a location of surviving Skala Jews.
Skala
The town associated with the Jewish community and the memorial book.
Eastern Galicia
Region associated with the described Jewish way of life.
Janowska Extermination Camp
Extermination camp identified in the contents.
Western Podolia
Region where Skala is situated.
Dniester River
Large river into which the Zbruch flows.
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.
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.
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.
Stanislav
Destination of timber and stone deliveries.
Karalivka
A neighboring town hosting a Thursday fair.
Argentina
Country identified as Abraham Zandberg’s current location.
Dniester
River whose shore lies near Zalishchyky.
Skala Fortress
Fortress ruins on the northern spur of Skala hill.
Unnamed stream, locally called Potik
Narrow ravine or canyon west of Skala.
Galicia
Region characterized by mixed Jewish towns and rural suburbs.
Podolia
Podolia was conquered by the Polish king Casimir the Great.
Kingdom of Poland
Poland controlled the region from 1430 until 1772.
Khotyn
The Polish army defeated the Turkish army near Khotyn.