Sokółka
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Malka and Israel Lipcher
A couple who hosted travelers arriving in Haifa.
Yekutiel Goldgleid
A survivor listed among those who remained alive after selections.
Blumenthal
Blumenthal, a Jewish grocery-shop owner, was taken from his home and killed.
Marshal Budyonny
Russian marshal whose cavalry pursued the retreating Polish army.
Aharonovski
Aharonovski was among four Jews killed before the Polish Army left Sokolka.
Dishko
Dishko was appointed Jewish commissar after the Communists entered the town.
Yud Yardeni
Named contributor or section author.
Isaac Eisen
A wholesale grocer and partner in the A.G.A.P. company.
Jacob Eisen
A wholesale grain merchant and partner in the A.G.A.P. company.
Jacob Grossberg
A wholesale merchant and partner in the A.G.A.P. company.
Alter Epstein
A wholesale merchant and partner in the A.G.A.P. company.
Isaac Fuchs
A wholesale merchant and partner in the A.G.A.P. company.
Mr. Kaplan
Director of the Tarbut School who visited the summer camp with his wife.
Yehuda Levin
Named as one of the students in the 1927 Tarbut School photograph.
Shimon Krugalk
Named as one of the students in the 1927 Tarbut School photograph.
Aba Antakal
Named as one of the students in the 1927 Tarbut School photograph.
David Yatom
Named as one of the students in the 1927 Tarbut School photograph.
Tsudkovitz
Teacher identified in the 1927 Tarbut School photograph caption.
Yaakov Shabransky
Named as one of the students in the 1927 Tarbut School photograph.
Yosef Kapliushnik
Named as one of the students in the 1927 Tarbut School photograph.
Nissan Cohen
Named as one of the students in the 1927 Tarbut School photograph.
Yehezkel Piker
Named as one of the students in the 1927 Tarbut School photograph.
Eliyahu Chinsky
Named as one of the students in the 1927 Tarbut School photograph.
Teacher Kaplan
A teacher whose school operated in Sokółka.
Teacher Kunsht
A teacher associated with a school in Sokółka.
Koznitzer Teacher
A teacher who taught in a traditional religious school in Sokółka.
Hayyim Hirsch
Regular visitor to the Shulchan Arukh Beit Midrash.
Narrator's father
Teacher who educated children in the courtyard beside the family home.
Unnamed narrator
The narrator crossed into Lithuania and later traveled from Sokolka to Palestine.
Betzalel Yafe
Participant in educational advocacy in Grodno.
Katznelson
Zionist school director and Hebrew education activist.
Aharon Kron
Author cited in a footnote concerning Lithuanian Jewry.
The Ispravnik
A Jewish-hating police chief who arrived in the town and issued decrees.
Hashke Paztive
A person whose salted-fish barrel was disturbed by the water carrier.
Chaim the Water Carrier
The town water carrier, whose base was Chaim's place.
Gitel Kunsht
Alternate name associated with the memoir author.