Sokółka
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Benjamin Yitzhak Even
Author of memoir fragments describing labor and political events.
City governor
A governor who sought order and protected Jews during disturbances.
Baryvenchik
A former cantonist who served 25 years in the Tsarist army.
Arkea (Aaron) Michaelvitz
A former cantonist who refused a government position requiring religious observance.
Shri Volvi
A former cantonist who returned from Moscow to Sokolka with a key necklace.
Lastovsky
Owner associated with Sokółka’s first Ford truck.
Reuven Stein
Person pictured with Rivka Stein and their children at a Shishki summer resort.
Rivka Stein
Person pictured with Reuven Stein and their children at a Shishki summer resort.
Mrs. Shashke Stein
Mother of the committee chair Esther Mishkinsky, according to the caption.
Alter the Shamash
A shamash who chased and cursed youths near the study house.
Shmuel Kahan
A community committee representative who distributed flour and potatoes.
Israel Lipzer
A veteran Zionist activist invited to help establish the Kadima youth organization.
Shoshka
The narrator’s aunt in Sokolka, associated with a large, clean, beautiful house.
Gamliel
The narrator’s uncle in Sokolka, associated with a spacious courtyard and large house.
Haim
The narrator’s uncle in Sokolka, associated with a small house.
Haim
The narrator’s uncle, a teacher associated with a small, impoverished home.
Unnamed aunt
An unnamed, ill, petite woman who used a walking stick and lived in a small side room.
Mirl
A child raised in the narrator’s dark room and hearing stories of destruction.
Mirel
A woman educated at home and school who became a Polish-language performer and Hebrew teacher-training student.
Menucha Shmilchitz of the Ekstein family
Narrator who describes childhood in Kolonia Izaka and emigration to Palestine.
The narrator’s parents
Parents who emigrated with their daughters to Palestine in 1935.
The narrator’s father
Father who transported livestock to the green meadow and told wartime stories.
Nicholas II
Russian ruler mentioned in the narrator’s father’s war stories.
Nechama
An elderly family member who headed a close family gathering.
Esther (Altki)
The narrator’s beloved Esther, remembered as a gem of the town.
Eliezer Zeev Mishkinsky
Rabbi, Zionist, scholar, and father of the memorial writer.
Batsheva
The memorial writer’s mother, remembered as righteous and kind-hearted.
Gamliel Stein
The memorial writer’s father-in-law, commemorated among the unidentified graves.
Shushke Stein
The memorial writer’s mother-in-law, commemorated among the unidentified graves.
Haim
A brother-in-law remembered as a handsome, kind-hearted Zionist youth.
Sonia'le
A young sister-in-law commemorated in the memorial passage.
Esther (Alteke)
The writer’s Esther gave birth to their first son.
Hanele
The writer’s daughter completed gymnasium and conservatory and studied art.
Yudel the teacher from Madlask
A teacher described as good and upright who taught Torah.
Rabbi Chaim the midwife
A teacher remembered for disciplining pupils.
Shmuel Cohen
The supervisor at the Talmud Torah.