Sokółka
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Sukhobalia
A town reached by the road beyond the bridge.
Vodoktsky pools
Pools used for summer bathing.
Zavrod under the river
Summer bathing site identified as under the river.
Kopalnies
Recreation site listed among summer bathing locations.
Shishkier hill
Hill used for winter sledding.
Isik Livengrov hill
Hill used for winter sledding.
Livengrovs hill
Hill identified in a parenthetical local name.
Chaim Hershke hill
Hill used for winter sledding.
Kuril-li River
Residents bathed in the river during summer.
Białowieża
Forest area where young people from Sokółka were sent for forced labor.
Ulicki Street
Street where a children’s kitchen operated in a private home.
Russian military camp
Former military camp outside town containing a school building.
Fire Station
Landmark opposite Krishavsky's house.
Kurilily
Place where Polish police commander Straz lived.
Zebrod
Area where Jews and Christians lived among two hills near the railway.
Nova Michlana
Village near Sokolka where a Hashomer Hatzair summer camp was held.
Buchboulova Forest
Forest where a Hashomer Hatzair unit was sworn in.
Zukovska's courtyard
Two life-sustaining water wells stood in the courtyard of Mrs. Zukovska.
Sokółka Barracks
Barracks reached by a road beyond a bridge near the narrator’s street.
Barracks on the road to Shishki
Barracks where the Oglitsker Polk garrison regiment was stationed.
Mir
Named alongside Volozhin as a place of yeshiva study.
Shulhoif
A schoolyard where students gathered to honor a deceased teacher.
Bokhovolova Forests
Forests associated with a children’s summer camp.
Praga
The place near which Russian forces were defeated during the retreat.
Lod
City where the Borochov Group was located.
Southern part of Sokolka
The southern part of the city contained railway tracks and was transformed into a ghetto.
River near Sokolka
The passage recalls bathing in a river near Sokolka.
Pine forests near Sokolka
The passage recalls resting in the shade of pine trees in nearby forests.
Grodnaya Street
Street where a Polish member of the “Falanga” sold newspapers at a kiosk.
Krashnian
Roadside location of an airfield construction project.
Kondzinski
Location marking the ghetto’s extent from the church to Kondzinski.
Kurilali
Place to which 25 young men were taken and shot.
Stutthof
A camp near Danzig mentioned in the deportation route.
Lomza
A place in the reported route of forced displacement.
Kazakhstan
Distant region from which refugees arrived.
Cellar
A cellar where a Jewish family was hidden during the Holocaust.