Sokółka
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Motel
A strong man whose intervention ended a market disturbance.
Chaim, the water carrier
Motel's father, known by the nickname “the water carrier.”
Tzvi Nefha-Kowalski
A Palestine-returned organizer who gathered Sokółka youth and inspired Zionist activity.
Mordechai Vilensky
Teacher who authored or signed the account about school integration.
Hershel Ashkenowitz
Volunteer administrator of the Talmud Torah, known as the gabai.
Der Lamder
Teacher who replaced Daniel the teacher and had a student nickname.
Der Dretsiner
Third-grade teacher identified by a nickname.
Menid Zalkovsky
Pharmacy owner identified as the son of Der Dretsiner.
Yosef Hayim der Melamed
Private room teacher remembered by the narrator.
Der Kozhnitzer
Teacher remembered by nickname.
Theodor Herzl
Historical figure used as a comparison for Kaplan’s appearance.
Benjamin Lazdan
A beloved, kind-tempered teacher remembered by former students.
Kaplan
A teacher described as the students’ most beloved teacher.
Kaplan
A teacher named Kaplan is mentioned.
Byinush the butcher
A local butcher who took neighborhood children on horse-drawn sleigh rides.
Nachum the Madman
A town resident known by the nickname “the Madman.”
Itchi the Baker
A baker who described witnessing a drunken man being arrested.
Nohem (Nokhem)
A quiet beggar who was attacked and taunted by children in town.
Jacob (Kuba) Riftin
Jacob (Kuba) Riftin is named as participating in Hashomer Hatzair in 1929.
Shimshon Katzenelboigen
Rabbi who headed Sokółka’s yeshiva and taught Torah without payment.
Shimshon Katzenelboigen
Rabbi active in Zionism who died shortly before the Germans arrived.
H. L. Kaplan
Witness whose testimony describes Sokółka’s final days.
Moshe Zeev
Religious scholar who studied in Kovno and Vilna yeshivas and declined rabbinic positions.
Yitzhak Elhanan Spector
Rabbi who ordained Moshe Zeev in Kovno.
Eliezer
Son of Moshe Zeev whose tragic death was remembered by his father.
Binyamin Even (Stein)
Person identified as Binyamin Even, also called Stein.
Shakhna Karent
Scholar and rabbi who built a hostel for poor travelers with other Jews.
Beila Karent-Kaplan
Only surviving daughter of Shakhna Karent’s extended family.
Ben-Zion Gilbovsky
Headed the Sokółka nest and advocated immigration to and pioneering settlement in Eretz Israel.
Yehuda Gilboa (Gilbovsky)
Named as Yehuda Gilboa, also identified as Gilbovsky.
Rabbi Shuster
City rabbi who attended the old house of study and taught a Mishnah lesson.
Kopil the Shoemaker
A Torah and Kabbalah scholar who taught Mishnah and Ein Yaakov to worshippers.
Nisl Ashkevitz
Came outside in sleepwear to inspect a storeroom during the night.
Leyb the Hatter
An elderly man seen reciting Psalms in the old house of study.
Aryeh the Blind
A man seen studying and reciting chapters of Mishnah in the old house of study.
Gadalia Weisman
Named contributor or author associated with the passage.