Sokółka
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Shashke, the wigmaker
Person identified as a wigmaker in the narrator’s family account.
Slonimer Rebbe
Rebbe who prescribed the child’s name and protective practice.
Yosef Hayim, the teacher
Teacher whose classroom the narrator later attended.
Samson Katzenellenbogen
Opened a yeshiva in the Karliner shtibl during World War I.
Fishel Kraptsik
Teacher from whom the narrator learned general education.
Yitzhak Forman
Companion who skated with the narrator on frozen rivers.
Yudel Hasid
The narrator's uncle from Grodno taught the narrator's father to make brandy.
the narrator's mother
The narrator's mother sold brandy in taverns.
Fritz
A German who seized a barrel of brandy and took it to the police.
Alter the coppersmith Lipschitz
A partner in the narrator's family's clandestine brandy production.
the narrator's mother
The narrator's mother advised him to change into civilian clothes and escape.
Moshele Malach
Alternative name or nickname given for Moshe Monshavitz.
M. Reichman
Person named in a list or caption.
Israel Yakubovitz
Person named in a list or caption.
Yehuda Tikotsinski
Person named in a list or caption.
Fania Tikotsinski
Person named in a list or caption.
Mrs. Reichman
Woman named in a list or caption.
Esther Tishkeynsky
Named author of a 1930 Yiddish passage.
Haim Berl Stein
Honored Sokolka householder and leather manufacturer.
Nehama Stein
Managed her leather factory during the First World War.
Rapoport-Kantar
Person who returned Nehama Stein's money.
Yitzhak Chinsky
A person identified in a photograph caption.
Tsalke
A person identified in a photograph caption.
Natke
A person identified in a photograph caption.
Weisman
A person identified in a photograph caption.
Israel Itze
Teacher in Sokółka’s religious schools.
Meirke
Teacher in Sokółka’s religious schools.
Yosef Hayim
Teacher in Sokółka’s religious schools.
Hezkiel Margalit
Named among Sokółka’s householders and learners.
Betzalel Zakheim
Named among Sokółka’s householders and learners.
Leizer Ashkevitch
Named among Sokółka’s householders and learners.
Shimshon Katzenelboigen
Named among Sokółka’s householders and learners.
Alter the Shamash
Sokółka synagogue attendant.
Mates the Shaynker
Leader among Sokółka’s metalworkers.
Reuven the Carpenter
Sokółka artisan identified as a carpenter.
Ayzik the Tanner
Sokółka artisan identified as a tanner.