Sokółka
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Shishki Summer Resort
Summer residence where the Stein family is pictured.
Krinker Gas
A street of small houses and thatched cottages in the town.
Suburb synagogue
A synagogue in the town’s suburb, especially active during holidays.
Dramatic troupe
A local troupe that performed in Sokolka and Yanova.
Market day in Sokolka
A crowded market day with carts, vendors, children, and colorful streets.
The stream
A stream used for fishing, Tashlich, skating, and sledding.
Mates the Pourer
A tavern beside which Jewish soldiers received Torah scrolls and blessings.
New Beth Midrash
A study house where local political and military strategy was decided.
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.
World Zionist Organization
An organization whose fundraising shekels were found in the narrator’s father’s prayer book.
Israel Lipzer
A veteran Zionist activist invited to help establish the Kadima youth organization.
Kadima
A Zionist youth organization established to prepare youth for immigration to the Land of Israel.
Land of Israel Office in Sokolka
An office in Sokolka that organized youth groups for immigration to the Land of Israel.
Road from Krinki to Sokolka
A road connecting Krinki and Sokolka.
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.
Sokolka Railway Station
A railway station through which travelers departed from Sokolka.
Bus Departure Point
The market-square location from which the bus departed toward the railway station.
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.
Tarbut Hebrew Teachers' Seminary in Grodno
Mirel studied at the Tarbut Hebrew teachers' seminary in Grodno.
Kolonia Izaka
A small Jewish town remembered as the narrator’s birthplace.
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.
Palestine
Destination to which the narrator’s family emigrated 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.
Sokółka houses of study and prayer
Old and new religious buildings in Sokółka.
Sokółka schools
Schools mentioned among Sokółka’s local institutions.
Sokółka Jewish organizations and parties
Jewish youth and adults organized in various associations and Zionist and non-Zionist parties.
Shtein family
A family prominent in Poland’s leather industry.
Garbarska Street
Street where Gamliel Shtein’s house stood at number 1.