Sokółka
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Jewish child
An unnamed Jewish child was hidden by a rural family.
Takczuk
A tall Russian notary’s clerk encountered near the cemetery.
Mordecai Tikoczynski
The narrator’s uncle, whose gravestone he finds in the cemetery.
The narrator’s father
The narrator’s father, who died while the narrator was a child.
The narrator’s mother
The narrator remembers his mother mourning his father at night.
The narrator’s grandfather
The narrator searches unsuccessfully for his grandfather’s grave.
Sokolka Town Square
The town square where a military vehicle is stationed.
Rabbi Betzalel Zakaheim
Public leader and religious teacher in Sokolka during his final twenty years.
Zakaheim family
Family associated with the brothers Israel and Tuvia, called martyrs.
Israel
Brother said to have sacrificed his life in a blood libel four centuries earlier.
Nuska
A wealthy non-Jewish feldsher who consulted Rabbi Betzalel.
Hannah Zakheim
Name appearing at the end of the passage.
Yosef Pozniak
Judith's uncle, named in the family memorial.
Mindli
Judith's aunt, named in the family memorial.
Bialystok Ghetto
Baruch Tzvi was murdered there by the Nazis, according to the passage.
Pasha daughter of Eliezer
The modest wife of Baruch Tzvi; she died before the Holocaust.
Vilna Ghetto
Shimon—Sheyma and his extended family perished there.
Yardeni family
The family mourned Abraham Yardeni’s death.
Maḥanot Ha-Olim
Abraham Yardeni belonged to this youth movement.
Labor camp
Abraham Yardeni served in a labor camp with members of his movement.
Europe
Europe, from which wartime reports of bloody events arrived.
Tuvia
Brother said to have sacrificed his life in a blood libel four centuries earlier.
Bezalel
Bezalel provided discreet assistance and rehabilitation to people in need.
Hannah Nechama-Es
Woman known in Sokolka for assisting others and providing home medical care.
Baruch
Judith's brother-in-law, according to the memorial text.
Chaim
Named child in Judith's family memorial.
Rav Leib Pozniak
Judith's father, named in the family memorial.
Dov Pozniak
Judith's brother, named in the family memorial.
Yoshua Pozniak
Judith's brother, named in the family memorial.
Dina Pozniak
Judith's sister, named in the family memorial.
Shosha Pozniak
Judith's sister, named in the family memorial.
Shaul Pozniak
Judith's paternal uncle and her father's elder brother.
Chaim Pozniak
Judith's uncle, named in the family memorial.
Baruch Tzvi son of Shalom Ha-Levi
A religious scribe and public activist remembered for charity and communal service.
Shimon—Sheyma
A Torah scholar and Vilna merchant who perished with his family in the Vilna Ghetto.
Buenos Aires
Place named beneath Abraham Zak’s name.