Sokółka
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Bialystok Voivodeship
The passage says Mordechai Bonim delivered many lectures throughout the region.
Polish Sejm
The Polish parliament in which Heshl Farbshteyn served as a Jewish deputy.
Leibke Katzenelenbogen
Served as deputy mayor during the first two terms.
Shlomo Labendig
Served as deputy mayor in the final years described.
Jewish school of Tsisha
Received annual funding from the Jewish municipal representatives.
Leizer Ashkevitz
Served as the community council's president in its final years.
Wolf Nordvind
Represented the merchants’ association in interventions concerning municipal shops.
Merchants' association
Association led for many years by Volf Nordvind.
Berl Fridberg
Government rabbi serving Sokółka and nearby towns for over 50 years until 1926.
Dr. Shmaryahu Levin
Received the rabbinic office in Grodno from Berl Fridberg.
Dr. Mahilewer
Received the rabbinic office in Białystok from Berl Fridberg.
Benjamin Dombrowski
Elected head of the Sokółka community council during its first term.
Sokółka community council
Community council representing political, merchant, and artisan groups.
Small retailers' association
Recently established association led by H. Glaz.
Cooperative people's bank
Cooperative bank described as having very large turnover.
Warsaw Ghetto
Site where Leah Perlstein fought Nazi perpetrators.
Abraham Stanislavsky
Author of a recollection about Sokolka and its youth.
Liche Shapira
Person memorialized in Abraham Stanislavsky's dedication.
Hershl Kovalski
A singer of soulful Jewish melodies.
Kadima youth club
A youth club remembered from the narrator’s youth in Sokolka.
Eniya
The narrator’s sister, who actively participated in theater performances.
The narrator’s mother
The narrator left Sokolka together with his mother.
Yung Vilne
Literary group where Terkel began his writing career.
Paris
City where Terkel worked after the war.
Di Naye Tsayt
Newspaper edited by Terkel in Buenos Aires.
The Sun Sets by the Amu Darya
Later book by Terkel containing memories of the war years.
Yisroel Shmukler
Narrator who describes his father and musical development.
Shepsl the Blind
Well-known blind teacher who taught the narrator for one year.
Białystok Pogrom
Pogrom after which the family came from Russia and settled in Sokółka.
Eva
The narrator’s sister, listed among Sokółka’s youth.
Conservatory
The institution where the narrator completed studies.
Shepsl Labendig
A member of the first youth group.
Moshe Shapiro
A member of the first youth group.
Bracha
A member of the first youth group.
Freidl
A member of the first youth group.
Yitzhak Shapiro
A member of the second youth group.