Sokółka
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Shar
Young man tortured and killed by Germans and Poles.
Area near the railway station
Place where Shar ultimately fell and was buried.
Dr. Zandberg
Head of the Sokółka Judenrat; later lived in Switzerland.
Switzerland
Country where Dr. Zandberg later lived.
Plethial Stein
Commander of the Sokółka order service.
Sokółka Order Service
Order service established alongside the Judenrat.
felt factory
A ghetto factory producing military orders and employing about 200 men.
shoemaking workshop
A shoemaking workshop producing military orders alongside the felt factory.
ghetto square
The gathering place where ghetto residents assembled before deportation.
Jewish Council
The council announced the planned ghetto evacuation through the Jewish militia.
Moshe Borovik
Named as the testimony source dated October 5, 1947.
Kielbasin
Collection camp near Grodno holding Jews from surrounding towns.
Sokolka Station
Station passed by a transport bound for Treblinka.
Filz Factory
Factory enclosed with three houses and used to house 400 men.
Feldafing
Location where the testimony was recorded.
Yitzhak Kotler
Named individual associated with a testimony about Sokółka Jewish family losses.
Yitzhak Kotler's family
Family reported as having perished in Auschwitz.
Kadl Vinik
Sokółka individual reportedly taken out for shooting.
Gulumb
Druskenik individual reportedly taken out for shooting.
Benjamin
The narrator’s brother, who survived and reunited with him in Sokółka.
The narrator’s family
The narrator and Benjamin were the two surviving brothers of the family.
Menachem Epstein
Head of the community of 36,000 Jews.
Minsk Street
Street where surviving Jews were found in a former old-age home.
Old-age home
Former institution where surviving Jews were found.
Goldak family
Three Goldak brothers listed among surviving Sokółka Jews.
Unnamed son of Raske Ashkevitz
Raske Ashkevitz’s son, listed among survivors.
Ghetto cemetery
The passage describes a ghetto cemetery near the market.
Ramat Gan
The narrator's child traveled to Ramat Gan with friends.
E. Steinman
Recorded Abraham Kantarowski’s testimony.
Sidorke courtyard
Courtyard near Sidra where Kantarowski worked after escaping.
Kelbasin
Camp near Grodno where Sokolka Jews were deported.
Kantarowski family
Family of seven accompanying the witness in Kelbasin.
Grodno ghetto
The second ghetto in Grodno, where the narrator stayed three weeks.
Grodno Judenrat
The Grodno Jewish council sent twenty children away.
Sokolka camp at the felt factory
A camp near the felt factory, believed by the Grodno Judenrat to survive.
Auschwitz concentration camp
The narrator arrived at Auschwitz concentration camp in March 1943.