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Advocat Mishkin |
Jewish lawyer in Czortkov who obtained Shulem's discharge from the Red Army | Childhood |
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Artur Engel |
German border guard who terrorized Jews in Skala | Childhood |
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Captain Mikhel Nikolai Kaminin |
Red Army officer who commanded unit that liberated Skala | Childhood |
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Eliyahu Engelbach (Uncle Elio) |
The pious brother of Munye's mother was killed at Borki-Wielke | Childhood |
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Feige Epstein |
The author's mother who urged him to "Run, my child." | Childhood |
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Gedalia Lachman |
Educator and survivor who wrote the history of Skala’s Jews | Childhood |
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Israel Blutstein |
Munye witnessed the horrible murder of Lonye's father by Rembocha | Childhood |
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Isser and Tziril Pecker |
Survivor couple who lived with Munye in the aftermath of liberation | Childhood |
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Itzig Epstein (Uncle Itsche) |
Shulem's younger brother who took his place at Borki-Wielke | Childhood |
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Lonye Blutstein |
Munye's closest companion in the bunkers | Childhood, Adolescence |
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Max Mermelstein |
Skala survivor and community leader who passed away in 2018 | Childhood, Adulthood |
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Mayor Ivan Kowalyszen |
Ukrainian mayor of Skala who "safeguarded" Jewish valuables | Childhood |
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Melamed Yossel |
The author's stern Hebrew school teacher | Childhood |
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Menachem Brettschneider Chemye |
Munye met up with his school chum in the aftermath | Childhood |
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Michael Edelstein |
The author reflecting on life | Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood |
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Mikhail, Tinsmith Commissar |
Red Army sergeant who collectivized Munye's tin "business" | Childhood |
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Nicolai Getman |
Ukrainian livery driver who smuggled Munye and Shulem out of Borshchow | Childhood, Adulthood |
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Obersturmfuehrer Kelner |
Chief regional SS officer who directed actions against Jews | Childhood |
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Olena Kovalshina |
Ukrainian townswomen of Skala who provided sustenance for Munye, Shulem and Lonye | Childhood, Adulthood |
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Police Captain Rembocha |
Ukrainian police official who brutalized Jews | Childhood |
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Rabbi Judah Drimmel |
Last rabbi from Skala's family rabbinical dynasty | Childhood |
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Schloma Peretz Engelbach |
The author's grandfather was a prominent figure in Skala | Childhood |
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Shulem Epstein |
The author's father, a tinsmith by trade, was also a survivor | Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood |
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Simonia Woycik |
Polish resident of the Mazury who who scorned Munye in 1942-43 | Childhood, Adulthood |
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Sroel the Tailor |
Munye's bunker buddy who joined his household in the aftermath | Childhood |