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Hana Tziporen, who shared her stories and photos of Trochenbrod and her journey from Poland to Israel; and

Chaim Votchin, who shared stories of his partisan years.

In North and South America there was:

Sol Ackman, who provided documents and information about the Baltimore–Washington, D.C., Trochenbrod community;

Michlean Amir, reference archivist at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, who offered valuable research guidance;

Laura Beeler, who provided Trochenbrod-related family photos;

Alexandra Belenkaya, who helped with Polish-to-English translation;

Marvin Bendavid, my brother, who accompanied me on my first trip to the site of Trochenbrod and has supported my research efforts ever since;

Naftali Bendavid, who helped with filming, interviewing, critiquing, and editorial advice;

Leah Bendavid-Val, who helped with photographing, interviewing, and critiquing, and who traveled with me in Ukraine. Leah also made major editorial contributions and has been a very supportive partner in this project and in the rest of my life;

Oren Bendavid-Val, who helped with filming, interviewing, critiquing, and advising, and who also traveled with me in Ukraine and Belarus;

Marlene Berman, who provided Trochenbrod-related family photos;

Doreen Berne, who provided information about David Shwartz and permission to incorporate his words;

Charles and Marilyn Bernhardt, who provided Trochenbrod-related family photos;

Miriam Antwarg Ciocler, who shared Trochenbrod-related family artifacts, photos, and photos of Trochenbrod artifacts;

Anne Weiner Cohen, who provided photos and information about the Baltimore–Washington, D.C., Trochenbrod organization;

Father Patrick Desbois, who, with authority and a depth of detail unavailable from any other source, explained how the Einzatsgruppen operated. (I talked with Father Desbois in the United States, but his headquarters are in Paris—see http://yahadinunum.org.)

Rose Blitzstein Elbaum, who provided an electronic version of the David Shwartz memoir;

Esther Safran Foer, who shared family stories and photos of Trochenbrod and the war years there, and who introduced me to Father Desbois;

Geri Wolfson Fuhrmann, who provided family print and oral Trochenbrod histories;

Mary Lou Garbin, who provided maps and research guidance on the Mennonites in the Trochenbrod area;

Betty Gold (Basia-Ruchel Potash), who shared her memories of Trochenbrod and the war period with me in great detail over an eleven-year period, and who helped to communicate with Ryszard Lubinski;

Jeremy Goldscheider, who was a partner in many filming and interviewing efforts;

Ronald Goldfarb, who encouraged my pursuit of publication of this book;

Phyllis Grossman, who provided Trochenbrod-related family photos;

Dr. Toby Helfand, who helped with Yiddish-to-English translation;

Betty Hellman (Peshia Gotman), who shared her memories of Trochenbrod;

Helmut T. Huebert, who provided research guidance and assistance, maps, and excerpts from the Mennonite Historical Atlas;

Ivan Katchanovski, who provided insights into events in the Trochenbrod area during World War II and help with Russian terms;

Chaim Kimelblat, who provided information about Jewish resettlement in South America;

Merrill Leffler, who gave invaluable advice and guidance for improving the manuscript for this book;

Alyn Levin-Hadar, who shared Trochenbrod family history and photos;

Andrea Liss, who facilitated communication with her grandmother, Ida Liss, a native of Trochenbrod;

Ida Gilden Liss, who shared her memories of growing up in Trochenbrod;

George L. Maser, whose prewar map of the Trochenbrod region helped spur me to further research;

Israel Milner, who provided information about the Philadelphia Trochenbrod-Lozisht organization;

Laura Praglin, who provided family print and oral Trochenbrod histories;

Szoel Rojtenberg, who shared his memories of Trochenbrod;

Burt and Ellen Singerman, who provided Trochenbrod-related family photos;