Event · Occupation
Soviet occupation of Bialystok
Soviet occupation and control began in Bialystok after Soviet forces arrived; the passage also discusses winter 1939–40.
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Refoel Rajzner at the beginning of his book, The Fall of
Bialystok Jewry — 1939 to 1945. The book continues to
portray the influence of Soviet control in Bialystok and
the events that took place shortly after the Russian
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