Event · Deportation
Evacuation of surrounding Jewish communities
On November 2, 1942, the vicinity around Bialystok containing approximately 150,000 Jews was evacuated; people were murdered in their home communities or sent to Treblinka.
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... On November 2, 1942, the entire vicinity around
Bialystok, containing approximately 150,000 Jews, was
evacuated. This meant that these unfortunate people
were either murdered in their home communities or
sent to the Treblinka death camp for the ‘final solu-
.חסו} ' This unmitigated catastrophe left a pall of terror
over the Bialystok ghetto; the Jews wondered when
their turn would come.Connected nodes