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Mersik-Tamarof archive established
The archive was established in November–December 1942 after Tamarof returned from Warsaw.
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... We can therefore safely establish that the Mersik-
Tamarof archive was set up in November-December
1942, after Tamarof returned to Bialystok from War-
saw. Both Tamarof and Mersik were motivated to set
up the archive because of the following considerations:
the destruction of Warsaw, the liquidation of the Bia-
lystok provincial towns, the impending catastrophe for
the Bialystok ghetto, the personal experiences of the
two men, and the uncertainty whether anyone would
survive the Holocaust to tell the world about the crimes
of the Nazis. To Tamarof and Mersik it was essential
that future generations find out what had befallen East-
ern European Jewry and apply the lessons learned to
their own times. ...Connected nodes