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Formation of a cultural heritage group
The club formed a group in 1947 to preserve Bialystok’s cultural and spiritual heritage.
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... In 1947, we formed a group within the club to pre-
serve the cultural and spiritual heritage of Bialystok.
These activities generated much enthusiasm among our
landsleit and friends. For example, we published an
album, which I brought from Paris, containing songs and
pictures from the Bialystok ghetto. The club also estab-
lished annual memorial assemblies in tribute to the 60,000
martyrs of Bialystok and immediate vicinity who perished
during the Holocaust. This custom has continued.
Furthermore, when the State of Israel was proclaimed
in May 1948, our members were among its first enthusi-
astic supporters, purchasing Israel bonds and contri-
buting to the United Jewish Appeal. In 1949, at the world
conference of Bialystoker /andsleit held in New York, the
club made a generous contribution to establishing
Kiryat Bialystok. ...Connected nodes