Event · Murder
Mass shooting at Poniatow labor camp
On November 3, 1943, 22,000 Jews, including 9,000 Bialystoker Jews, were shot.
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... work tn the local factories. On November 3, 1943, all of
the Jews at the Poniatow labor camp, numbering
22,000 (including 9,000 Bialystoker Jews) were taken to
an open place and shot under orders of the camp com-
mandant. While these wholesale murders were being
committed, the camp orchestra played Strauss’ waltzes.
Virtually all of the leading personalities of Jewish Bia- ...Connected nodes