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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- ...
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