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Solasz moved to Bialystok

Under Russian occupation, Solasz moved from Knyszin to Bialystok.

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... In 1939, during Solasz’s eleventh year, Bialystok became a pawn, moving back and forth between Rus- sian and Nazi hegemony. Under the Russian occupa- tion, Solasz moved from Knyszin to Bialystok. When the Nazi invaders constructed the infamous ghetto in Bialystok in 1941, he returned to Knyszin. Life was fast becoming precarious for every Jew, the Solasz family included. ...
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