Event · Migration
Klementynowski fled to Lithuania
Klementynowski fled to Lithuania after Soviet occupation of Bialystok.
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... (Editor’s note: Our worthy Bialystoker /andsman, Zwi
Klementynowski, serving today as a prominent lawyer
in Israel, is well known as a leader in Zionist and other
circles. He is highly regarded by Bialystoker Jews. One
of the tireless leaders of the /rgun Yotzei Bialystok in
Israel, he was chairman of the final Jewish Kehilla in
Bialystok before the outbreak of World War IT. He was
also elected a councilman in the last Bialystok Munici-
pal Council, shortly before the war. When the Soviets
occupied Bialystok at the beginning of the war, Mr.
Klementynowski fled to Lithuania. After a period of
wandering and dislocation, he reached Israel in 1941.) ...Connected nodes