Event · Tax Imposed
Tax imposed on Bialystok ghetto Jews
The Nazi command levied a five-million-ruble tax on Jews in the Bialystok ghetto on November 2, 1942.
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... On November 2, the day the provinces were liqui-
dated, the Nazi command levied a fantastic tax of five
million rubles on the Jews in the Bialystok ghetto. It
was the Judenrat’s duty to make certain that everyone
paid his share. Announcements were posted every day
that, read between the lines, made it clear that the con-
sequences of not paying these taxes would be death and
destruction. At a Judenrat meeting, Berel Subotnik
demanded severe penalites — arrest and isolation — for
those who refused to pay taxes. Jank!l Goldberg stressed
that the poor responded, while the rich sought to place
the burden of taxes on the destitute. ...Connected nodes