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World Bialystoker convention in New York
A 1949 convention resolved to establish Kiryat Bialystok in Israel.
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... On August 21-22, 1949, the sixth anniversary of the
Bialystok ghetto’s liquidation, 277 delegates from /ands-
manschaften in the United States, Canada and twelve
other countries attended a convention called by the Bia-
lystoker Center in New York. The conclave concluded
with the decision to establish Kiryat Bialystok in Israel. ...Connected nodes