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Gestapo takeover of the ghetto
The Gestapo took over the ghetto after the November 1942 events.
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... o Exhibit — one of the most fascinating
but diabolical aspects of life in the ghetto was the dis-
play of products manufactured by its industries. This
was meant as a showcase for Nazi visitors to the Bialy-
stok ghetto. One would think from the masterful way in
which the exhibit was arranged, as well as by the sheer
perfection of the displayed objects, that one was visiting
one of the finest museums in a highly civilized city. It
was possible almost to forget that this exhibit was situ-
ated in the midst of a human sty, surrounded by barbed
wire and maintained by force of arms. In any event, the
ghetto exhibit was the pride and joy of the Nazi officials
as well as of the Jewish population. After the grim
events of November 1942, when the ghetto was taken
over by the Gestapo, the exhibit was shut down. ...Connected nodes