Event · Aktion Or Raid
June 19, 1941 raid in Bialystok
Local authorities raided Jews and non-Jews, arresting people and exiling families.
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... Nonetheless, a number of Jewish refugees con-
tinued to live in Bialystok illegally, despite the April
banishments. But even this ended on June 19, 1941,
shortly before Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
Local authorities in Bialystok, wishing once and for all
to rid the city of ‘“‘unstable elements,’ conducted a
lightning raid on Jews and non-Jews. Most of those
arrested were leaders and activists of various Zionist
and Bundist organizations, clergy, erstwhile rich people,
manufacturers, homeowners, peasants and anyone else
the authorities suspected. Most of the men arrested
were sent to prison. Their wives and children were
taken to the railroad station and exiled to the Russian
interior. When the Nazis retook Bialystok, these impri-
soned men were at first freed and then liquidated by
Hitler’s henchmen. ...Connected nodes