Event · Archive Retrieval
Archive unearthed
Dr. Lejb Blumental unearthed the archive in August 1945.
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... In August 1944, a year after the ghetto had been
liquidated and Bialystok had been liberated from Nazi
rule, Bronja Winicka began searching for the archive.
Also looking for the documents was Dr. Lejb Blumen-
tal, who finally dug up the archive in August, 1945, ...Connected nodes