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Liquidation of the Bialystok ghetto
The liquidation of the Bialystok ghetto began during a bitter morning.
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... But the moment finally came when the Jews could
no longer transcend their pathetic surroundings. During
a bitter morning they were suddenly rudely awakened
from their sweet dreams, as the liquidation of the Bia-
lystok ghetto began. Its choked voice was heard wher-
ever our /andsleit were to be found in other lands,
proclaiming in blood-curdling words: ‘‘We are being
liquidated, but we shall never surrender. We will fight
the beasts to the end! Avenge us! Tell the world of the
tortured bodies of your brothers!” ...Connected nodes