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Bialystok incorporated into the Polish Republic
Bialystok was incorporated into the Polish Republic after February 19, 1919.
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... The year 1939 was the twentieth anniversary of
many Jewish social and cultural institutions in Bialy-
stok. At the end of 1918, while still under German
occupation and particularly after February 19, 1919,
when the city of Bialystok was incorporated as part of
the Polish Republic, the Jewish community entered a
new period of creativity on all fronts. ...Connected nodes