Event · Birth
Birth of Israel Beker
Israel Beker states that he was born in Bialystok.
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... I was born in Bialystok, a mother city for the Jewish
people. Had I spent my youth in another place, my life
would have been quite different. No, I don’t come from
Bialystok; I am a Bialystoker, and that is something
more. The street and neighborhood where I lived, the
things and happenings etched in my memory, have
great significance for me. ...Connected nodes