Event · Aktion Or Raid
Burning of Jewish civilians at the Great Synagogue
Nazis burned 2,000 Jewish men, women, and children at the Great Synagogue on June 27, 1941.
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... Bialystoker Jandsleit remember the Great Syn-
agogue where the Nazis burned 2,000 Jewish men,
women and children on Friday, June 27, 1941. ...