Organization · military
Wehrmacht
דער װערמאַכט
Wehrmacht soldiers are mentioned as present in the city.
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Source OCR · scan 128 · printed page 112
... ביי דעם אַלעם PR געווען אַ קלאַנג ביי די אידן אין
ביאַליסטאָק אין יענער צייט, אַז די היטלעריסטישע רוצחים
װעלן ניט לאַנג בלייבן אין שטאָט. PUN MT זעלנער TID
דער װערמאַכט, TINT זײיענדיק עטלעכע טעג PNR שטאָט
פאַרשפּרײט אַ IX ANID די היטלעריסטישע DYN MAAN
באַלד אַװעק, IX אויף זייער אָרט װעלן קומען די סאָװועטן,
וועלכע װועלן איבערנעמען די הערשאַפט TDN ביאַלי-
סטאָק, אפילו העכערע אַפיצירן TD דער היטלעריסטישער
TANT PAIN וועגן דעם גערעדט אָפן. דער דאָזיקער קלאנג
איז געװאָרן אַלץ שטאַרקער WUE אידן. מען האָט אויך “YA
וואוסט שוין די ON OVD איז געקומען פון אַפיציעלער
סאָוועטישער ראַדיאָ, אַז דעם 17טן סעפּטעמבער װועט די
סאָוועטישע אַרמײ באַזעצן די אַלע געביטן פון דעם געווע-
זענעם OND TPH זיינען אין די געגנטן פון מערב-אוקראַינע
TIN מערב-װוײיסרוסלאַנד. עס PN קלאָר, IN פאַר די PR TDN
ביאַליסטאָק און אין יענער געגנט בכלל איז די דאָזיקע נייעס
געווען אַ גרויסע דערלייכטערונג. כאָטש מען האָט ניט “YX
וואוסט נאָך PR יענער OND OPS עס דערװאַרט ביי דער
סאָוועטישער מאַכט, האָט מען אָבער יאָ געוואוסט, IN עס ...Source passage 2
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אויפגעהאַנגען געװאָרן PR געטאַ IND גנב'ענען TD דער
אייל-פאַבריק (אַלעיאַרניע) פאָלגנדיקע פּערזאַנען: YD
שטשעדראָווסקי, YN דװאָרסקי, APY? יאַבלאַנסקי. די זעלבע
שטראָף דערװאַרט יעדן איינעם, OND װעט גנב'ענען סיי
אויסער דער געטאָ, סיי אין די באַטריבן פון דער װערמאַכט
NOVA PN ...Source passage 3
Source OCR · scan 532
... Another clue to the impending catastrophe was
that the Germans were requesting the return of their
broken watches from Jewish jewelers, even before they
could be repaired, claiming they had to leave right
away. The ghetto Jews well understood the import of
this, since the Nazis had done the same right before the
February slaughter. Both the members of the Judenrat
and Wehrmacht soldiers attempted to reassure the
inhabitants of the ghetto that they had nothing to
worry about. ...Source passage 4
Source OCR · scan 568
... There was a rumor that the Nazis would not long
remain in power in Bialystok. In fact, the German sol-
diers of the Wehrmacht themselves spread the word that
they would soon be gone, to be replaced by the Rus-
sians. Adding to this widespread belief were official
Soviet radio reports that on September 17 the Russian
Army would occupy all of the areas of Poland that once
belonged to the western Ukraine and western Byelorus-
sia. Such announcements were soothing to the Jews,
although no one could predict how the Soviet authori-
ties would treat them. Everyone felt it was better to get
rid of Hilter’s murderers, who displayed their brutality
from the very beginning. It did not take long until the
rumor became reality. ...Connected nodes
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Bialystok
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Western Ukraine
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Western Belarus
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Soviet radio
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Bialystok Jewish Council
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Shchedrovsky
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Dvorsky
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Jablansky
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Place
Bialystok
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Work
Bialystok Yizkor Book
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Person
Pejsach Kaplan
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Refoel Rajzner
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Work
The Destruction of Bialystoker Jewry 1939-1945
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Organization
Bialystoker Centre in Australia
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Community
Bialystok ghetto
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Lodz ghetto
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Efrajim Barasz
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Judenrat
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Place
Bialystok railway station
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Person
Tamarof
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Event
German invasion of Bialystok
Participated In · Participant
Event
German withdrawal from Bialystok
Participated In · Participant
Event
German air raids on Bialystok
Participated In · Perpetrator
Person
Adolf Hitler
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Community
Bialystok Jewish community
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Place
Poland
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Organization
Soviet Army
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Event
Rosh Hashanah
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Event
Yom Kippur
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Organization
Nazi authorities
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Place
Warsaw
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Place
Western Byelorussia
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Document
The Bialystoker Memorial Book
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Associated events
Migration · 1939-09-15
German invasion of Bialystok
German forces entered Bialystok during the first weeks of World War II.
Withdrawal · 1939-09-21
German withdrawal from Bialystok
German forces were seen packing their bags and heading for Warsaw before the Soviet takeover of Bialystok.
Aktion Or Raid · 1939-09-15
German air raids on Bialystok
German aircraft bombed Bialystok after the first two weeks of war.