Dedication of Bialystok ghetto monument

... On the second anniversary of the ghetto’s liquida- tion, August 16, 1945, we dedicated a unique monu- ment. Beneath a Jewish star appeared the following inscription in Yiddish: “In memory of the sixty thou- sand Jewish people of the Bialystok ghetto, murdered by the Germans, dedicated by a handful of surviving Jews. August 16, 1943-August 16, 1945. May they rest in peace.” At the bottom of the monument, or at its side — I no longer remember exactly — we inscribed: “The people of Israel lives ".מס‎ The entire Jewish com- munity in Bialystok financed this monument. In addi- tion to Jews, several Polish leaders delivered addresses, representing the Polish government and community. ...