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Mersik-Tamarof Archive
מערסיק-טאַמאַראָף-אַרכיוו
Archive established in November–December 1942 after Tamarof returned from Warsaw.
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... בכן קאָנען מיר WM אַ גרויסער מאָס “ANY TID
שיינלעכקייטן פעסטשטעלן, אַז דער מערסיק-טאַמאַראָף-
אַרכיוו PR געגרינדעט געװאָרן PR חודש נאָוועמבער:
דעצעמבער, 1942, נאָכ'ן צוריקקער פון טאַמאַראָף TID
װאַרשע. חורבן-װואַרשע, דער חורבן פון ביאַליסטאַקער
פּראָװוינץ, די דראָענדיקע קאַטאַסטראָפע IND דער “OND
סטאָקער געטאָ, פּערזענלעכע שווערע איבערלעבונגען TID
טאַמאַראָף, דער געפיל פון אומזיכערקייט, צי עס וועט
עמיצער אַרױס בשלום TID דער קאַטאַסטראָפע “IVT TIN ...Source passage 2
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... We can therefore safely establish that the Mersik-
Tamarof archive was set up in November-December
1942, after Tamarof returned to Bialystok from War-
saw. Both Tamarof and Mersik were motivated to set
up the archive because of the following considerations:
the destruction of Warsaw, the liquidation of the Bia-
lystok provincial towns, the impending catastrophe for
the Bialystok ghetto, the personal experiences of the
two men, and the uncertainty whether anyone would
survive the Holocaust to tell the world about the crimes
of the Nazis. To Tamarof and Mersik it was essential
that future generations find out what had befallen East-
ern European Jewry and apply the lessons learned to
their own times. ...Connected nodes
Place
Warsaw
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Place
Bialystok Ghetto
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Person
Tenenboim-Tamarof
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Person
Hersz Mersik
Worked At
Person
Dr. Lejb Blumental
Participated In
Person
Filipowski
Helped Conceal Records
Person
Mordechaj Tenenbaum-Tamarof
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Person
Hersz Mersik
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Place
Białystok Ghetto
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Place
Wilno
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Person
Bronja Winicka
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Person
Dr. Lejb Blumental
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Person
Filipowski
Appears in same passage
Publication
The Bialystoker Memorial Book
Appears in same passage
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Worked At
Hersz Mersik → Mersik-Tamarof archive
Mersik began collecting his documents for the ghetto archive
Participated In
Dr. Lejb Blumental → Mersik-Tamarof archive
finally dug up the archive in August, 1945
Helped Conceal Records
Filipowski → Mersik-Tamarof archive
Filipowski, who helped conceal the records