Person
Jechiel Gurwicz
Jechiel Gurwicz
Prisoner described by an inscription as murdered in January 1944.
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... The second message was engraved in Yiddish and
Polish: ‘‘Jechiel Gurwicz was murdered January 23,
1944, because he was a Jew.”’ [The date appears to be
incorrect. ] ...Connected nodes
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Jechiel Gurwicz was murdered
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Dr. Szymon Datner
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Bialystok
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National Reconstruction Council
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Jewish community of Bialystok
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Lea Perlsztejn
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Enach Gofman
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Bielsk-Podlaski
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Bialystok prison
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Red Army entry into Bialystok
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Chaim Grynsztejn
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