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Biala-Podlask
Biala-Podlask
Town near Lublin associated with Solasz’s maternal grandfather.
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... Sam (Mejszl) Solasz was born in Knyszin, on the
outskirts of Bialystok, on May 5, 1928. Both his grand-
fathers were important religious functionaries in their
communities. His mother’s father was the Rabbi of
Biala-Podlask, a small town near Lublin. His father’s
father served as a sexton in Newark, New Jersey. Rais-
ing seven sons and four daughters, Mr. Solasz’s parents
were devoted to one another, and observed the tradi-
tions of their Jewish faith. ...Connected nodes
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Sam Solasz
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Rabbi Lowell S. Kronick
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Knyszin
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Bialystok
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Lublin
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Newark, New Jersey
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Russia
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Bialystok ghetto
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Treblinka
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Bialystok transit camp
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Paul Chorowski
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Zabludowa
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