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Jurowecka and Szienkewycza Streets
Jurowecka and Szienkewycza Streets
Location of the ghetto’s main gate.
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... The fence around the ghetto had three gates. The
main gate was at Jurowecka and Szienkewycza Streets.
The second was at Kupiecka Street, at the end of the
marketplace. The third was at Czysta. They were
guarded on the outside by Nazi soldiers and on the
inside by Jewish guards wearing circular hats with an
inscription in German reading ‘‘Jewish Law Enforce-
ment Service.’” These Jewish police carried nightsticks
or rubber truncheons. ...Connected nodes
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Białystok Ghetto
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Kupiecka Street
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Czysta
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