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Lapy station
Lapy station
Station near the location where Jews jumped from a death train.
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... As the train moved out of the Lapy station, one
stop before Bialystok, this man ran over to the window
and pointed out the spot where he had jumped from a
train, a year before, destined for Treblinka. The rail-
road bed was covered with sand. Twenty-five Jews had
leaped here from the death train, including his brother-
in-law traveling with him. His sister had also jumped,
but she was less fortunate than the others. She had hit
her head against a telephone pole and, before his eyes,
bled to death. ...Connected nodes
Event
Escape from a train destined for Treblinka
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Person
Izchok Bornsztejn
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Event
Memorial in Tribute to the Victims
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Community
Bialystok Jewish community
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Place
Bialystok
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Place
Warsaw
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Place
Treblinka
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Person
Izchok Malmed
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Place
Kupiecka Street
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Place
Izchok Malmed Street
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Organization
Jewish Reconstruction Committee
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Institution
Great Synagogue
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Publication
The Bialystoker Memorial Book
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