Bialystok Jewish community
Jewish community in Bialystok during the German occupation.
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... PR דעם אינציקן , פּאַלאַס טעאַטער', OND האָט
געהערט צו די אידישע דירעקטאָרן גערמאַן און גורוויטש,
זיינען דעמאָלט אױיפגעטראָטן פאַרשיידענע טרופּעס:
רוסישע, פּוילישע און דער , דייטשער טעאַטער פאַרן מזרח-
PR WIND , פּאַלאַס" פלעגן PIX פאַרקומען פאַרשיידענע
פייערונגען, פאַרזאַמלונגען TX קאָנצערטן. פונדעסטוועגן,
האָבן זיך אידישע אַקטיאָרן געגעבן אַן עצה אויך מיט די
דאָזיקע פּראָבלעמען DX װאַכן-לאַנג געהאַט די מעגלעכ-
קייט צו שפּילן אין ביאַליסטאָק,פאר די אידן PR ביאַליסטאָק, PNR ONT NOUN געווען
AND .- אַנדערע אומעטום, איז דער אומגעריכטער
אָנפאַל פון היטלערץ AN סאַוועט:-רוסלאַנד, זונטיק “AND
טאָגס דעם 22טן יוני 1941, געקומען WM שרעקלעכער
שטורעם פון אַ קלאָרן הימל. PN יענער נאַכט, פון שבת אויף
זונטיק, זיינען אידן PN ביאַליסטאָק געשלאָפן רואיק, מען
OI INT DPT ONT געריכט אויף אויסטערלישע זאַכן. אַרום
פיר אַזײיגער PR דערפרי יענעם זונטיק, האָט WA פּלוצלינג
דערהערט אַ רוישן פון עראָפּלאַנען. פון אָנהױב, ONT מען
געמיינט TD PN ONT IN איבונגען TD דעם סאָוועטישן
לופט-פלאָט, פּלוצלינג אָבער ONT מען געהערט אויפרייסן,
עס JANN געקנאַקט באָמבעס TX עס PT ONT אויסגעדוכט,
IN די גאַנצע שטאָט ווערט באָמבאַרדירט. ווען מען ONT זיך
צוגעקוקט OND עס קומט VAN IND הימל, ONT מען קלאָר
געזען, IN עס גייט אָן אַ קאַמף צווישן סאָוועטישע TIN
היטלעריסטישע קאַמפס-עראַפּלאַנען. אייניקע באָמבעס
זיינען געפאַלן אויף דער סאַוועטישער מיליטערישער באַזע,
PIN דער ואיסקאָווער גאַס, אַ צאָל באָמבעס זיינען IN
אַראָפּגעפאַלן אין גאַסן פון דער אידישער געגנט. TID דעם
זיינען PIN געווען טויטע און פאַרוואונדעטע. ווען מען האָט
אָנגעשטעלט די ראַדיאָ און זיך צוגעהערט צו די נייעס פון
בערלין PR גלייך TNA קלאָר דער טרויעריקער אמת --
עס PNR אוױ ...... ווען די ביאַליסטאַקער אידישע פּראַװינץ PR PR
טרויעריק-באַרימטן טאָג פון 2טן נאַוועמבער 1942... It was on that infamous day that the Nazis reentered
the ghetto and announced that all remaining Jews in
Bialystok should assemble on Jurowiecka Street. This
was the beginning of the final liquidation of the Jews of
Bialystok. That was the Nazi objective — to make the
0006 great and respected community of Bialystok
jJudenrein. ...... Tens of thousands of Bialystoker Jews were sent to
Treblinka, Auschwitz and Majdanek in the summer of
1943, when the Bialystok ghetto was liquidated, and
were exterminated. Other Jews were sent to the Lublin-
Poniatow, Blyzin and other slave camps, where they
were tortured. Thus many hundreds of years of Bialy-
stoker Jewish history came to an end. ...‘“We want the Jewish people in the entire world to
know that our youth bravely fought for their lives and
for the honor of our nation. After the heroic example of
the Warsaw ghetto, we lived through in recent months a
beautiful, noble fight carried on by the Jews of Bialy-
stok... The liquidation of the Bialystok ghetto began on
August 16, 1943... Fierce battles took place on several
streets. The Nazis brought up about a thousand soldiers
and Gestapo officers, as well as many divisions of
Ukrainians. The Jews primarily had the use of hand
grenades and Molotov cocktails. They also had a few
machine guns and they fought with extraordinary deter-
mination...Several hundred Germans and Ukrainians
were killed or wounded in these battles... The bitter
combat lasted for eight days and sporadic armed resis-
tance by the Jews continued for a month, until Sep-
tember 16, 1943. The heroic battle of Bialystok will be
recorded by history with the same high regard as the
Warsaw ghetto uprising.” ...... When the approximately 3,000 Bialystoker Jews
arrived in Lublin-Poniatow, they were met by the com-
mandant of the concentration camp, who, riding on a
white horse, inspected his slaves and shot many of those
he considered less than adequate. ...... Rabbi Rozenman, the Chairman, and his Vice-
Chairman, Efrajim Barasz, usually started their day in
conference with Nazi officials. Thereafter, they would
meticulously carry out every order, taking pains to
make certain the Jewish community in the ghetto faith-
fully obeyed the rules. The slightest infraction brought
about severe consequences, every rule bearing implicit
or explicit threats of grim reprisals if transgressed. ...‘Mrs. Lejzerson related that the Nazi command
had appointed a Bialystoker Jew, who before the war
had been arrested several times for criminal activities,
as the superintendent of the Jewish police force. This
man was an expert at manipulating the Gestapo com-
mandant, finagling numerous special privileges for him-
self. For example, he was permitted to go to
Switzerland for a rest cure. Moreover, a taxi was placed
at his disposal for transportation throughout the
ghetto, which was unheard of for any other Jew. Subse-
quently, he amassed a fortune in diamonds, hiding
them in the walls and under the ground of his residence.
Finally he came to the end of his nefarious road when
he made the mistake of informing on another favorite
of the Gestapo commandant, who, angered at this con-
duct, ordered him arrested and beaten. As additional
punishment, he was forced to march through the streets
of the ghetto proclaiming in a loud voice: "1 am the
worst of criminals.” His ...Word spread that the German command was
about to remove a certain number of Jews from the
ghetto on the pretext that conditions were overcrowded
and that these “‘transfers’’ were necessary to prevent
epidemics. Shortly thereafter, before Rosh Hashanah,
1941, the Judenrat received an order from the Gestapo
that 12,000 Jews were to be moved out. The council
was ordered to arrange for buses, for which the Jews
themselves would have to pay. People were promised
they would be able to take their belongings with them. ...... The first two days of Nazi rule in Bialystok
brought about tragic consequences. But this was to be
only the beginning in a series of catastrophes that
would befall the Jews of Bialystok throughout the years
of Nazi occupation. ...... hometown and the brave resistance and
ultimate destruction of its great Jewish
commiunity. ...YA) דעם יתומים-אַנשטאַלט אויף װעסאָלע גאַס PR
דעמאָלט געפונען זעכציק אידישע PT פלאַקערס) האָבן
ONT קינדערלעך. נישט געקוקט אויף דער גרויסער סכנה,
באַוייזן IY PT PNR אַ AND יענע טעג געווען PR PW איז
די קריסטלעכע גאַסן, האָט די לאַנג-יעריקע יתומים- APN
דערציערין, פרוי גיטל כייקאָווסקי- פּלאַץ, מיט מסירת-נפש
זיך דורכגעריסן צום אַנשטאַלט, ...שטימטע צאָל אידן גייט-צו זייער לאַנגזאַם און זיי װועלן צום
[OID SVAN טערמין ניט פאַרטיק ווערן, “YRIN MT TINT
הויבן אָנװוענדן IN PR אויסערגעוויינלעך-ברייטן פאַרנעם
דאָס צווינגען די אַנטדעקטע אידישע קרבנות צו מסרץ
זייערע ברידער. צו אונזער גרויסן אומגליק ONT זיך זי
איינגעגעבן די ONY מוסרים YS פאַרגרעסערן, ...The resistance consisted of about 500 courageous people
German aircraft bombed Bialystok on 22 June 1941, causing deaths and injuries.
Yi. Ditsky was wounded by bombs and later died from his wounds.
Nazis ordered remaining Bialystok Jews to assemble before the ghetto’s final liquidation.
Tens of thousands of Bialystoker Jews were sent to camps during the 1943 ghetto liquidation.
Jews were divided by work suitability and loaded onto a train leaving Bialystok.
At Malkin, rear cars carrying unsuitable workers were uncoupled and sent to Treblinka.
Approximately 3,000 Bialystoker Jews arrived at Lublin-Poniatow concentration camp.
The Gestapo ordered the Judenrat to arrange removal of 12,000 Jews before Rosh Hashanah 1941.
A massacre lasted seven days, with Jews discovered and dragged from hiding places.