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Jeruchem Bril

Jeruchem Bril

Jewish manufacturer who transferred products to Klynci during World War I.

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... With the outbreak of World War I, the silk pro- ducers grew rich from the heavy demand generated by the Russian government. When the German army neared Poland, the Jewish manufacturers transferred their products to the Russian interior: Jeruchem Bril to Klynci, Porecki-Gawenski to the Kiev area, Triling to Moscow. But when the Bolsheviks overthrew the Cza- rist regime, they confiscated many of the goods manu- factured by Bialystok’s industries. When the Jewish industrialists returned to Bialystok under Polish rule, they found the factories dilapidated and neglected.
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