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Bialystok ghetto area
ghetto
The area where the synagogue court was located and which later became the ghetto.
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... After my arrival, I found all the religious, philan-
thropic and educational institutions of the Jewish com-
munity in miserable condition. Everything seemed to
stand still, failing to develop when the Bronicki era
ended. These organizations were simply inappropriate
for a city that had an industrial revolution. All, with the
exception of the Jewish hospital, were confined to the
synagogue court in the area later to become the ghetto.
This location was perhaps the filthiest in the entire
town. ...Connected nodes
Event
Awrom Szmuel Herszberg’s death
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Institution
Great Synagogue
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Talmud Torah
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Yeshiva
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Institution
Jewish hospital
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Place
Synagogue court
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Wilno
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