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Action of February 5, 1943
An unnamed newspaper seller and his wife were murdered during this action.
Special meeting of Jewish Council and officials
A special meeting of Jewish Council members and other officials took place on October 11, 1942.
Deportations of Jewish people from the province
The Nazis deported two hundred thousand Jewish women, children, men, and elderly people.
Execution of Yitzhak Malmed
The Nazis hanged Yitzhak Malmed on Gumienna Street.
February 1943 action in the ghetto
Nazi forces entered the ghetto, surrounded streets, and began a violent operation.
Zvi Wider's suicide
Zvi Wider wrote letters and hanged himself in his residence.
Mass killing at Praga Garden
Men, women, and children were driven to Praga Garden and shot with machine guns.
Burial in a mass grave at Praga Garden
Victims were forced to dig a large grave, shot victims were thrown in, and covered with earth.
Attack at 29 Kupietzka
Yitzhak Malmed threw acid at a Nazi perpetrator during an attack on residents.
Massacre operation and deportation of Jews
Nazi perpetrators searched hiding places, discovered nearly three thousand Jews, and deported victims to camps.
Death of Yitzhak Malmed
Yitzhak Malmed was hanged; when the rope broke, he was shot and then hanged again.
Resistance at 10 Kupiecka
Residents fought Nazi attackers with household weapons at a house on Kupiecka 10.
Second massacre day
The second day of the massacre began Saturday, February 6, with the same methods as the previous day.
Transport of Jews to Treblinka
Some Jews were sent by transport to Treblinka.
Seven-day massacre
A massacre lasted seven days, with Jews discovered and dragged from hiding places.
Shooting of One Hundred Victims in Praga's Garden
Nazi perpetrators shot one hundred victims in Praga's Garden.
Execution of Isaac Malmed
Isaac Malmed stood at a scaffold and was executed after mistreatment and interrogation.
Planned deportation of Białystok Jews to Lublin
Białystok Jews and factory machinery were ordered transported to Lublin for continued work.
Shooting of 25 Jews on Surazer Street
Russian soldiers shot 25 Jews on Surazer Street on July 30, 1905.
Deportation to Treblinka
The speech describes deportation to Treblinka for gassing.
Mass killing in the former TOZ building courtyard
Nearly one thousand Jews gathered in the courtyard of the former TOZ building, and most of the crowd died there.
Fire in the ghetto
Large fires spread through streets and forced thousands of Jews to gather at the Jewish council site.
Shooting in the ghetto
Nazi perpetrators shot people with machine guns from balconies and windows.
Death of Velvel Khalev
Velvel Khalev fell during combat after throwing the first hand grenade.
Massacre of Bialystok Jews
Nazi forces surrounded the ghetto and prepared to deport victims to killing sites.
Shooting and persecution at Petrashe Field
Nazi perpetrators drove, trampled, beat, and shot at assembled Jewish masses.
Young fighters attack Nazi looters
Shmuel Raizner and Nakhum Kozak killed two Nazi looters near a fire engine.
Capture of Jewish escapees by Polish hooligans
Polish hooligans captured escapees and handed them to Nazi murderers.
Shooting of Yaakov Goldberg
The Gestapo shot Yaakov Goldberg, identified as the ghetto provisioning director.
Deportation of workers to Stutthof
Workers were taken from the cartonage factory through Grodno and Lamzh Prison to Stutthof.
Second massacre day
The passage describes the completion of the second massacre day and subsequent Nazi departure.
Departure from the Petrasher field
Commandant Markus allowed Rabbi Dr. Razenman and his family to leave the Petrasher field.
Graves dug at Ghetto Cemetery
Jewish firefighters dug numerous graves at the Ghetto Cemetery, initially by Fridl's order; Fridl later ordered further digging during the killings.
Mass killing at Ghetto Cemetery
Victims were shot beside open graves and fell into them.
Grave digging in the ghetto cemetery
Workers enlarged graves in the ghetto cemetery on Fridl's orders.
Living Jews buried with the dead
Nazi Ukrainian bandits forced living Jews into excavated graves with the dead.