Białystok
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Search of the courtyard
Bandits searched the courtyard with a tracking dog and found nothing; perpetrator identity is not specified as Germans.
Raid and attic barricade
Nazis and auxiliaries entered the street; the named group barricaded themselves in an attic.
Fires during the uprising
The uprising began with fires set in various private and industrial objects and houses.
German entry into the ghetto
The Germans broke through streets and began entering the ghetto.
Clash between insurgents and Germans near Suprasl
Insurgents fought Germans behind Suprasl; several insurgents fell.
H. Rozhanski enters the hospital
H. Rozhanski entered the hospital to learn what happened to his sisters.
Insurgents escaped through a canal
Twenty insurgents escaped through a canal toward a house on Smolne.
Białystok ghetto uprising
The Białystok ghetto prepared throughout its existence for an uprising if the Germans attempted liquidation.
Białystok insurgent battle
German and Ukrainian guards shot 27 Białystok insurgents after they resisted and shouted against the Germans and fascism.
German authorities visit the ghetto
German authorities began visiting and inspecting the ghetto on August 8, 1943.
Planned destruction of factories
Organizations prepared resistance members to begin destroying factories during an action.
German attack on the ghetto
On August 16, 1943, German forces arrived with heavy machine guns and occupied the factories; well-armed SS personnel were involved.
Bialystok liquidation and uprising
German forces began liquidating the Bialystok area on 16 August 1943; resistance began the same day.
Resistance appeal issued
A Jewish organization in Bialystok issued an appeal on August 15, 1943.
Deportations from the Bialystok ghetto
Tens of thousands were deported from the Bialystok ghetto in summer 1943 to killing centers and camps.
Murder of Białystok Jews
Tens of thousands of Jews from Białystok were murdered at Auschwitz, Treblinka, and other Nazi extermination sites.
Destruction of Bialystok Jewish streets and synagogue
German forces set Jewish streets and the Great City Synagogue on fire.
Yitzhak Malmed resists during the first Bialystok action
On 5 February 1943, Yitzhak Malmed threw vitriol at a Hitlerist during an action.
Jewish fighters confront the enemy
Jewish fighters attacked the gates while Jews were being taken toward the killing site.
Jewish fighters killed after bunker discovery
The Nazis discovered the bunker and shot all seventy Jewish fighters.
Memorial academy for Jewish uprising fighters
A memorial academy honored uprising fighters who died resisting the Nazis.
Killing of Jewish men after a pogrom
Approximately 5,000 Jewish men were taken outside the city and shot.
Liberation of Bialystok
Bialystok was liberated from the Nazis after the Red Army's victory.
Return of the first forty Jews to Bialystok
The first forty Jews returned to Bialystok in 1945 after the massacre.
Burning of the synagogue quarter
The Germans burned the entire synagogue quarter upon entering Bialystok.
Matzah bakery opening
Asher Wein opened a bakery at Yatke Street 11 to produce matzah.
Murder of 60,000 Bialystok Ghetto inhabitants
A memorial commemorates 60,000 people murdered in the Bialystok Ghetto; the ghetto itself should not be modeled as the victim.
Final liquidation of the Bialystok Ghetto
Armed ghetto heroes fell during the final liquidation of the Bialystok Ghetto.
Yiddish theater founded
A Yiddish theater was founded and became known in major Jewish centers.
Shooting of four Bialystok kibbutz members
Four members were removed from a train near Zareby Koscielne and shot.
Burial of four shooting victims
The bodies of four people from the Bialystok kibbutz were returned to Bialystok and buried in the ghetto cemetery.
Liberation of Bialystok
Bialystok was liberated on July 27, 1944.
Postwar departure from Bialystok
Bialystok residents departed for Israel, the United States, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Latin America, and elsewhere.
Reburial of Jewish victims and martyrs
Jewish victims and martyrs were reburied in the Zhabie cemetery after exhumation.
Founding of the Jewish Cultural Society
The Jewish Cultural Society was founded on February 29, 1948.
Provincial Jewish Conference in Bialystok
A provincial Jewish conference took place in Bialystok in 1949.