Białystok
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Children’s clothing campaign
A women’s group undertook a campaign to clothe orphaned children from Bialystok.
Israel Beker studied and taught art in Moscow
Israel Beker studied and taught art at the Moscow Jewish State Theater.
Return to Białystok in winter 1945
The narrator returned to Białystok in winter 1945 and found the city in ruins.
Ben went to Paris to study art
In 1929, Ben received a stipend and went to Paris to study art.
Second World War begins
The Second World War broke out, after which Jews entered a fearful period.
Creation of a Bialystok song
A song about Bialystok was created in Tashkent in 1942 by Isaac Perlov.
Return to Bialystok after the war
The narrator came to Bialystok in 1945 and encountered evidence of destruction.
Visit to Bialystok in 1977
The narrator visited Bialystok again in late 1977 and found little remaining.
Delegation visit to former Nazi death camps
A delegation visited Auschwitz, Majdanek, and Treblinka.
Journey from Warsaw to Bialystok
The narrator traveled from Warsaw to Bialystok with Dr. Shimon Datner.
Foundation established
Jerry Mink established a foundation after returning from a visit to Bialystok.
1906 Bialystok pogrom murders
During the 1906 Bialystok pogrom, more than one hundred Jewish people were murdered.
Jewish weddings at the Ribalovski restaurant
Jewish weddings took place at the restaurant formerly associated with the Ribalovski family.
Confinement of Jewish men and children in Bialystok
Nazi perpetrators drove two thousand Jewish men and children into the Great Synagogue on June 27, 1941.
Burning of the Great Synagogue
The Nazis burned the Great Synagogue and the people confined inside it on the same day.
Chaike Grosman speech at Zionist conference
Chaike Grosman delivered a speech at a Zionist conference in London in September 1945.
Samuel Pisar’s deportation to Auschwitz
Samuel Pisar was deported to Auschwitz with close family members at approximately twelve years old.
Persecution and forced transport
The narrator, family members, and others were driven by the Gestapo and associated forces.
Liberation
American soldiers arrive, prisoners rejoice, and aid organizations provide relief.
Arrival at Lipstadt
The group reached Lipstadt after traveling in January 1944.
Deportation from Knyszyn to Treblinka
Solazh, his family, and others were taken from Knyszyn through Bialystok toward Treblinka.
Escape from deportation transport
Solazh escaped with a friend and hid beneath a large rubber wheel.
Kharavski deported from the ghetto
Kharavski was deported from the ghetto and endured Nazi camps.
Pinie Kharovaski deported to forced labor
Kharovaski was taken to forced labor near the railway and returned to the ghetto.
Salazh's partisan activity
Salazh joined partisans and participated in dangerous actions against the Nazis.
Salazh arrived in America
Salazh arrived in America in 1951.
Murder of Salazh’s family
Nazi murderers killed Salazh’s parents and ten siblings.
Imprisonment in Sing Sing
Hirsh Feigin describes imprisonment in the Chervonyak prison, compared in the passage to Sing Sing.
Imprisonment at Stutthof
An unnamed narrator endured forced labor in an unnamed camp until March 1945.
German invasion of the Soviet Union
Hitler attacked the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941, bringing upheaval and persecution.
Imprisonment in Grodno
The narrator and others were brought to Grodno and imprisoned there for three days.
Confinement in Lomza
The group was later taken to Lomza and confined there.
Liberation from the prison
The narrator sensed that liberation from the prison was approaching.
Prisoner mass shooting
Prisoners of various nationalities were shot by Hitlerists in an open area.
Liberation from the Hitlerist hell
Liberation came after six million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.
Deportation from the camp near the end of the war
The Nazis selected approximately 1,000 people and drove them in an unknown direction.