Białystok
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Ghetto liquidation
Bunker construction reached its peak during the liquidation of the ghetto.
Barash taken to the Lublin extermination center
Barash was taken to the Lublin extermination center on October 15, 1943.
Separation from bunker neighbors
The narrator separated from bunker neighbors on November 2, 1943.
Ghetto uprisings
The passage names uprisings in Warsaw, Vilna, and Bialystok ghettos.
Selections at Auschwitz
Mengele is described sending arrivals toward death with a gesture of his cane.
Transport from Bialystok to Blizhin
More than three thousand people traveled from Bialystok to Blizhin.
Typhus deaths among Białystok victims
Typhus took more than one thousand Białystok victims.
Death of a beaten Jewish girl
A Jewish girl reportedly died several days after being beaten and brought to the doctor’s hospital.
Family arrival in Bialystok
The narrator’s family came to Bialystok from Trestine at the end of 1941.
Bialystok Ghetto uprising
Shimon Garfinkel participated in the Bialystok Ghetto uprising and was shot by the Nazis.
Bialystok Ghetto liquidation
The Bialystok Ghetto was liquidated in 1943, with Jews deported and assembled at a courtyard.
Transport toward Treblinka
A transport carried Jews from the Bialystok ghetto toward Treblinka.
Transport to Majdanek
The transport eventually brought the narrator and others to Majdanek.
Shooting of eight Jews
Nazi murderers shot and killed eight Jews near the gate.
Beating and capture of disguised woman
The disguised woman was severely beaten and then released or ordered to run; the passage does not establish an arrest.
Death of Berl Shvecher at Blizhin
Berl Shvecher died at Blizhin camp.
Transport to Auschwitz
The narrator was transported onward to Auschwitz in June 1944.
Arrival at Auschwitz
The narrator describes arrival at Auschwitz and confinement in a quarantine area.
Deportation of Jewish children to Auschwitz
Jewish children were brought from Vilna to Auschwitz and killed there.
Family separation at Petrashe
German perpetrators separated the narrator's family at Petrashe, dividing older and younger people.
Mother deported to Treblinka
The narrator's mother was deported to Treblinka with others.
Mother murdered at Treblinka
The narrator's mother was killed at Treblinka.
Liberation from the Hitlerist nightmare
The narrator says they were liberated several months after enduring deadly conditions.
April 1943 uprising
A heroic uprising occurred in April 1943.
Migration from Bialystok to Paris
The writer emigrated from Bialystok to Paris in January 1933.
Rescue and concealment of Jewish children
French helpers concealed Jewish children and helped obtain false documents and weapons.
Organization of children’s homes in France
Children’s homes were organized in France through labor committees.
Villeurbanne uprising
Young people fought the Germans during the Villeurbanne uprising in August 1944.
German reprisals against residents
German forces shot residents and burned houses as punishment for aiding resistance fighters.
First Bialystoker Youth Association administration
The first administration of the Bialystoker Youth Association is listed for 1916.
Slave labor at Jaworzno
The narrator's husband worked as a slave laborer in Jaworzno's coal mines for nineteen months.
Escape from Blechhammer camp
Bialystoker Jewish prisoners organized an escape from Blechhammer camp.
Founding of Sumakh Noflim
Sumakh Noflim was founded in 1886.
Death of Simkha Tsefet
Simkha Tsefet died in New York at age 102.
Shimkha Tzfat arrives in America
Shimkha Tzfat is described as the first Bialystok Jew to arrive in America in 1942.
Visits to the Land of Israel
Shimkha visited the Land of Israel five times.