Białystok
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Unzer Leben
Bialystok daily newspaper edited by Pejsach Kaplan.
Linas Hatzedek hall
Hall where Barasz explained his policies to the public.
Jenta Lejzerson
Woman who described ghetto conditions and later left for Israel.
Menachem Trajster
Palestine correspondent whose article reported Jenta Lejzerson’s account.
Mrs. Lejzerson
Reported an account about the Jewish police superintendent.
Tel Chai kibbutz
Prewar kibbutz that continued communal life and training in the ghetto.
Labor Zionist Party
Supported the Tel Chai kibbutz.
Cwi Hersz Mersik
Young Tel Chai leader from Melnice near Kowel.
Melnice
Locality near Kowel.
Kowel
Place near Melnice.
Herszl Cwi Rozental
Young Tel Chai leader from Jaszynowka.
Ruwen Rozenberg
Young Tel Chai leader from Suchowolja.
Suchowolja
Locality associated with Ruwen Rozenberg.
Chanoch Zelaznagora
Young Tel Chai leader from Szedliec.
Szedliec
Locality associated with Chanoch Zelaznagora.
Jochewed Wajnsztein
Young Tel Chai leader from Knyszin.
Gedalja Petljuk
Young Tel Chai leader from Knyszin.
Cypora Birman
Young Tel Chai leader from Rozyszcze.
Rozyszcze
Locality associated with Cypora Birman.
Tema Sznajderman
Young Tel Chai leader from Warsaw.
Jehoszua Heszl Klementynowski
Founder of Linas Hatzedek and senior Zionist activist in Bialystok.
Linas Hatzedek
Organization founded by Jehoszua Heszl Klementynowski.
Bialystok Judenrat
Council described as delaying deportation preparations and restraining Nazi savagery.
Tyktin
Surrounding community whose Jewish suffering and extermination were reported.
Jurowecka and Szienkewycza Streets
Location of the ghetto’s main gate.
Old-age home in the Bialystok ghetto
Old-age home operating inside the ghetto.
Orphanage in the Bialystok ghetto
Orphanage operating inside the ghetto.
School in the Bialystok ghetto
School operating inside the ghetto.
Nazi command
Authority that prohibited prewar social institutions in Bialystok.
Cooperative Bank
Bank shown in a caption as founded in 1901.
Bialystok Jewish community
Jewish community subjected to ghettoization, forced labor, persecution, and uprising.
Destroyed house of religious study on Jatka Street
Destroyed religious-study building on Jatka Street.
Jurowecka Street
Street included within the expanded Bialystok ghetto.
Bialystoczanska Street
Street included within the expanded Bialystok ghetto.
Neuwelt Street
Street included within the expanded Bialystok ghetto.
Jewish communities in provinces surrounding Bialystok
Jewish population from surrounding provinces was evacuated before February action.