Białystok
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Baron Edmond de Rothschild
Jewish magnate whom Mohilewer won over to the Zionist ideal.
Bialystoker communities
Communities formed wherever Bialystok Jews gathered worldwide.
Old Jewish Cemetery in Bialystok
Cemetery containing the pogrom victims’ mass grave.
Zalman Sznejur
Poet who wrote the monument’s Hebrew epitaph.
L. Fajans
Translator of the epitaph into Yiddish.
Jewish Cemetery in Bagnowke
Cemetery where the pogrom monument stood for decades.
Izchok Gebel
Listed among victims of the 1906 pogrom; age at death 56.
Chaim Gebel
Listed among victims of the 1906 pogrom; age at death 30.
Jakow Lewin
Listed among victims of the 1906 pogrom; age at death 50.
Nochum Jakow Grabowski
Listed among victims of the 1906 pogrom; age at death 27.
Jewish Self-Defense League
Organization that protected Jewish lives and property during the pogrom.
Rabbinical tribunal in Bialystok
Rabbinical tribunal approving a public fast after the pogrom.
Polish church in Bialystok
Starting point of a Catholic procession during the pogrom.
Russian church
Origin of a Russian Orthodox procession during the pogrom.
Ludwig Zamenhof
Eye specialist and founder of Esperanto.
1914 Esperanto convention in Paris
Esperanto convention attended by approximately five thousand delegates.
Attempted pogrom in Bialystok in 1882
Anticipated pogrom was prevented after Jewish butchers and drivers resisted attackers.
Chaim
Driver who took the travelers to the railroad station.
Theodor Herzl
Zionist leader who met Chazanowicz in Basel.
Chazanowicz
Doctor who traveled to Basel and met Herzl.
Rywka
Young girl whose muteness was treated through a frightening ruse.
National Library in Jerusalem
Library founded by Josef Chazanowicz, to which he devoted his life and fortune.
Second Zionist Congress in Basel
Congress to which Chazanowicz was unanimously elected as a delegate.
Nojach Portnoj
Bund leader who lived in Bialystok.
Pawel Rozental
Bund leader who lived in Bialystok.
Ana Rozental
Bund leader and wife of Pawel Rozental.
Awrom Kutik
Manager of a Bialystok library containing Russian, German, and Yiddish books.
Szoul Refoel Landau
Author who met Rabbi Mohilewer in Bialystok in 1897.
Chovevei Zion
Movement co-founded by Rabbi Mohilewer.
Mizrachi
Movement identified as co-founded by Rabbi Mohilewer.
Josef Binjomin Krynski
Organizer of the Chovevei Zion party.
Cwi Hirsz Liberman
Organizer of the Chovevei Zion party.
Jakow Alter Sapersztejn
Organizer of the Chovevei Zion party.
Pejsach Witenberg
Organizer of the Chovevei Zion party.
Jehoszua Heszel Klementynowski
Organizer of the Chovevei Zion party.
Kalman Pikus
Organizer of the Chovevei Zion party.