Białystok
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First issue of the Bialystoker Stimme
The first issue of Bialystoker Stimme appeared on a trial basis in November 1921.
Founding of the Bialystoker Ladies Auxiliary
The Bialystoker Ladies Auxiliary was founded in February 1923.
Death of David Sohn
David Sohn died on February 10, 1968.
Grand opening of the Bialystoker Home
The Bialystoker Home’s grand opening took place in New York on June 21, 1931.
Admission of the first Home residents
The first fifty residents were admitted shortly after the Home opened in September 1931.
Planning of the nursing home and headquarters
Bialystoker activists planned the nursing home and landsmanschaft headquarters in June 1926; the passage does not establish that the institution was founded then.
Report on the nursing-home project
A special committee delivered its final report at a general meeting in May 1927 concerning the proposed nursing home.
Construction contract signed
The contract to build the Home was signed on September 16, 1929.
Official opening of the Home
The Bialystoker Home officially opened in May 1931.
Death of Simcha Tzfas
Simcha Tzfas died peacefully in his room on Division Street in 1917.
Incorporation of Bialystoker Unterstitzungs Verein
The society was incorporated in New York in 1864.
Founding of Somach Noflim
Somach Noflim was founded in 1886.
Simcha Tzfas arrives in America
Simcha Tzfas first arrived in America in 1842 by sailboat from London.
Simcha Tzfas travels to California
Simcha Tzfas traveled to California during the 1848 gold rush seeking gold.
Simcha Tzfas returns to Bialystok
Simcha Tzfas returned to Bialystok briefly in 1860.
Simcha Tzfas returns to the United States
Simcha Tzfas came back to the United States in 1865.
Simcha Tzfas serves in the American Army
Simcha Tzfas joined the American Army and served under General McClellan for three years.
Death of Simcha Tzfas
Simcha Tzfas died in New York in 1917 at age 103.
Liberation in May 1945
The narrator was liberated in May 1945 and returned to Bialystok.
Escape from Blechamer
Bialystoker prisoners dug a tunnel under the camp fence and escaped.
Move to Holon
Nechama Dinur and her family lived in Holon, Israel, from 1950.
Migration from Bialystok to Paris
The author left Bialystok for Paris in January 1933.
Villeurbanne uprising
Jewish youth fought German forces in Villeurbanne in August 1944.
World Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors
The World Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors took place in Jerusalem from June 14 to 18, 1981.
Jewish prisoners held and abused at Pawjak Prison
Prisoners were confined, abused, and some died during a nightmare in June 1943; Harder is named as a guard.
Final liquidation of the Bialystok Jews
Nazis ordered remaining Bialystok Jews to assemble before the ghetto’s final liquidation.
Deportation to Treblinka
The narrator’s mother was deported to Treblinka and killed.
Imprisonment at Majdanek
Four family members were taken to Majdanek and subjected to torture and hunger.
Transfer to Auschwitz
The family was moved from Blizin to Auschwitz in June 1944.
Death march from Auschwitz
Prisoners were taken on another death march in November 1944.
Family hiding during ghetto invasion
A family of five hid in a small room for a week during Nazi violence.
Deportation train journey
The narrator was forced onto a train carrying prisoners toward Treblinka and Majdanek.
Marriage in Salzburg
The narrator married a future husband in Salzburg after the war.
Sholem Garfinkel’s family came to the Bialystok ghetto
Sholem came with his family from Trestina at the end of 1941.
Szymon Garfinkel joined ghetto resistance
Szymon joined the heroic resistance in the Bialystok ghetto and was shot by Nazis.
Destruction of the Bialystok ghetto
The Bialystok ghetto was destroyed in summer 1943, beginning severe danger for Fannie and Sholem.