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Children deported from the ghetto
Children were taken from the ghetto by Nazi perpetrators to other places.
Children returned to the ghetto
The children were brought back into the ghetto and found near Fabrichne Street.
Non-working people transported to the railway station
Those deemed unable to work were taken from Petrasher Field to the station and loaded into freight wagons.
Transport of Białystok Jews to Lublin-Pania
Nearly three thousand Białystok Jews were driven to Lublin-Pania and the roll-call square.
Severely ill patients taken to a cemetery
Severely ill patients were driven to a cemetery, where the passage describes them falling alive into the hands of murderers.
Murder of approximately one thousand Jews in the ghetto
Approximately one thousand Jews fell in the ghetto and were counted among the dead.
Relocation of 700 Jews to the small ghetto
700 Jews were settled in the small ghetto after helping liquidate the ghetto factories.
Jews discovered during raid
One hundred Jews were discovered on the first day of the search.
Murder of children during cremation
A living ten-year-old girl was pushed into the oven during the burning of corpses; the perpetrators later discussed the incident.
Deportation to Auschwitz
The account states that Jews were taken away to Auschwitz.
Burning of victims from the liquidated ghetto
Workers extracted corpses and burned victims from the liquidated Bialystok ghetto.
Murder of captured young women
Captured young women are shot after refusing an order to sing.
Execution of hostages at Malmed-Tat
Fridl participated in shooting one hundred hostages at Malmed-Tat.
Gustav Friedl’s murders and shootings
Gustav Friedl murdered Jews in Bialystok and separately shot two partisans on Erich-Koch Street; other killings are dated August 1942, 1943, and January 1944. Zhabie Street is associated with prepared pits, not all listed acts.
Transport of Jews to death camps
A transport of Jews was prepared for delivery to death camps.
Bialystok Jewish youth prepare armed resistance
Bialystok Jewish youth decided to establish armed resistance against the enemy and prepared for combat.
Deportation to death camps
Białystok ghetto fighters were taken to death camps after their bunker was discovered.
Hiding in an attic in Bialystok
A group of 17 people hid together in an attic in Bialystok in 1946.
Gazhalchani siblings seek shelter
Two brothers and a sister appealed for refuge and were taken in by the hidden group.
Ghetto uprising
An uprising involved armed resistance, attempted escape, and confrontation with German forces.
Attempted escape from the ghetto
Several hundred insurgents attempted to break out at night but were repelled.
Assembly of Jews on Fabrichne Street
Germans assembled Jews on Fabrichne Street after destroying a shelter.
Deportation to Majdanek
A wagon transported victims to Majdanek.
Deportation of Jewish fighters to Treblinka
Captured Jewish fighters were deported to Treblinka.
Jews killed in synagogue fire
About 1,600 people died in the flames after being confined in the synagogue.
Memorial gatherings in Bialystok, August 1944
From 16 to 24 August 1944, Bialystok Jews held mourning gatherings.
Train escape near Narew
Leib Pudlowski jumped from a train near Narew while traveling toward Bialystok.
Bialystok ghetto uprising
Bialystok is described as having heroically resisted the German occupier in a ghetto uprising.
Renaming of the Białystok Library for Pesach Kaplan
The Jewish committee in Białystok decided to name its new library after Pesach Kaplan.
Wojewodish convention committee election
More than sixty delegates elected a committee democratically at a Wojewodish convention.
Memorial unveiling for fallen Bialystok Jews
A memorial to 60,000 fallen Bialystok Jews was unveiled at the cemetery on August 16, 1945.
Creation of the Jewish Voivodeship Committee
A Jewish Voivodeship Committee was created under Dr. Shimon Datner’s chairmanship.
Shooting of Jewish resistance fighters
Seventy Jewish resistance fighters were shot by Nazi murderers on 23 July 1942.
Death and funeral of Franke Horowitz
Franke Horowitz was brought for burial and received a large mass funeral in the ghetto; Subatnik (Berl) delivered the eulogy.
Funeral of Bajunie Bergman
Bajunie Bergman received a funeral during the ghetto period.
Second massacre action
Ten days later, a second victim fell in the great massacre action.