Białystok
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Founding of Forest City Enterprises
The four Ratner brothers merged their businesses and established Forest City Enterprises in 1929.
Founding of Bialystoker Synagogue
Two Bialystoker societies merged resources and built the synagogue in 1868.
Death of Rabbi Jacob Eskolsky
Rabbi Jacob Eskolsky died in 1931.
Michael Eskolsky succeeded Jacob Eskolsky
Rabbi Michael Eskolsky succeeded his father as spiritual leader until 1951.
Founding of the Bialystoker Young Men’s Benevolent Association
The society was founded on October 21, 1906.
Organization of the Club of Bialystoker Friends
The Club of Bialystoker Friends was organized in 1945.
Formation of a cultural heritage group
The club formed a group in 1947 to preserve Bialystok’s cultural and spiritual heritage.
Support following Israel’s proclamation
Club members supported Israel after its proclamation in May 1948.
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.