Białystok
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Szymon Datner arrived in Bialystok
Datner arrived in Bialystok in September 1928 after leaving his Pinsk teaching position.
Datner’s wife and daughter arrived in Bialystok
Roza and Miriam arrived in Bialystok several weeks after Datner in 1928.
Birth of Szulamit
Szulamit was born in Bialystok in 1929.
Hebrew Gymnasium founded
The Hebrew Gymnasium was founded in 1919.
Hebrew Gymnasium converted to Yiddish instruction
The gymnasium converted to Yiddish under Russian occupation in November 1939.
Nazi assault on Bialystok
The Nazis began their assault on Bialystok on June 22, 1941.
Burial of Dr. Franka Horowicz
Dr. Franka Horowicz was buried in Zabia Cemetery in February 1943.
Death of Basja Bergman
Basja Bergman suffocated in a bunker during the first liquidation.
Exhumation and reburial of ghetto victims
Exhumation and reburial of victims in a Bialystok mass grave on April 11, 1946.
Jewish Culture Society founded
The Jewish Culture Society was founded in Bialystok on February 29, 1948.
Exhumed corpses interred
Two hundred thirty exhumed corpses were interred in Zabia cemetery on November 22, 1945.
Four chalutzim shot
Four guarded chalutzim from Gordonia Kibbutz were removed from a train and shot.
Return of forty Jews to Bialystok
Forty Jews returned to Bialystok after liberation by the Red Army.
Srolke Kot returns to Bialystok
Srolke Kot returned to his hometown of Bialystok in 1944.
Final Nazi assault on the Bialystok ghetto
Seventy resistance fighters confronted the final Nazi assault on the Bialystok ghetto on August 16, 1943.
Burial in the mass grave
One hundred twenty-five Jews, including seventy resistance fighters and fifty-five Nazi victims, were buried in a mass grave after exhumation.
Dedication of the new Kaplan library
The Reconstruction Committee dedicated the new Kaplan library during the mourning week.
Liquidation of the Bialystok ghetto
Nazis liquidated the Bialystok ghetto in August 1943.
Escape from a train destined for Treblinka
Twenty-five Jews jumped from a death train near Lapy; three survived.
Commemoration in the Great Synagogue
Survivors gathered on August 23, 1944, to commemorate the dead.
Liberation of Bialystok
The Red Army liberated Bialystok after fierce battles between Soviet and Nazi forces.
Deportation and extermination of Bialystoker Jews
Tens of thousands of Bialystoker Jews were sent to camps during the 1943 ghetto liquidation.
Bialystok ghetto uprising
Jewish resistance fighters fought German forces during the Bialystok ghetto liquidation.
Deportation of captured Jewish fighters
Captured Jewish fighters were deported to Treblinka, Majdanek, and Auschwitz.
Liberation of Bialystok
Bialystok was liberated, after which resistance fighters' mass grave was found.
Exhumation and reburial of resistance fighters
Resistance fighters were exhumed from a mass grave in a landfill and reburied in the Jewish cemetery.
Death sentence for Fritz Gustav Friedl
Fritz Gustav Friedl was found guilty and sentenced to death.
Gustav Friedl trial
Gustav Friedl was tried in the Bialystok Appeals Court at the end of October 1949.
Liberation of survivors in the forest
The Red Army arrived, supplied survivors, and brought them back to Bialystok.
Confinement at 7 Kraszewskiego Street
Prisoners were confined to a barracks at 7 Kraszewskiego Street.
Forced labor route through Bialystok
Prisoners were taken to Nowosjolka, along Zielona Street, and to Grabuwka for forced labor.
Forced covering of mass graves
On July 13, 1944, prisoners were ordered to cover open graves containing dead bodies.
Detention and shooting of twenty children
Twenty children were detained for several days and then shot.
Imprisonment of ten additional Jews
Ten Jews hiding from August 1943 to April 1944 were imprisoned.
Judzik’s hiding beneath a bakery
Judzik avoided arrest while hiding beneath a bakery until May 1944.
Transport to the Augustow Forests
Prisoners were transported under armed guard to an open field in the Augustow Forests.