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Transport toward Majdanek
A transport carrying prisoners traveled toward Majdanek and stopped in Lublin.
Survival of massacre and war
Berta Sakolska survived both the massacre and the war.
Collective mass suicide of Jewish women from Bialystok
A collective mass suicide occurred among Jewish women from Bialystok near Treblinka.
Nazi occupation of Bialystok region
The Jewish world in the region ended under Hitlerist rule.
Action of February 5, 1943
An unnamed newspaper seller and his wife were murdered during the action.
Bialystok uprising
Uprising dated August 16, 1943, preceding the destruction of remaining Jews.
February Aktion
A February Aktion suddenly struck Jews in the Bialystok Ghetto.
Warsaw ghetto uprising
Uprising against German police reported in February 1943.
February Massacre
A February massacre involving deportations and deaths.
Shooting of One Hundred Victims in Praga's Garden
Nazi perpetrators shot one hundred victims in Praga's Garden.
August 1943 ghetto operation
Vehicles and perpetrators entered the ghetto on 16 August 1943.
Destruction after the Holocaust
A heading refers to the first Passover after the destruction.
Aktion
An Aktion in which victims were gathered at the cemetery.
22nd Zionist Congress
Congress in Basel, Switzerland associated with a new period for Kibbutz Dror.
1945 Relief Conference
Relief conference held in New York in 1945.
Holocaust under Hitler
The destruction and disappearance of the Jewish Bialystok environment during the Holocaust.
Zionist Conference
Conference in London where Chaike Grosman delivered a speech.
Transport from Bialystok to Blizhin
More than three thousand people traveled from Bialystok to Blizhin.
Eichmann trial
The passage refers to the Eichmann trial and its chief prosecutor.
April 1943 heroic uprising
An uprising after which only two cells remained in the Jewish section.
The tragic period
A period marked by arrests, torture, shootings, deportations, and extermination.
The Nazis’ defeat
The narrator hoped to witness the defeat of Nazi criminals.
World Gathering of the Second Generation
A gathering where second-generation participants discussed inherited trauma and responsibility.
World Conference of Bialystok Jews in New York
World conference addressed by an Israeli delegate and attended by David Sohn in 1949.
Holocaust
The Holocaust period described as a time of destruction and moral crisis.
Destruction of Jewish Bialystok
The Jewish Bialystok community was physically destroyed during Hitler's rule.
Bialystok landsleit world convention
A 1949 convention attended by 277 delegates from Bialystok landsmanschaften.
Proposal to build Kiryat Bialystok in Israel
The convention resolved to establish a new Bialystok settlement in Israel.
Klementinovski speech on Kiryat Bialystok
Advocate Tzvi Klementinovski spoke about building Kiryat Bialystok in Israel.
Million-dollar campaign
A million-dollar campaign was proclaimed for the project, ending August 21, 1951.
Culture Congress in New York
Congress attended by Bialystoker delegates in 1948.
World Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors
1981 gathering of Holocaust survivors in Jerusalem.
Funeral of Dr. Franka Horowicz
Funeral held in Zabia Cemetery in February 1943.
Dedication of Bialystok ghetto monument
Monument dedicated on August 16, 1945, honoring murdered Bialystok Jews.
Exhumation and reburial of Bialystok ghetto victims
Remains were exhumed and reburied in a mass grave on April 11, 1946.
Memorial in Tribute to the Victims
A mourning period and commemorative activities honored victims after the ghetto liquidation.