Białystok
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Death of Polja Dlugacz
Polja Dlugacz took her life after being shot.
Evacuation of Jews from the provinces
Jews from surrounding communities were evacuated to Treblinka.
Train arrival at Majdanek
A train carrying Jewish women reached Majdanek instead of Treblinka.
Copying of Judenrat archives
Tamarof gained permission to copy Judenrat archives for the resistance leadership.
Szymon Datner returned to Bialystok
Datner returned to Bialystok in early August 1944 after illness.
Red Army entered Bialystok
Red Army battalions entered Bialystok on July 27, 1944.
Tzchok Kulkin perished in prison
Kulkin's inscription states that he perished in Bialystok prison for the Jewish people.
Bialystok ghetto liquidation
The Bialystok ghetto was liquidated in August 1943.
Mersik-Tamarof archive established
The archive was established in November–December 1942 after Tamarof returned from Warsaw.
Hersz Mersik died
Mersik died from typhus in the Bialystok ghetto on January 28, 1943.
Archive unearthed
Dr. Lejb Blumental unearthed the archive in August 1945.
Three Jews hanged
Three Jews were executed by hanging before the Judenrat building on December 31, 1942.
Leipzig
Leipzig is listed among Bialystok’s commercial connections.
Wroclaw
Wroclaw is listed among Bialystok’s commercial connections.
Tsarist Russia
Bialystok maintained commercial ties with Tsarist Russia.
Gdansk
Gdansk is listed among cities whose merchants traded in the region.
Dr. Anatol Leszczynski
Dr. Anatol Leszczynski is named in the text.
Tykocin Jewish community
The Jewish community of Tykocin is listed among established Jewish communities.
Bielsk Jewish community
The Jewish community of Bielsk is listed among established Jewish communities.
Orla Jewish community
The Jewish community of Orla is listed among established Jewish communities.
Boćki Jewish community
The Jewish community of Boćki is listed among established Jewish communities.
Augustów Jewish community
The Jewish community of Augustów is listed among established Jewish communities.
Knyszyn Jewish community
The Jewish community of Knyszyn is listed among established Jewish communities.
Rajgród Jewish community
The Jewish community of Rajgród is listed among established Jewish communities.
Jasionówka Jewish community
The Jewish community of Jasionówka is listed among established Jewish communities.
Bialystok ghetto armed resistance
Jews in the Bialystok ghetto began armed resistance against the Nazis in February 1943.
Bialystok ghetto gates closed
All gates were locked for three weeks in November 1942, preventing entry and exit.
Tax imposed on Bialystok ghetto Jews
The Nazi command levied a five-million-ruble tax on Jews in the Bialystok ghetto on November 2, 1942.
Refugees enter Bialystok ghetto
Escaping Jews from surrounding towns and villages entered the Bialystok ghetto.
Potato edict imposed
In October 1942, girls and women aged sixteen to fifty in the Bialystok ghetto were ordered to report for slave labor harvesting potatoes.
Evacuation of surrounding Jewish communities
On November 2, 1942, the vicinity around Bialystok containing approximately 150,000 Jews was evacuated; people were murdered in their home communities or sent to Treblinka.
Deportation of Bialystok Jews to Pruzane
Thousands of Bialystok Jews were deported to Pruzane, where they were confined in a ghetto.
Arrival of Bialystok deportees in Pruzane
Deported Bialystok Jews arrived alive in Pruzane and were welcomed by local Jews.
Return of Bialystok Jews from Pruzane
Approximately 1,500 Bialystoker Jews left Pruzane and returned to the Bialystok ghetto.
Gestapo takeover of the ghetto
The Gestapo took over the ghetto after the November 1942 events.
Creation of the ghetto police force
The Judenrat created a police force of more than two hundred young men.