Białystok
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Leib Blumenthal directs Sniadowo Hospital
Leib Blumenthal was hospital director when war broke out.
Liberation of Bialystok
Red Army and partisan units entered Bialystok on July 27, 1944.
Killing of Isaac Kolkin
Isaac Kolkin is described as having perished on 15 July 1944; the OCR does not securely establish murder or the place.
Destruction of the province
The province’s destruction on November 2 reportedly shook Bialystok and surrounding settlements.
Workers sorted deportees’ returned clothing
Workers sorted returned clothing of deported Jews and found personal documents and photographs.
Bialystok uprising
An uprising occurred in Bialystok on August 16, 1943.
Massacre and raid at Kupietzka 10
Bandits killed people and forcibly used Jewish order and firefighting services during a Nazi raid.
Renewed killing operation
The killing operation resumed on Monday, February 8; the year is not stated.
Fifth day of the massacre
The murderous action continued on Wednesday, February 10; the year is not stated.
Sixth day of the massacre
Sixth day of the massacre; the Gestapo continued the action on Thursday, February 11. Date year unspecified.
Suicides of two orphans
Two orphans followed Abramchik's call and hanged themselves at the orphanage entrance.
Execution of three accused informers
Three accused men were detained, killed, and hanged near a bridge on Kupietzka Street.
Deportations and shootings from the ghetto
A newspaper reported deportations to Germany and shootings of people resisting departure.
February Deportation of Four Thousand People
A further four thousand people were transported away during the February massacre.
Malmed’s confrontation with German attackers
Malmed blinded an attacker and was then shot during the German action.
Malmed’s death by hanging
Malmed was hanged and described as dying honorably after 48 hours.
Nazi forces approach Ghetto Parkan
Nazi groups approached Ghetto Parkan, causing panic among the Jewish population.
Armed resistance in the ghetto
Self-Defense decided to burn houses near the ghetto park to facilitate escape; youth subsequently took up arms.
Tadek kills a Nazi
Tadek killed a Nazi with accurate shots before dying.
Abrasha Galterts dies fighting Nazi forces
Abrasha Galterts fell during a Nazi attack on a partisan detachment.
Fighting outside the ghetto
Nazi forces attacked streets and houses while Jewish self-defense fighters resisted.
Abrasha Galter wounded while carrying ammunition
Abrasha Galter's sister suffered severely from a Nazi bullet while bringing ammunition to ghetto fighters.
Confinement at Petrashe Field
Approximately 25,000 Jews were crowded into a narrow area and surrounded by armed forces.
Nighttime shooting
After leaving, Nazi perpetrators began a frightening shooting at night.
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.