Białystok
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Founding of a Białystok Jewish settlement in Israel
A group of Białystok Jews founded a settlement near Haifa in 1925.
Proposal to build Kiryat Bialystok
Delegates resolved to establish a new Bialystok settlement in the Jewish state.
Contract signing for building the first hundred units of Kiryat Bialystok
A contract was signed to build the first hundred units of Kiryat Bialystok in Israel.
Mutual-aid fund established in Melbourne
Newly arrived Bialystokers in Melbourne established a mutual-aid loan fund.
Bialystok center established in Melbourne
A Bialystok center was established to receive rescued countrymen after the war.
Permits for new immigrants
The Białystok Center administration created 600 permits for new immigrant landsleit to arrive; the passage identifies Australia as a prior residence, not the destination.
Bialystok landsleit migration to Australia
Migration of Bialystok landsleit to Australia was halted; the passage does not establish completed migration or assistance at the center.
Library fire in Melbourne
A library in Melbourne burned, after which books were donated to a cultural center.
Permits obtained for European refugees
The Bialystok Center in Australia obtained 465 permits to bring refugees from Europe.
Reestablishment of a Bialystok landsmen organization
A Bialystok landsmen organization was reestablished in 1930.
Burning of Grajewo
Cossacks came and burned Grajewo down in 1905.
Death of Jennie Sapirstein
Mrs. Sapirstein died on November 29, 1969.
Founding of the Bialystoker Stimme
The Bialystoker Stimme was conceived as a periodical in 1921.
Home cornerstone laid
The Home’s cornerstone was laid one week after the construction contract was signed.
Hiding in an underground bunker
Professor Bergman hid with his infant son and about thirty others in an underground bunker.
Forced cremation labor in the Augustow Forests
Prisoners were forced to cremate victims, sift ashes for valuables, and bury the ashes in the Augustow Forests for two weeks.
Gestapo committee visit to the ghetto
A Gestapo committee arrived in the ghetto in mid-July 1943.
Jechiel Gurwicz was murdered
Jechiel Gurwicz was murdered because he was Jewish; the inscription's date is explicitly noted as possibly incorrect.
First mass strikes of Jewish weavers
The first mass strikes of Jewish weavers broke out in Bialystok and were led by the Bund.
Stalin Pact
The passage refers to preparations for the Stalin Pact and its consequences.
Fire at the Bialystok circus
The circus burned down one beautiful evening.
Friends of Yiddish Theater committee
Committee formed after the troupe’s successful first season.
First action
An action during which Spektar was reportedly killed with family.
Black Sabbath
A Friday described as the Black Sabbath during the decree’s introduction.
Public executions
The passage states that public executions had not occurred, as far as remembered.
First Aktion in Białystok
The passage refers to the first action in Białystok.
Transport from Bialystok toward Treblinka
One of the first transports left Bialystok after August 7 and reached near Treblinka.
Shooting of young Jewish women
Fritz Fridl orders young captured women to sing, then shoots them when they refuse.
Bialystok ghetto liquidation memorial
Memorial ceremony at the ghetto cemetery marking the fifth anniversary of the liquidation.
Final liquidation of the Bialystok community
The passage describes Bialystok’s final liquidation and total destruction.
Ghetto Liquidation Commemoration
Memorial academies were organized on the fifth anniversary of the ghetto liquidation.
Historical Eichmann trial
Pesach Burshtein testified at the trial of Nazi criminal Artur Gosberg.
World Gathering of Holocaust Survivors
A gathering in Jerusalem attended by children from 27 countries and their parents.
World Gathering of Bialystokers in New York
A 1949 world gathering of Bialystokers in New York.
Liquidation of Bialystok Jewish community
The passage refers to the liquidation of Bialystok's Jewish community.
February 1943 action
An action referenced in a contents-like entry.