Białystok
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Tzvi (Grisha) Klementinowski
Białystok Jewish leader, lawyer, and former community chairman.
State of Israel
Klementinowski lived and practiced law in Israel.
Zionist faction
One of two Jewish factions in the city council.
Jewish community and city council
Bodies in which the Bund was represented.
Torah scrolls
Eight Torah scrolls were consumed in the fire.
Investigation commission
Commission that prepared a protocol after the fire.
Reuven Nakhumovsky
Member of Białystok’s city council in 1939.
Białystok Jewish community council
Community council in which the narrator held leadership roles.
Białystok city council
City council joined by the narrator and Reuven Nakhumovsky in spring 1939.
Gerer shtibl
Wooden prayer house in Białystok that burned before World War II.
Ordinatska Street
Street named on a plaque at the corner house.
Kotzker shtibl
One of several prayer houses in Białystok.
Slonimer shtibl
One of several prayer houses in Białystok.
Grabski
A trade minister approached by a delegation of Bialystok manufacturers.
Romania
Country to which factories were transferred.
Yugoslavia
Country to which factories were transferred.
India
Destination of exported goods.
Spain
Destination of exported goods.
France
Location of fighting suffered by German armies.
Holland
Country to which Kaiser Wilhelm fled.
Wilhelm
German Kaiser who fled to Holland after revolution broke out.
German army
Army supplied with weapons, ammunition, food, and clothing.
Austria
Country named among Poland’s historical partitioning powers.
Poles
Poles conducted wars with Russia and wore uniforms.
Bialystok merchants and manufacturers
Merchants and manufacturers returned from Russia after peace in 1920.
Jewish Hospital
Jewish institution receiving city subsidies.
Workers School
Jewish educational institution receiving city subsidies.
Heders
Jewish educational institutions receiving city subsidies.
Yesodei HaTorah
Jewish educational institution receiving city subsidies.
Tarbut Schools
Jewish educational institutions receiving city subsidies.
Folk Schools
Jewish educational institutions receiving city subsidies.
Branicki Palace
Palace associated with the voivode’s offices.
Polish Sejm
Polish parliamentary body to which representatives were elected.
Polish Senate
Polish legislative body mentioned alongside the Sejm.
Zawadski
A tailor mentioned in a description of a magistrate.
Lunskis
The Lunskis manufactured much of the drapery textile.