Białystok
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Jewish State Dramatic Theater
A Jewish state dramatic theater was created under Avraham Morevsky.
Three Jewish orphanages
Three known Jewish orphanages were united into one larger institution.
Piaskov synagogue
The walled Piaskov synagogue was converted into a sports club.
Synagogues and prayer houses
Several synagogues and prayer houses faced electricity restrictions.
Jewish Butchers' Cooperative
A Jewish butchers' cooperative provided kosher meat and holiday work.
Białystok mikveh
A mikveh was built in a member's residence after the municipal bath became unavailable.
Special Writers’ House
House that accommodated refugee writers in Białystok.
Bialystok synagogues and social institutions
Places where refugees were detained during the nighttime arrests.
Bialystok synagogues and houses of study
Synagogues and houses of study offered their spaces as sleeping quarters for refugees.
Great Synagogue
Synagogue where Jewish men were confined during Nazi violence.
Bet Midrash Elyon
An institution founded in Berlin in 1922.
Elderly Home in Bialystok
An elderly home whose cornerstone was laid in Bialystok.
Jewish Hospital in Bialystok
Hospital founded by Sender Bloch.
Yiddish-Russian Folk Schools
Schools founded by Babitsky and Menakhovsky.
Commercial School
School opened on the initiative of Folk Kempner.
Bet Shmuel Study Hall
Study hall built near the city garden and named Bet Shmuel.
Former Manishewitsch bathhouse
Former bathhouse reduced to ashes in the fire.
Former Real Gymnasium
Former gymnasium engulfed by the large fire.
Bialystok Jewish Council
The Jewish Council organized contributions and sent a delegation to the commandant.
Former almshouse
The Jewish Council building had previously been an almshouse.
Druskin's Gymnasium
Gymnasium associated with several named teachers.
Hebrew Gymnasium
Gymnasium attended by the merchant's son.
Jewish Council
The Jewish Council announces conditions concerning deported and detained Jews.
Hebrew Gymnasium
School attended or associated with several named people.
Jewish Police
The ghetto interior was guarded by the Jewish Police.
Jewish Order Service
The passage describes uniforms and batons of the Jewish police.
People's Kitchen
A kitchen distributed watery soup for a small fee.
Intellectuals' Kitchen
A kitchen served a small, inadequate amount of food.
retirement home
A retirement home existed among the ghetto's unofficial institutions.
Former Royal Bank
Former royal bank location where the German commander received the rabbi.
New World House of Study
A New World house of study was built in 1893.
Butchers' synagogue
A masonry synagogue building was constructed in 1899 and destroyed during the Holocaust.
Police
A police force organized and reformed by the Jewish Council.
Judenrat provisioning department
Department that distributed bread and developed into a large administrative unit.
State Bank
Bank operating under the direction of Leiter Subotnik.
Provisioning Department
A department distributing coal to institutions and officials.