Białystok
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Zuviezhiniets Sports Field
Sports field where beaten people had previously been assembled.
Black Saturday massacre
A later, larger massacre in Bialystok on July 12, 1941.
Nazi perpetrators
Nazi forces who seized and drove Jews through the Jewish quarter.
Jewish Council
The Jewish Council announces conditions concerning deported and detained Jews.
Jewish men
Thousands of Jewish men were taken away and detained for labor.
Nazi beasts
Nazi perpetrators are described as having murdered thousands of Jews.
David Kagan
Children’s doctor and community elder.
Moshe Zabludovsky
Community activist and teacher at the Hebrew Gymnasium.
Hebrew Gymnasium
School attended or associated with several named people.
Pinkhas Weinreich
Named individual in the memorial list.
Meir Einstein
Hebrew Gymnasium graduate and son of a cultural activist.
Daniel Frank
Cigar merchant from Kovno.
Yakov Galambavich
Carpenter who returned from Israel in 1928.
Liova Grinberg
Sports journalist.
Fime Fridman
Well-known football player.
Abraham Fisher
Hebrew Gymnasium graduate.
Moshe Faktor
Colonial goods merchant at Khazanovicha Street 18.
Nakhum Shmush
Entrepreneur producing concrete pipes.
Moshe Kuriansky
A noted community activist who led a special committee.
Special Committee
A committee formed to help return missing people.
Kaplan
Writer, cultural activist, and chronicler of the Bialystok ghetto.
Yellow patches
Yellow patches required on Jewish clothing under a Nazi decree.
Rebkele the Sabbath woman
A poem describes Rebkele mourning her absent beloved and working at a spindle.
Hershele
Rebkele's beloved Hershele is described as having gone away.
Bialystok Ghetto
The ghetto in Bialystok.
Nazi rulers
Nazi rulers imposed new decrees and orders on Jews.
Ghetto fence
A fence around the ghetto was constructed using needed materials.
Approximately sixty thousand Jews in Bialystok
Nearly sixty thousand Jews were driven into the ghetto.
Jewish Police
The ghetto interior was guarded by the Jewish Police.
Hitlerist gendarmes
Hitlerist gendarmes guarded the ghetto from outside.
Białystok Ghetto
A designated area into which Jews were ordered to move.
Katok’s Mill
A mill behind which Zhabier Cemetery was located.
Jewish Order Service
The passage describes uniforms and batons of the Jewish police.
Synagogues
Places where families were accommodated for several days.
Kibbutz
A youth kibbutz strengthened by refugee members during the war.
8 Smolna Street
A house at 8 Smolna Street was placed at the kibbutz’s disposal.