Białystok
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New World House of Study
A New World house of study was built in 1893.
Judenrat
The Jewish council received demands and organized supplies for German guests.
Judenrat Presidium
The passage names the presidium as the council’s executive body.
R. Gutman
Wrote the council meeting protocols.
Germans
Negotiated with by Barash regarding harsh decrees.
Obman Barash
Obman Barash is described as an effective, energetic, and precise worker.
Jewish Police
An internal Jewish police or order service.
Isaac Markus
A former fire brigade commander who commanded the Jewish police.
Moshe
A later-appointed general commander and popular Bialystoker communist.
Zamenhof Yatke Street
The butcher synagogue was located on Zamenhof Yatke Street.
Butchers' synagogue
A masonry synagogue building was constructed in 1899 and destroyed during the Holocaust.
Rabbinate
The rabbinate declared a communal ban supporting the council's fundraising.
Moshe Berman
A respected Jewish police vice-commander in the ghetto.
Police
A police force organized and reformed by the Jewish Council.
Kirchhofs forced-labor camp
A forced-labor camp on Baranowiczer Highway.
Baranowiczer Highway
A highway where the Kirchhofs labor camp was located.
Berl Subatnik
Named as finance minister.
Jewish Police
Created by the Jewish Council under German authority.
Kupieczka 32
The Jewish Council building is associated with this address.
Kupiecka Street
Identified as the main street in the ghetto.
German patrol
Patrol involved in supervising a ghetto gate.
Two ghetto gates
Two gates where patrol supervision and smuggling controls occurred.
Judenrat provisioning department
Department that distributed bread and developed into a large administrative unit.
State Bank
Bank operating under the direction of Leiter Subotnik.
Leiter Subotnik
Director of the State Bank, signing orders from room ten.
Jewish Council commission
A commission was created to identify earners and collect taxes.
Limon
A Judenrat member who often rescued people from serious troubles and hardships.
Y. Goldberg
Official responsible for lists of families exempt from evacuation.
Bialystoker Jews
Jewish residents who supported theater and political campaigns in Bialystok.
Provisioning Department
A department distributing coal to institutions and officials.
hospital
A hospital is mentioned among destinations receiving meat.
public kitchen
A public kitchen is mentioned among destinations receiving meat.
Heating company
A heating company mentioned as conducting the heating operation.
Special factory
A factory producing marmalade under Jewish Council authorization.
Social institutions
Social institutions requiring large quantities of meat.
Jewish Police
Jewish police used to gather girls for forced labor.