Białystok
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The large hospital
Large hospital transferred to a building on Warszawska Street.
Ezrat Yesomim orphanage
Orphanage on Yurovietska Street that was liquidated.
Two Jewish public libraries
The passage mentions two Jewish public libraries in Bialystok.
London radio
A hidden basement location allowed people to hear London radio.
Bialystok Jewish ghetto
The passage describes hunger, disease, and deprivation in the Jewish ghetto.
Black market
Remaining goods were sold on the black market at high prices.
German officers' wives
Wives of German officers and senior officials ordered clothing from a Jewish dressmaker.
Jewish aid police
Police force described as numbering 200 members.
Markus
Person who stood at the head of the police.
Yente Leiserson
Woman whose legal arrival in Palestine was described as extraordinary.
Eretz Israel
Destination associated with Yente Leiserson and wartime travel.
Hitler Germany
Country involved in the exchange of prisoners and civilians with England.
Turkey
Country reached after departure from Vienna.
Istanbul
Turkish transit location mentioned in the group’s journey.
Syria
Transit country on the journey toward Palestine.
Palestine
Destination reached legally by Yente Leiserson.
Black Corps
Nazi extermination brigade described as sending representatives to Bialystok.
Bialystok and surroundings
Community and surrounding area discussed in a Holocaust-era account.
Pruzhany
Pruzhany is described as a community whose residents lived in poverty and hardship.
Bialystok financial assistance to Pruzhany
Bialystok’s Jewish Council allocated 100,000 rubles once and 50,000 rubles monthly.
Pruzhene
Destination named in the account of evacuation from Bialystok.
Ponary
Site where killings were reportedly carried out by Germans and Lithuanian collaborators.
Jewish Council personnel
Council personnel provided aid and housing to beaten and injured Jews.
Yurovietska Street
Street where ghetto fighters were shot.
Synagogue
A synagogue where Jewish officers prayed.
Pruzhany Jewish Council
A delegation from the Pruzhany Jewish Council requested support for Pruzhany.
Bialystok Jewish Council
The Bialystok Jewish Council allocated financial assistance to Pruzhany.
Pruzhany delegation request
A Pruzhany Jewish Council delegation requested Bialystok support for Pruzhany.
Birth region of Bialystok returnees
Unspecified birth region to which some Bialystok residents returned.
Pruzhany ghetto
Ghetto to which evacuees were transported.
Jews of the ghetto
Ghetto Jews whose will to survive is described.
Bialystok
City mentioned in discussion of wartime Jewish persecution.
Ghetto prison
Ghetto prison mentioned as a guarded site.
Ghetto uprising
Uprising in the ghetto began on 6 August 1943.
Avnet's Lane
Street name appearing at the end of the passage.
Large Crafts School
A crafts school whose front wall remained standing.