oa‏ לע The framework of the Great Synagogue in which two thousand Jews were burned by the Nazis. This street became known as The Street of the Ghetto Heroes. You shall see what we can do.” Friedl issued an ultima- tum for the perpetrator of the crime to surrender within twenty-four hours. Failing that, the entire ghetto would be destroyed with everyone in 16 Barasz knew the Nazis meant what they said. He sent word to Malmed to give himself up and thereby save thousands of Jewish lives. As soon as Malmed heard, he surrendered himself to the Nazis. Tamarof’s diary described in detail Malmed’s cour- age. Asked why he killed the Nazi soldier, he replied: “I hate you. I regret I only killed one. Before my eyes my parents were murdered. Ten thousand Jews in Slonim were liquidated before me. I have no regrets.”’ Tamarof tried to slip poison to Malmed but failed. Even the police could not get near the prisoner. The next morning, Izchok Malmed, a hero of the ghetto, was hanged in the square where he had per- formed his act of courage. Despite the horrible torture to which he had been subjected, Malmed cursed the Nazi murderers. After several minutes of hanging on the gallows, the rope broke and the body fell to the earth. Instantaneously, the Nazis riddled Malmed’s corpse with bullets and rehanged the body for another forty-eight hours. As other Nazi soldiers descended upon a building at 10 Kupiecka Street, its residents courageously re- sisted, attacking the invaders with axes, knives and iron bars. The brave wife of one Mend! Kurjanski threw acid into the faces of the Nazis and prepared immediately to set fire to the building. The German soldiers, after call- ing out reinforcements, captured Mrs. Kurjanski and threw her out a second floor window. Subsequently they pushed her child out the same window. Managing 84 to pick herself up and run, this heroine was shot many times, her bloodied body falling on top of her dead child. | When Commandant Friedl found out about this fresh wave of Jewish resistance, he rushed to the build- ing like a wild tiger, personally shooting in the head Jews who fought against his troops. Within several minutes, a mountain of Jewish bodies lay outside 10 Kupiecka Street. At 8 o’clock in the morning of Febru- ary 5, the slaughter was temporarily interrupted so the murderers could have their breakfast. At 10 A.M., the carnage recommenced, this time with the assistance of Ukrainians and White Russians, who lusted for blood. They forced Jewish police officers and firemen to accompany them during their diabolical acts. The Jewish police were ordered to seek out Jews in their hideouts. In rare instances, the Jewish police offi- cers did turn in some Jews to the Nazis, but, for the most part, they risked their lives by telling the Gestapo they could not find anyone. The Jewish firemen were ordered to climb onto the roofs to look for concealed Jews, and to use axes to tear the roofs apart as well as the walls of the houses. The firemen, however, did not turn over any Jews to the Nazis. The slaughter lasted an entire day from 2 A.M. until 5 P.M. Friday, February 5. The Gestapo suc- ceeded in rounding up about 3,000 Jews. They were taken to the Judenrat building, by then the makeshift Nazi headquarters. From the Judenrat they were led away to the railroad station, forced into trains and sent to Treblinka and Auschwitz. The Bialystoker Memorial Book