All the victims of this pogrom were buried in a mass grave, in a prestigious place within the old Jewish cemetery in Bialystok. Above this grave a tall monu- ment was erected, inscribed with a special epitaph, in Hebrew, by the well-known poet Zalman Sznejur. This inscription was. translated into Yiddish by L. Fajans and into English as follows: PILLAR OF SORROW Stand strong and be proud, you pillar of sorrow, Like marble melt not in the blood of the holy martyrs beneath you, - Nor dissolve into a flood of tears. Even as states and peoples change, never move from your place. Strike fear into them at night, hover over them like a curse. A cold witness shall you be, telling what occurred to As many wept yet did they frivol, accepting the old plague. To be sure they also shed tears to our God, who granted eternity to His people. To it he also gave death, the death of a sacrificial lamb swimming in its own blood. A son estranged, straying from his father, tarrying in pain among strangers. The father beckons to him from afar, return at once, only to feel your cold rows of dead. Your dark glance he should understand, why he is sick Of the world around him that erected these monuments. Stand strong and be proud, you pillar of sorrow, like marble. As states and peoples change do not move from your place. The large monument near the mass grave of the the children who will come after us. pogrom victims stood for decades in the Bagnowke For the honor and the blood of our people were defiled, as witnessed by the summer heavens. Jewish Cemetery in Bialystok. It reminded many of the The sun shone unabashed; the eyes of the world were three horrible days for Jews in Bialystok in early June not blinded. _ 1906. But after World War II the Poles vandalized this Many fell dead, gunshots thundered, smoke plumed stately headstone, cutting it into three pieces and dis- upward. carding it near the outskirts of the cemetery. THE MARTYRS OF THE 1906 POGROM © 22 Age at Death Joel Twarkowski : 29 Nochum Jakow Grabowski 27 Name Age at Death Name Age at Death Awrom Hersz Najfeld 71 Jakow Lewin 50 Izchok Gebel 56 Izchok Szwarc 24 Szlojme Pruzanski 43 Chaim Gebel 30 Mojsze Kustin 22 Szoul Wolf Nowjazki 41 Jona Kon 26 Zorach Fande 18 Szolem Aron Nowik 28 Fajwel Rybalowski 23 Cwi Hirsz Taszman 63 Ajzik Bachrach 24 Nosen Note Bachrach 21 Jehuda Tajcman 51 Zumel Cukerman 22 Menachem Manes Hurwic 19 Awrom Izchok Kerszensztejn 47 Mordechaj Szmukler 18 Izchok Safir _ 18 = =Awrom Grynhojz 26 Izchok Lejb Rawicki 16 Arje Lejb Zakhajm 10 Pinches Asz 20 Cwi Hirsz Hefner 63 Mojsze Liberman 3 Lejb Chaim Szmid 28 Josef Mendl Gilewic 48 Boruch Elije Frejdkin 62 Awrom Machaj 24 Mojsze Simche Branski 45 Szmuel Calewicz 59 Szlojme Furman 22 Dowid Izchok Cemnik 32 Awrom Kac 49 Zalman Mojsze Lamcewicki 20 Simche Walersztejn 25 Mendel Makel 43 Ruwen Szuszan 18 Mordechaj Basin 19 Mordechaj Lewin 38 Mojsze Owec 18 Awrom Izchok Lewartowski 8 Izchok Gewircman 35 Isroel Kustin 3 Mojsze Berl Pat 16 Falk Chmelnik 28 Josef Burle 3 Arje Lejb Mazur 14 Mordechaj Lapidus 21 Mordechaj Kruglianski 60 Chane Rubinowski 19 Aron Mojsze Lapidus 19 Chaim Szapiro 43 Zlate Fejgel Szlachter 50 Blume Lapidus 20 Lejzer Ajnsztejn 40 Chaim Welwel Szlachter 16 Awrom Arje Segal 58 576(06 Ajnsztejn 40 Dowid 086216006824/ = | 15 Chaje Pesze Segal 50 = Rachmiel Ajnsztejn 21 Tojbe Kac | 71 / Zalman Grinberg 43 Sonja Ajnsztejn 20 Rochel Klajnbard 48 Pesze Atlas 42 Szmuel Ajnsztejn 19 Sore Yewrirowski 20 Cwi Arje Wajncimer 48 Jakow Surawicz 7 Chane Blume Ginzburg 20 Awrom Szymon Epsztejn 35 Szlojme Isroel Suszycki 36 Cywja Gutkin 10 18 The Bialystoker Memorial Book