Ginger Bramson, a professional copy editor, who made valuable stylistic suggestions for the English text. We should like to thank our Jandsleit in Argentina, Israel, Australia and other countries for their help in bringing this book to light. The Bialystokers in Argentina will translate this work into Spanish so their chil- dren can know their heritage. We hope the readers of this volume will feel that the Jewish community in Bialystok has been effectively memorialized. And we trust that those who survived the Nazi era and lost loved ones will be satisfied that their story has been properly told. May Bialystok remain a shining example of Eastern European Jewish life for generations to come. The Bialystoker Memorial Book Committee New York, December 1981 Book Committee of the Bialystoker Center in New York First Row, L. to R.: Diana Medvedev, Rubin Bindler, Sam Solasz, I. Shmulewitz, Raya Zak, Yedidia L. Hamburg. Second Row: Yehoshua Schachter, Morris Molosofsky, Paul Schochet, Dora Mintz, Abraham Mintz, Izaak Rybal. Third Row: Sol Krim, Mike Kremer, Charles Schwecher, Rabbi Lowell S. Kronick, Jacob Beren, Harold Talin, Harold Morrow. VI