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Bialystok

Bialystok is a city in northeastern Poland. During World War II, it was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1939 and then by Nazi Germany in 1941. Bialystok experienced notable events during the Holocaust, including the establishment of the ghetto, deportations to killing centers and Nazi camps, and the unsuccessful 1943 ghetto uprising. Explore more content related to Bialystok, Poland during the Holocaust and World War II. 

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View of prewar Bialystok, Poland, 1939.
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Bialystok
Bialystok environs, 1941 [LCID: big44030]
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Bialystok environs, 1941
Bialystok ghetto, 1941-1943 [LCID: big54040]
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Bialystok ghetto, 1941-1943
Frieda Altman Felman [LCID: 4973]
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Frieda Altman Felman
Haika Grosman, one of the organizers of the Bialystok ghetto underground and participant in the Bialystok ghetto revolt. [LCID: 77570]
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Haika Grosman
Leo Melamed [LCID: lmf0991m]
Oral History
Leo Melamed describes fear after German occupation of Bialystok
Leo Melamed [LCID: lmf0992m]
Oral History
Leo Melamed describes fleeing by train from Bialystok to Vilna
Leo Melamed [LCID: lmf0987m]
Oral History
Leo Melamed describes going to school in prewar Bialystok
Leo Melamed [LCID: lmf0989m]
Oral History
Leo Melamed describes saying goodbye to father as he fled Bialystok
Leo Melamed [LCID: lmf0988m]
Oral History
Leo Melamed describes speaking several languages as a child in prewar Bialystok
Leo Melamed [LCID: lmf0990m]
Oral History
Leo Melamed describes the German occupation of Bialystok
Mendel Grynberg [LCID: 4414]
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Mendel Grynberg
Pesia Szczupakiewicz [LCID: 5563]
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Pesia Szczupakiewicz
Poland 1933, Bialystok indicated [LCID: big79060]
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Poland 1933, Bialystok indicated
Prewar photo of the extended Kracowski family
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Prewar photo of the extended Kracowski family

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