The easiest way to picture the significance of Poland for Jews before WW2 is to show a map speckled with hundreds of dots marking Jewish communities.
With all of them displayed at once our map would be illegible, yet all cities and, most of all, small towns once inhabited by Jews can be located. Beside their location, our database contains basic information on their history, number of Jews, Holocaust destruction, extant sites and memorials.
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Locality: BIAŁYSTOK Name: Bialystok, Belestok, Bialistok State before 1939: Poland State in 1945: Poland Województwo w 1939: białostockie Województwo w 2007: białostockie Odleglosc od duzego miasta: 185 km NE of Warsaw Pierwsze wzmianki o Zydach: 1658 Informacje o gminie zydowskiej: Independent community from 1745; in 1807 with 2116 Jews (51,0%); ghetto uprising Aug 16-20, 1943. Liczba Zydów przed 1939:
Rok spisu: 1921 Liczba: 39602 Procent: 51.6 Holocaust: Getto: July 26, 1941-Aug.20, 1943 with c.50,000 people; June 27, 1941 synagogue was burnt with c.1000 people inside; Pietrasze Zaglada: Treblinka, Feb., Aug. 1943 Zachowane obiekty:Synagogi:
Adres: 2, Branickiego Str. Czas powstania: 1902, bejt Szmuel Sposób uzytkowania: Sports ClubCmentarze:
Adres: Wschodnia Str. Czas powstania: 1890 Ilosc nagrobków: 6000 Uwagi: monument to the 1906 pogrom victims Pomniki pamieci: 1. Surazska Str. at the Great Synagogue site; 2.Zabia Str. on the cemetery wall; 3. Pietrasze
Data aktualizacji: 2001-01-07
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