also known as Bialystock,
Byelostok, Bjelostock and Belostok
Located in Grodno
Gubernia in present-day Poland
108.7 miles NE of Warszawa
Longitude 53 degrees, 08 minutes,
Latitude 23 degrees, 09 minutes
Museum of Family History links that refer to Bialystok:
Memorial to the destruction
of the
great synagogue.
This sculpture was inspired by the condition of the framework of the
synagogue's dome that was destroyed by fire at the hand of the Nazis.
Some are mistaken in thinking that it is the actual frame distorted by
the intense heat of the fire. Over one thousand Jews perished in the
blaze.
Inscription on the memorial that
commemorates the destruction
of the great synagogue
Lucy Lisowska and Chris Malczewski.
Lucy is one of the very few members
of the Jewish community in Bialystok
and plays an important role in
representing the rights and needs of Jews to the local government and
Church. She is deeply involved in the
restoration efforts at the Jewish cemetery. Chris is Jewish Records
Indexing-Poland's man on the ground. He is a fine guide and investigator.
Office building on the
site where once stood
the Great Synagogue
of Bialystok
Memorial plaque
Memorial to the heroes, i.e. those who resisted,
of the Bialystok
ghetto
The only remaining
sections of the
Bialystok ghetto wall
The only remaining
sections of the
Bialystok ghetto wall
Memorial to the victims of the destruction of
the Bialystok ghetto