Białystok, powiat Białostocki, województwo Podlaskie, Polska
| Latitude | 53°07'N |
| Longitude | 23°10'E |
| City | Białystok |
| County | powiat Białostocki |
| State/ Province | województwo Podlaskie |
| Country | Pilska |
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Białystok Bjalistok Беласток Белосток Belostok Balstogė Bjalistoko ביאַליסטאָ
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On June 27, 1941, Białystok fell to the Nazi as a result of the invasion of the Soviet Union.
The 56,000 Jews of Białystok were confined to a ghetto, which was removed in August, 1941.
On the morning of June 27, 1941, Nazi troops from Order Police Battalion 309 surrounded the town square by the Great Synagogue, the largest wooden synagogue in Eastern Europe, and forced residents from their homes into the street.
Some were shoved up against building walls and shot, others, 800 men, women and children, were locked in the synagogue, which was set on fire; and they burned to death.
The Nazi continued with the grenading of homes and further shootings, while the flames from the synagogue spread, merging with the grenade fires, and engulfing the entire square.
On June 27, 1941, the Nazis killed 2,000 Jews, of Białystok's 50,000 Jews.
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1939 Jewish Life in Bialystok, Poland
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Bialystok 1939 - 1944
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On August 15, 1943, the Białystok Ghetto Uprising began with several hundred Polish Jews starting an armed struggle against the German troops carrying out the planned liquidation of the ghetto.