Testimony of Zalman Kalesznik, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1908, regarding the burning of the Jews Quarter and the synagogue in Bialystok

Identifier

3714618

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

M.11/96

Level of Description

File

Languages

Yiddish

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

http://collections1.yadvashem.org/notebook_ext.asp?site=sapir&item=3714618&lang=ENG&menu=1

Extent and Medium

Original

2 pages/frames

Creator(s)

ארכון מרסק-טננבוים, BIALYSTOK

Acquisition

submitted by: עו"ד מ.טורעק ,יו"ר הוועדה היהודיתההסורית בBIALYSTOK

Scope and Content

Testimony of Zalman Kalesznik, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1908, regarding the burning of the Jewish Quarter and the synagogue in Bialystok Concentration of the Jews in the synagogue in Bialystok, 27 August 1941; setting the synagogue on fire by Germans and Poles; burning of approximately 5,000 Jews in the synagogue; deportation to a labor camp in Dzialdowo; transfer to camps in the Konigsberg area; escape from the camp; liberation, 27 January 1945.

Subjects

Places

Konigsberg,Tekov,Slovakia,Czechoslovakia
Dzialdowo,Dzialdowo,Pomorze,Poland
Bialystok,Bialystok,Bialystok,Poland

Genre

Testimony

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עדותו של קאלעשניק זלמן יליד 1908 Bialystok פולין על שריפת הרובע היהודי ובית הכנסת ב-Bialystok