• ...GREAT SYNAGOGUE IN TYKOCIN Text: Andrzej Lechowski, Ewa Wroczyńska, Maria Pisarska-Kalisty Wydawca: Muzeum Podlaskie w Białymstoku, Białystok...
  • ...Piaski Quarter – Rabbinical Cemetery (today's Central Park in Białystok) – Piaskower Synagogue – The Monument of the Great Synagogue – The City Hall...
  • of Białystok–Minsk, and the city became the capital of Bezirk Białystok, a separate region in German occupied Poland, until 1944.[43][44] The Great Synagogue...
  • This, along with other historical architectures like the Great Synagogue remains, showcases the diverse cultural influences that have shaped the city.
  • Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Synagogue,_Białystok. (1) Tomasz Wisniewski, Jewish Bialystok, 1998 ; article «Bialystok» in Encyclopaedia...
  • On 24 July 1941 German troops locked over 3,000 Jews within the Great Synagogue (the largest wooden synagogue in Eastern Europe) and burned it down.
  • Contents 1Background and formation 2Great Synagogue, Białystok crime 3Aftermath 4See also 5References 6Bibliography 7Further reading Police Battalion...
  • 27 June 1941: After the Germans take #Bialystok during World War II, more than 700 Jews are forced into the Great Synagogue and burned alive.