Map of Revolt in Bialystok Ghetto

August 16, 1943, was the beginning of an armed revolt in the Bialystok ghetto prepared by the United Anti-Fascist Bloc (Communists, Dror, Hashomer Hatsair, and the Bund).
Legend:
  • boundary of the ghetto
  • area of fighting during the liquidation of the ghetto
  • place where Malmed attacked three Nazi police officers
  • place of execution of 70 fighters
  • armed clashes with Nazis
  • attack on Jewish Gestapo agents

Photo credit: Meczenstwo Walka, Zaglada Aydów w Polsce 1939-1945. Poland. No. 49.

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