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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