סקירתו של קאפלאן פסח על אודות היודנרט בגטו Bialystok בשנים 1941-1942

Report by Pesach Kaplan regarding the Judenrat in the Bialystok Ghetto, 1941-1942 

Report by Pesach Kaplan regarding the Judenrat in the Bialystok Ghetto, 1941-1942 

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Report by Pesach Kaplan regarding the Judenrat in the Bialystok Ghetto, 1941-1942 Occupation of Bialystok by the Germans, 1941; appointment of a Judenrat under the leadership of Rabbi Gedalia Rosenman; Rosenman's resignation; appointment of Efraim Barash, the engineer, as Judenrat Chairman; appointment of 24 Judenrat members; relaying orders from the Germans to the ghetto population by the Judenrat; establishment of the Jewish police by the Judenrat; police activities; Judenrat activities including providing food to the ghetto population, drafting Jews for forced labor and giving social assistance to the ghetto population; establishment of ghetto institutions including an old age home, pharmacies, children's houses, hospitals, a laundry, a dressmaking workshop, workshops, factories, schools and firefighters; concerns of the Judenrat regarding industry, housing and sanitation in the ghetto. Note: Copy of the original material dug up from deep in the ground and taken out of the ghetto.