The Bialystoker Memorial Book Der Bialystoker
Yizkor Buch, the Bialystoker Center, New York 1982
(c) Copyright by the Bialystoker Center
The Children's Fate
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| Saving the Children | 133 | |
| Chana LinKizlsztejn | A Rescued Child Speaks | 134 |
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Bialystok was one of the few cities in Poland where a large number of Jewish children were saved miraculously from annihilation by the Nazis. Jakow Tobias, the wellknown teacher, saved more than eighty.
In September 1939, when Bialystok was under Russian rule, these eighty Jewish children spent their summer vacation in the Polish resort, Druskeniki. When the Nazis attacked Bialystok on June 22, 1941, these children were quickly evacuated deep inside the Soviet Union. Tobias, their devoted teacher and escort, went with them into the heart of the Urals. There the children were placed in a home together with youngsters from other countries.
Tobias took care of his charges lovingly and with devotion, just as a father would protect his own children. Shortly after the war, in the summer of 1946, he succeeded, after much effort, in bringing them back to Poland. Later he took them to France and then to Palestine. Their entrance into Israel was "illegal," since the British forbade their admission, and for a time they were detained on Cyprus.
These children, most orphaned after their parents perished in Bialystok, grew up to be prominent and useful Israeli citizens. Jakow Tobias eventually became the director of a government high school in Safed and played a major role in Israeli education. He passed away a short time ago in Israel.
He frequently pointed out that his eighty children were the only ones saved en masse among all Polish Jews during the Holocaust. The Bialystoker Center in New York assisted them financially when Tobias brought them back from Russia to Poland, while they were in France and finally when they settled in Israel.
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NAME |
PARENTS |
BORN |
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AKSELROD Abrasha |
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BAKST Riszard |
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BALGLEJ Wolf (Zeew) |
Mosze & Doba |
1926 |
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BERENSZTEJN Gerszon |
Jakob & Sara |
1934 |
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BIALY MALBIN Elimelech |
Josef & Riwka |
1930 |
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BINSZTOK Jakob |
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BRZEZINSKI Frida |
Aron & Rachel |
1926 |
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BUKI Alba |
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CHANIN Mosze |
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CHOROWSKI Jehoszua |
Abraham & Menucha |
1931 |
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CHOROWSKI Szmuel |
Gdalia & Liuba |
1929 |
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CZABAN Roza |
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DREBINSKA Emma |
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EDELSZTEJN Chaia |
Abraham & Frida |
1932 |
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FISZMAN Chaia |
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FRIDMAN Meir |
Szalom & Zelda |
1931 |
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FURMANSKA Vera |
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GARBER Mordechai |
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GARBOWICZ Sara |
Szlomo & Riwka |
1933 |
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GECHT Abraham |
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1931 |
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GOLDMAN Bluma |
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GORFINKIEL Wila |
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GRYNBAUM Lea |
Mosze & Adela |
1930 |
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IZAKOWICZ Tania |
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JABLKO Cywje |
Israel & Noami |
1930 |
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JASZINOWSKI Szmuel |
Szlomo & Chaia |
1932 |
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JEDWAB Lea |
Leib & FreideRive |
1924 |
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KAGANOWICZ Liusja Lea |
Jakob & Riwka |
1932 |
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KANZYPER Ajzik |
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KAPINUS Sonia |
Szmuel & Perl |
1930 |
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KAUFMAN Miriam |
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KRASNOBURSKI Icchak |
Abraham & Sima |
1932 |
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KORDON Sima |
Lajb & Chana |
1930 |
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KRYSZTAL Lejzer |
Icchak & Fajga |
1931 |
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LENDER Pinie |
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LEON Abraham |
Szlomo & Sara |
1932 |
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LEW Cyrel |
Naftali & Riwka |
1930 |
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LEW Klara |
Mosze & Rachel |
1926 |
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LEWIN Abraham |
Zeew & Sara |
1931 |
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LEWIN Boris |
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LEWIN Dawid |
Towel (Tuwia) & Sara |
1931 |
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LICHTENSZTEJN Jeszayahu |
Szymon & Pasza |
1930 |
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LIN Chana |
Jechiel & Mariasza |
1927 |
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LIN Mindel |
Abraham & Chana |
1932 |
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LIPKES Genia |
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LOPIAN Zisl |
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1928 |
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LUBASZICKI Szymon Sioma |
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MAZO Galia |
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MENCZKOWSKI Aron |
Icchak & Alta |
1930 |
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MERETIK Lonia |
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MILER Zecharia |
Chajkel & Cwia |
1934 |
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MURKES Dawid |
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1931 |
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NAHIR (BIALOSTOCKI) Emanuel |
Yehuda & Sara |
1930 |
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NIEWIADOMSKI Isser (Icchak) |
Szabtai & Riwka |
1931 |
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NOWIK Mina |
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NOWIK Mosze |
Berl & Sara |
1931 |
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OLEJNIK BESORAI Jochanan |
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OPENHAJM Chaim |
Jakow & Jehudit |
1936 |
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OPENHAJM Efraim |
Jakow & Jehudit |
1931 |
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PASZKO Boris |
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PEREJ Liuba |
Kalman & Masza |
1930 |
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PILECKI Josef |
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PLONCZAK Ester |
Mosze & Perel |
1931 |
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PLONCZAK Nachman |
Mosze & Perel |
1933 |
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PONJEMONSKI Jona |
Zalman & Gitl |
1930 |
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RABINOWICZ Zenia |
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RAJCHER Basia |
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1926 |
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REFITKIES Jakow |
Szaul & Fruma née Kaplan |
1934 |
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ROZANCZYK Chaja |
Mosze & Pesia |
1935 |
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ROZENBLUM Tajba |
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RUBINOWICZ Zwulon |
Chaim & Henia |
1931 |
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RUCKI Berl |
Szmuel & Sara |
1930 |
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RYBAK Fanja |
Zelig & Gitel |
1930 |
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SIBIRSKA Chana |
Icchak & Fajga |
1932 |
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SKOWRONEK Hela |
Mosze & Raya |
1932 |
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SOKOLSKI Julian |
Herszel & Liba |
1931 |
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STOLOWICKI Sioma |
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SURASKA Fanja |
Szmuel & Perel |
1930 |
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SZAPIRO Sima |
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SZEJTLIS Sonja |
Pessach & Raya |
1933 |
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SZENGERC Lena |
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SZEPES Bela |
Abraham & Gitl |
1928 |
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TRESZCZANSKI Elimelech |
Szalom & Riwka |