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The Holocaust in Suchowola;
In Memory of a Jewish Shtetl between
Bialystok and Grodno

(Poland)

53°35' / 23°06'

Translation of
Khurbn Sukhovolye;
lezikaron fun a yiddish shtetl tsvishn Bialystok und Grodne

Published in Mexico 1947

Editor: Sh. Zabludovski





Acknowledgments

Project Coordinator

Jenni Buch


Translations

Zygmund Elton




This is a translation of: Khurbn Sukhovolye, lezikaron fun a yiddish shtetl tsvishn Bialystok und Grodne
(The Holocaust in Suchowola; in memory of a Jewish shtetl between Bialystok and Grodno),
ed. Sh. Zabludovski, Published in Mexico 1947 [Y, 72 pages].


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The Old Synagogue which was burnt to the ground by the Nazis in 1942
Drawing by Symcha Lazar



[There is no contents page in the original booklet – this table of contents has been prepared by the coordinator.]


The Destruction of Suchowola
 
Introduction
Suchowola Before the Shoah
The Destruction of the Jewish Community of Suchowola, Grodno District (Poland)
The Years 1941-1943 – Years of Suffering and Destruction
The Germans decide on a Jewish Council and impose an unbearable tax on the Jewish population
The creation of the Suchowola Ghetto
The Dark Life in the Ghetto
In the Kolbasin Concentration Camp near Grodno
Rinzler and Viza – the Nazi mass murderers of the Grodno Ghetto
The Destruction of the Grodno Ghetto
In the villages and dug-outs around Suchowola
We are caught by the Germans and almost perish before Liberation
 
Photographs






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