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I shot this video on my trip to Zabludow in June of 2001. It was taken on the site of the former Bilsk Steet Beit Ha Midrash (prayer house), and Rabbi's house. This property was sold just after the war to raise funds to feed, clothe, and house Jews that were returning to Bialystok Poland from deep in Russia, or the few who had survived in hiding or concentration camps. In July of 1941 just after most of the the town of Zabludow was burned by German troops on June 26 1941, about 600 Zabludow Jews were gathered living on the premises of the Bilsk Street Beit Hamidrash. They remained there under harsh conditions perhaps for several months until an official Ghetto was formed which eventually housed 1,400 people. As a child the Polish women in the video lived in a house next to the Beit Ha Midrash. She remembers seeing the Jews being taken out and removed to the ghetto. In the Beit Ha Midrash the Jews lived mostly on oats. On his way out one of the small Jewish children spilled his oats.
Below is a photo of the area as it looked before the war, and some photos I took of the area of the Bilsk Street Beit Ha Midrash as it appears today.
The Bilsk Street Beit Ha Midrash interior before the war. On the right are two homes next to the Orthodox Church. These homes are on the site of the former Bilsk Street Beit Ha Midrash and Rabbi's house. On the left in the far distance you can see the Catholic Church.
This barn was built on the property of the former Bilsk Street Beit Ha Midrash Web: 2003 Tilford Bartman
