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Israel - Medal commemorating the Bialystok Ghetto Uprising, published by the House of Ghetto Fighters, - silver, 83.2g, 59mm
The Bialystok Ghetto Uprising was an uprising in the Bialystok Ghetto against the Nazi German occupation authorities in World War II. The uprising began on the night of August 16, 1943 and was the second largest ghetto uprising organized in Nazi-occupied Poland after the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising that took place in April-May 1943. This uprising was led by the Anti-Fascist Military Organization, a branch of the Anti-Fascist Bloc in Warsaw.