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Pictured
here are a group of school children in Bendzin, Poland in 1937,
dressed up for Purim. After WWI, the Jews were prominent in
Bendzin’s industrialization, as well as operating 672 small
workshops and factories. Schools and unions were set up by the
Poalei Zion Party. The Mizrachi Party and Agudat Israel opened
schools as well. Zionist activity was extensive. Bendzin became a
Zionist stronghold and many leading figures from the World Zionist
Movement visited the city during the 1930s. The Germans entered
Bendzin on September 5, 1939.
Yad Vashem
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