Massacre of June 28, 1941 (Bialystok Synagogue)

The title and content of the engraving refer to the beginning of the extermination of the Jews of Białystok. On the so-called Black Friday, 27 June 1941, German troops imprisoned around 800-1000 men and boys in the Great Synagogue in Bialystok on Bożnicza Street (now Suraska Street), and set the building on fire. The collective scene, showing a huddled crowd of people writhing in convulsions, is another glimpse of Celnikier beyond the threshold of hell.

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