A simple, devastating monument: the curved iron ribs of the synagogue's burned dome, set on the ground in approximately the position they were found, with a low wall around them. A bronze plaque in Polish, Hebrew and English explains what happened on this spot.
Before the war Białystok was one of the great Jewish cities of eastern Europe — Jews made up about half the population. Almost none survived. The memorial sits on what was once Suraska Street, in the heart of the pre-war Jewish quarter; the city has slowly added markers to the ghetto's former boundary and to other sites in the surrounding blocks.