A Jewish Council was established in the summer of 1942.
The Jewish council appointed inspectors to address the housing issue.
All Jews were registered; a Jewish council was also set up.
Each group had a representative on the Jewish Council.
They were greeted by the head of the Jewish Council, who was dressed in a dark suit and top hat.
A rural Jewish council existed in the Soviet period.
In all other ghettos, the head of the Jewish council was known as the Judenrat.
I was told that the Jewish council had some money for me from the sale of the millstones from my father's warehouse.
Among the duties of the Jewish council were enforcement of special taxation on the community and providing workers for forced labor.
Some income from the labor of the Jews was allocated to the Jewish Council.