Regardless of how difficult the time were Jewish parents always understood the importance of education and they tried to make sure that their children get the best education possible.
In the former USSR in 1929, every third doctor was Jewish. In modern times, about 25% of Nobel Prize in medicine winners are Jews.
Below is the list of 100 Jewish doctors that lived and practiced in the Western Belarus in 1938, during the time it was still considered Poland.
Former Jewish hospital in the town of Grodno