The easiest way to picture the significance of Poland for Jews before WW2 is to show a map speckled with hundreds of dots marking Jewish communities.
With all of them displayed at once our map would be illegible, yet all cities and, most of all, small towns once inhabited by Jews can be located. Beside their location, our database contains basic information on their history, number of Jews, Holocaust destruction, extant sites and memorials.
Page under construction
Locality: BRAŃSK Name: Bransk, Braynsk, Breinsk State before 1939: Poland State in 1945: Poland Województwo w 1939: białostockie Województwo w 2007: białostockie Odleglosc od duzego miasta: 57 km SW of Bialystok Pierwsze wzmianki o Zydach: 1613 Informacje o gminie zydowskiej: Ban on settlement to 18th c.; in 1799 with 80 Jews (7,0 %); under the Bocki kahal; independent comm Liczba Zydów przed 1939:
Rok spisu: 1921 Liczba: 2165 Procent: 57.9 Holocaust: Getto: Autumn 1941-Nov. 1942 with c.3,000 Jews; 70 people were executed, the remaining deported to the Bialystok ghetto. Zaglada: Treblinka, Aug. 1943 Zachowane obiekty:Synagogi:
Adres: Senatorska Str. Czas powstania: 1821 Sposób uzytkowania: destroyed WW IICmentarze:
Adres: Brzeznica road Czas powstania: 1820 Najstarszy nagrobek: 1845 Ilosc nagrobków: 200 Uwagi: some used to pave streets Pomniki pamieci: At the cemetery, the execution site
Data aktualizacji: 2001-01-07
This website was created thanks to the generosity of The Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture
Copyright Jewish Historical Institute © 2008 - 2010 Data protection