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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.

 

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 Locality: NIEŚWIEŻ
 Name: Nieswiez, Nesvizh, Niesviez, Nishviz
 State before 1939: Poland
 State in 1945: Byelorussia
 Województwo w 1939: nowogródzkie
 Województwo w 2007: baranovskaja obl.
 Odleglosc od duzego miasta: 44 km E of Baranowicze
 Pierwsze wzmianki o Zydach: 2nd half 16th c.
 Informacje o gminie zydowskiej: In 1589 permit to build a synagogue; in 1766 with 672 Jews; in late 19th c. with 8 synag., & yeshiva
 Liczba Zydów przed 1939:
 Rok spisu: 1921
 Liczba: 3346
 Procent: 48.9
 Holocaust:
 Getto: July 1941-July 1942 with c.5,000 imprisoned; on Oct.31, 1941 4,000 Jews were executed by the town
 Zaglada: During its liquidation the ghetto was set on fire and its inhabitants killed.
 Zachowane obiekty:
Synagogi:
 Adres: Great
 Czas powstania: late 16th c.
 Sposób uzytkowania: destroyed in WW II
Cmentarze:
 Czas powstania: 18th c. ?
 Ilosc nagrobków: several
 Pomniki pamieci:
none was erected
 Data aktualizacji: 2001-03-23
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