Grodno
Białoruś / Гродзенская вобласць (obwód grodzieński)
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History
Adam Marczewski
Born in Prague, Rabbi Mordechaj ben Abraham Jaffe settled down in Grodno in 1572. At his initiative, the first brick synagogue was erected in the town in 1575 – 1578. The building burnt down in a fire that broke out in 1617. Soon thereafter, king Zygmunt III Waza (Sigismund III Vasa) allowed the Jews to build a new synagogue on the same site where the former temple previously had stood.
During World War, in June 1941, the German troops took up the city. There were about 25,000 Jews at the time in Grodno. The German authorities ordered to form in the city two ghettos: for craftsmen and their families (about 15,000 people) and the rest (about 7,000 Jewish inhabitants). In November 1942, the Nazis carried out an action of dissolving the smaller ghetto whose inhabitants were sent away and murdered. In March 1943, the other ghetto was dissolved. Many executions were conducted at this time in the city. All the Jews were packed onto cattle wagons and transported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
Summary
| Province: | inne / białostockie (before 1939) |
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| County: | Гарадзе́нская во́бласьць (obwód grodzieński),Раён Гарадзенскі (rejon grodzieński) / grodzienski (before 1939) |
| Community: | / Grodno (before 1939) |
| Other names: | Гродна Горадня Гародня (j. białoruski) Гродно (j. rosyjski) Gardinas (j. litewski) Grodna (j. niemiecki) הורדנה [j. hebrajski] |
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Location
Adam Marczewski
Miasto Grodno jest stolicą obwodu grodzińskiego w zachodniej części Białorusi. Jest położone nad Niemnem, w pobliżu granicy z Polską.
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