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Slonim (Belarusian: Слонім; Russian: Слоним; Lithuanian: Slanimas; Latvian: Sloņima; Polish: Słonim; Yiddish: סלאָנים) is a town in Grodno Region, in western Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Slonim District . [ 1 ]
The Słonim Ghetto (Polish: getto w Słonimiu, Belarusian: Слонімскае гета, German: Ghetto von Slonim, Yiddish: סלאָנים) was a Nazi ghetto established in 1941 by the SS in Slonim, Western Belarus during World War II. Prior to 1939, the town (Słonim) was part of the Second Polish Republic.
Slonim has been a major centre of Jewish life for centuries producing many scholars, community leaders and Rabbis, and this importance is reflected in the Great Synagogue that the community constructed – a majestic baroque structure that has overlooked the town’s central market since the 1640s.
Slonim is a Hasidic dynasty originating in the town of Slonim, which is now in Belarus. Today, there are two Slonimer factions. Slonim, based in Jerusalem, and the Slonim community in Bnei Brak. They are two distinct groups today, and have many differences between them.
- Evidence about the existence of a Jewish settlement in Slonim in 1388. - The Slonim Fort and the Old Town on the right bank of the river. - The oldest remnants. - The old Jewish cemetery in Zamosce. - The archeological dig by the Russian Archeological Society. - Slonim on the map of the Jewish settlements in Lithuania.
Jun 20, 2019 · What happened in Slonim wasn’t special or unique. Between 1941 and 1942, more than 1.5 million Jews were killed in Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, and other republics of the USSR as part of what ...
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Slonim is the centre of the Slonim district, Hrodna region, situated at the confluence of the Scara (pronounced Shchara) and Isa rivers, 143 km South-East of Hrodna, a station on the railway line Baranavicy-Vaukavysk, a highway junction. Population: 53,100 (1995)
