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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]
12 hours ago · The interior of the Slonim synagogue, Belarus, in 2021. LILIYA KHUDZIK. Built in 1642, when the town of Slonim was an important cultural and commercial crossroads of the Polish-Lithuanian ...
Slonim, city, western Belarus. The city arose in the latter part of the 10th century as a fortified point and later developed into a market centre. After becoming a railway junction, it expanded its industrial base, and it now has varied food, consumer, and engineering industries, as well as a medical school.
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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.
- 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.
ForewordIIntroduction3Chapter 15Chapter 27Chapter 39Built in 1642, it is still standing, but in deplorable shape inside, though certain bas-reliefs (two lions presenting the Ark of the Law) and frescoes depicting musical instruments and biblical landscapes have been preserved -a unique event in Belarus. The market is located around the synagogue.
The history of the Jews in Belarus begins as early as the 8th century. Jews lived in all parts of the lands of modern Belarus. In 1897, the Jewish population of Belarus reached 910,900, or 14.2% of the total population.
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