In 1927, Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Mishkinsky, whose wife Chaya was the granddaughter of Rabbi Naftali Hertz Halperin of Bialystok, was appointed the rabbi of Svislach.[citation needed] He led the community until the Nazis entered in November 1942 murdering the entire Jewish community. Prior to the war, Rabbi Mishkinsky sent his sons Yitzchak [he] and Moshe [he] to Israel (Palestine). Rabbi Mishkinsky's great-granddaughter, Batya Friedman, serves as rebbetzin of Hampstead Garden Suburb Synagogue, London. His great-grandson is Rabbi Yochanan Ivry of Congregation Toras Emes of Staten Island, New York.
Svislach was part of the Second Polish Republic from 1921 until 1939. In September 1939, Svislach was occupied by the Red Army and, on 14 November 1939, incorporated into the Byelorussian SSR. In 1939, there were around 3,000 Jews living in Svislach, along with refugees from western Poland who had settled there after the invasion of Poland. From June 1941 until 17 July 1944, Svislach was occupied by Nazi Germany and administered as a part of Bezirk Bialystok. In July 1941, a ghetto was established in the old Jewish neighbourhood, in the northwest of Svislach. In that area, Jews were also gathered from the village of Golobudy. It was an open ghetto, and the western border of the ghetto's territory ran near the Svislach River. On November 2, 1942, the ghetto was liquidated when the Jews were sent by train to the Vawkavysk transit camp where many massacres occurred. The remaining Jews, mostly elderly and sick, were killed in the Visnik Forest, just outside Svislach.[2]
svislach, other, uses, disambiguation, svisloch, belarusian, Свiслач, romanized, svislač, ˈɕvislatʃ, russian, Свислочь, polish, Świsłocz, yiddish, סיסלעוויטש, town, grodno, region, belarus, serves, administrative, center, district, connected, with, town, vawka. For other uses see Svislach disambiguation Svislach or Svisloch Belarusian Svislach romanized Svislac a IPA ˈɕvislatʃ Russian Svisloch Polish Swislocz Yiddish סיסלעוויטש is a town in Grodno Region Belarus 1 It serves as the administrative center of Svislach District 1 It is connected with the town Vawkavysk by a railroad branch and with Grodno city by a highway As of 2024 it has a population of 6 008 1 Svislach SvislachTownDistrict Administration BuildingFlagCoat of armsSvislachCoordinates 53 02 N 24 06 E 53 033 N 24 100 E 53 033 24 100CountryBelarusRegionGrodno RegionDistrictSvislach DistrictFirst mentioned1256Area Total4 28 km2 1 65 sq mi Population 2024 1 Total6 008Time zoneUTC 3 MSK Postal code231960 231969Area code 375 1513License plate4 Contents 1 History 2 Notable people 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksHistory editWithin the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Svislach was part of Nowogrodek Voivodeship In 1795 Svislach was acquired by the Russian Empire in the course of the Third Partition of Poland In 1927 Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Mishkinsky whose wife Chaya was the granddaughter of Rabbi Naftali Hertz Halperin of Bialystok was appointed the rabbi of Svislach citation needed He led the community until the Nazis entered in November 1942 murdering the entire Jewish community Prior to the war Rabbi Mishkinsky sent his sons Yitzchak he and Moshe he to Israel Palestine Rabbi Mishkinsky s great granddaughter Batya Friedman serves as rebbetzin of Hampstead Garden Suburb Synagogue London His great grandson is Rabbi Yochanan Ivry of Congregation Toras Emes of Staten Island New York Svislach was part of the Second Polish Republic from 1921 until 1939 In September 1939 Svislach was occupied by the Red Army and on 14 November 1939 incorporated into the Byelorussian SSR In 1939 there were around 3 000 Jews living in Svislach along with refugees from western Poland who had settled there after the invasion of Poland From June 1941 until 17 July 1944 Svislach was occupied by Nazi Germany and administered as a part of Bezirk Bialystok In July 1941 a ghetto was established in the old Jewish neighbourhood in the northwest of Svislach In that area Jews were also gathered from the village of Golobudy It was an open ghetto and the western border of the ghetto s territory ran near the Svislach River On November 2 1942 the ghetto was liquidated when the Jews were sent by train to the Vawkavysk transit camp where many massacres occurred The remaining Jews mostly elderly and sick were killed in the Visnik Forest just outside Svislach 2 Notable people editAharon Kotler 1892 1962 rabbi Samuel Belkin 1911 1976 rabbi David Lewis Losz 1909 1981 Canadian lawyer and federal New Democratic Party leader 3 Notes edit Official transliteration References edit a b c d Chislennost naseleniya na 1 yanvarya 2024 g i srednegodovaya chislennost naseleniya za 2023 god po Respublike Belarus v razreze oblastej rajonov gorodov poselkov gorodskogo tipa belsat gov by Archived from the original on 2 April 2024 Retrieved 11 May 2024 YAHAD IN UNUM Smith Cameron 1989 Unfinished Journey The Lewis Family Toronto Summerhill Press pp 9 19 93 ISBN 0 929091 04 3 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Svislach Photos on Radzima org nbsp This Belarus related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte 53 02 N 24 06 E 53 033 N 24 100 E 53 033 24 100 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Svislach amp oldid 1223319591, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
