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**[[Kock]], north of [[Lublin]], the town of the Rabbi [[Menahem Mendel]] (1787-1859) and the site of two [[Battle of Kock|battles]] |
**[[Kock]], north of [[Lublin]], the town of the Rabbi [[Menahem Mendel]] (1787-1859) and the site of two [[Battle of Kock|battles]] |
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**[[Kolbuszowa]] (G) |
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**[[Kozienice]] |
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Revision as of 07:03, 21 September 2008
This list of shtetls and shtots (larger towns with significant pre - World War II Jewish populations) is organized by their country.
Shtetls
- Note: Towns formerly in the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia are marked with "(G)". Towns in formerly Russian Zagłębie Dąbrowskie (Zaglembia) are marked with "(Z)".
- Będzin (Bendin) (Z)
- Bełchatów
- Białobrzegi
- Białystok
- Bielsk-Podlaski (Bielsk-Podliask)
- Bircza (G)
- Brody
- Brzeźnica
- Brzozów (G)
- Bukowsko (G)
- Bytom (Beuthen)
- Chełm
- Chęciny (Khentshin)
- Chmielnik
- Ciechanów
- Czeladź (Z)
- Częstochowa (Tshenstkhov)
- Czyżewo
- Dąbrowa Tarnowska (Dombrov) (G)
- Dąbrowa Górnicza (Z)
- Dębica (Dembits) (G)
- Dukla (G)
- Dynów (G)
- Eiseshok
- Frysztak(Fristik) (G)
- Gąbin (Gombin) ([4])
- Głogów Małopolski (G)
- Głowaczów
- Głowno
- Gorlice (G)
- Gostynin
- Góra Kalwaria (Ger)
- Grębów (G)
- Grodzisk Mazowiecki
- Hrubieszów (Rubieshov)
- Iłża (Drildzh)
- Inowłódz
- Iwaniska (Ivansk)
- Jabłonka
- Jadów (Yadov)
- Janów Sokolski
- Jarosław (G)
- Jasło (Yaslo) (G)
- Jedwabne
- Kamieńsk (Kaminsk)
- Kańczuga (G)
- Kielce (Kelts)
- Kiernozia
- Kleczew (Kletchoi)
- Klimontów
- Knyszyn
- Kock, north of Lublin, the town of the Rabbi Menahem Mendel (1787-1859) and the site of two battles
- Kolbuszowa (G)
- Kolno
- Konin
- Korczyna (G)
- Kozienice
- Krasnosielc
- Krosno (G)
- Łańcut (G)
- Łask
- Lelów
- Leżajsk (Lizhensk) (G)
- Łomża
- Łosice
- Lubaczów (G)
- Majdan Królewski (G)
- Międzyrzec Podlaski (Mezritsh)
- Mielec (Melits) (G)
- Mińsk Mazowiecki (Novominsk)
- Mława
- Mstów (Amstov)
- Mszczonów (Amshinov)
- Niebylec (G)
- Nowy Dwór
- Nowy Korczyn (Nayshtot)
- Nowy Sącz (Tsanz) (G)
- Nur
- Olkusz (Elkish)
- Opatów (Apt)
- Opoczno
- Ostrołęka (Ostrolenka)
- Ostrów Mazowiecka
- Ożarów
- Pabianice (Pabenits)
- Pilica (Pilts)
- Pilzno (Pilsno) (G)
- Piotrków Trybunalski (Pyetrykov)
- Płock
- Połaniec (Plontch)
- Przemyśl (Pshemishyl) (G)
- Przeworsk (G)
- Radom (Rudem)
- Radomsko (Radomsk)
- Radomyśl Wielki (G)
- Radziłów (Radzilow)
- Radzyń Podlaski
- Ranizów (G)
- Ropczyce (Ropshits) (G)
- Różan
- Rozwadów (G)
- Rymanów (G)
- Rzeszów (Reysha) (G)
- Sanniki
- Sandomierz (Tsohzmir)
- Sanok(Sunek) (G)
- Sędziszów Małopolski (G)
- Sejny (Seini)
- Sidra (Sidre)
- Sławków (Z)
- Sochocin
- Sokołów Małopolski (G)
- Sompolno
- Sosnowiec (Sosnovtse) (Z)
- Staszów (Stashov/סטאשעוו)
- Strzyżów (Strizev) (G)
- Supraśl
- Suwałki (Suvalk)
- Szczebrzeszyn
- Szczuczyn (Stutshin)
- Tarnobrzeg (Dzhikev) (G)
- Tarnów (Turne) (G)
- Tyrawa Wołoska (G)
- Tomaszów Mazowiecki
- Trochenbrod
- Trzcianne
- Tyczyn (G)
- Tykocin (Tyktin)
- Ulanów (G)
- Warta (Dvoort)
- Wielkie Oczy (Vilkatch, Vilkatchi) (G)
- Wizna
- Włoszczowa
- Wojsławice
- Wysokie Mazowieckie
- Wyszogród
- Zabłudów
- Żabno
- Zakroczym
- Zambrów
- Zduńska Wola
- Zelów
- Zgierz (Zgerzh)
- Żmigród Nowy (G)
- Zolotnaja [fictitious, from Fiddler on the Roof]
- Żołynia (G)
- Note: Towns formerly in the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia are marked with "(G)".
- Anatevka (fictitious, from Fiddler on the Roof)
- Bar
- Bibrka (G)
- Belz (Belz) (G)
- Berdychiv (Berditchev) (G)
- Berehove
- Berezhany (G)
- Bila Tserkva
- Bolekhiv (Bolechów) (G)
- Boryslav (Borysław) (G)
- Borzna
- Boiany (Boyan)
- Brody (G)
- Bratslav (Breslov)
- Buchach (G)
- Budaniv (G)
- Bukachevtsy (Bukaczowce)
- Burshtyn (Burshtin) (G)
- Chernigov
- Chernivtsi
- Chernobyl (Chernobyl)
- Chortkiv (Chortkov) (G)
- Delyatin (G)
- Derazhnia
- Dolyna (G)
- Drohobych (G)
- Dunaivtsi
- Gorodenka (G)
- Husiatyn (Husiatyn) (G)
- Horodok (G)
- Hornostaypil
- Justingrad
- Kalynivka
- Kalush (Kałusz) (G)
- Kamyanets-P'odils'k'yy (Kamenets-Podolsk)
- Khorostkov (Chorostków) (G)
- Khotyn (Hotin)
- Komsomolske (Machnovka)
- Kolki
- Kolomyia (G)
- Korolevo
- Kopychintsy (Kopyczyńce) (G)
- Kosiv (Kosov) (G)
- Kovel
- Kremenets (Krzemieniec)
- Kupel
- Lityn (Litin)
- Letychiv
- Liuboml (Luboml or Libivne)
- Lozisht (Ignatowka)
- Lvovo
- Lutsk
- Lyubar
- Makariv (Makarov)
- Medzhybizh (Mezhbizh)
- Mel'nitsa-Podol'skaya (Mielnica) (G)
- Mikulints (Mikulińce) (G)
- Mukachevo (Munkacs)
- Murafa
- Nadvirna (Nadvorna) (G)
- Nemyriv
- Nizhyn
- Novohrad-Volynskyi (Zhvil)
- Olhopil
- Oles'ko (Alesk)
- Ottynia (G)
- Ozeryany (Jezierzany) (G)
- Pavoloch (Pavolitch)
- Pliskov
- Podgaytsy (Podhajce) (G)
- Podkamen (Podkamień) (G)
- Pohrebysche
- Polonnoye
- Pomortsy (Jazłowiec) (G)
- Poninka
- Priluki
- Probezhna (Probużna) (G)
- Rachmastrivka
- Rava-Ruska (G)
- Rohatyn (G)
- Rivne (Równo)
- Rozdol (G)
- Rozhnyatov (Rożniatów) (G)
- Ruzhyn ((Ruzhin)
- Sadagóra (Sadigura)
- Sambir (Sambor) (G)
- Savran (Savran)
- Seletin
- Shargorod
- Shchirets (Szczerzec) (G)
- Shepetivka
- Shpykiv
- Shumskoye (Shumsk)
- Skala-Podol'skaya (Skala) (G)
- Skalat (G)
- Skvyra (Skver)
- Slavuta
- Snyatyn (Śniatyn) (G)
- Snitkov
- Sosnovoye (Selisht or Ludvipol)
- Starokonstantinov
- Stepan
- Storozhynets (Storojinet)
- Stryi (Stryj) (G)
- Sukhostav (Suchostaw) (G)
- Tarashcha
- Teofipol (Tschon) (G)
- Tetiev
- Terebovlya (Trembowla) (G)
- Tlumach (Tłumacz) (G)
- Tluste (Tovste) (G)
- Trostyanets (Trościaniec) (G)
- Trochinbrod
- Tuchin
- Ulashkovtse (Ułaszkowce) (G)
- Uman
- Uzhgorod (Ungvár)
- Verkhniy Bystryy
- Vishnevets
- Volochisk
- Voynilov (G)
- Vyzhnytsia (Vizhnitz)
- Yavoriv (G)
- Yablanov (Jabłonów) (G)
- Yagelnitsa (Jagielnica) (G)
- Zabolotov (Zabłotów) (G)
- Zbarazh (G)
- Zalishchyky (Zaleszczyki) (G)
- Zhmerynka
- Zhovkva (G)
- Zhydachiv (Zidichov) (G)
- Zinkiv (Zinkov)
- Zlatopol
- Zolochiv (Zlotshov) (G)
Others
Shtots
Present-day Country | City/Town | Yiddish Name | Romanized Form | Pre-World War II
Jewish Population |
---|---|---|---|---|
Austria | Vienna [5] | װין | Vin | 166,000 [1] |
Belarus | Bobruisk [6] | באַברויסק | Babruisk | 21,558 [2] |
Belarus | Brest [7] | בריסק | Brisk | 30,000 [3] |
Belarus | Minsk [8] | מינסק | Minsk | 90,000 [4] |
Belarus | Pinsk [9] | פינסק | Pinsk | 20,200 [5] |
Czech Republic | Prague [10] | פּראָג | Prog | 56,000 [6] |
Hungary | Budapest [11] | בודאפעסט | Budapest | 184,000 [7] |
Latvia | Daugavpils [12] | דענענבורג | Denenburg | 11,106 [8] |
Latvia | Riga [13] | ריגע | Rige | 43,672 [9] |
Lithuania | Kaunas [14] | קאָװנע | Kovne | 38,000 [10] |
Lithuania | Vilnius [15] | װילנע | Vilne | 55,000 [11] |
Moldova | Chişinău [16] | קעשענעװ | Keshenev | 70,000 [12] |
Poland | Gdańsk [17] | דאַנציג | Dantsig | |
Poland | Kraków [18] | קראָקע | Kroke | 60,000 [13] |
Poland | Łódź [19] | לאָדז | Lodzh | 223,000 [14] |
Poland | Lublin [20] | לובלין | Lublin | 40,000 [15] |
Poland | Poznań [21] | פּױזן | Poyzn | |
Poland | Warsaw [22] | װאַרשע | Varshe | 400,000 [16] |
Poland | Wrocław [23] | ברעסלוי | Breslau | 10,309 [17] |
Romania | Bucharest [24] | בוקארעשט | Bukaresht | 100,000 [18] |
Romania | Cluj-Napoca [25] | קלויזענבורג | Klozenberg | 16,763 [19] |
Romania | Iaşi [26] | יאַס | Yas | 51,000 [20] |
Russia | Kaliningrad | קעניגסבערג | Kenigsberg | |
Slovakia | Bratislava [27] | פרעשבורג | Pressburg | 14,882 [21] |
Ukraine | Chernivtsi [28] | טשערנאָוויץ | Chernowitz | 50,000 [22] |
Ukraine | Dnipropetrovsk | קאַטערינעסלאַוו | Katerineslav | 100,000 [23] |
Ukraine | Ivano-Frankivsk | סטאַניסלאװ | Stanislav | 30,000 [24] |
Ukraine | Kyiv [29] | קיִעװ | Kiev | 175,000 [25] |
Ukraine | Kharkiv | כאַרקעוו | Kharkev | 130,200 [26] |
Ukraine | Khmelnytskyi [30] | פּראָסקערעוו | Proskerev | 13,500 [27] |
Ukraine | L'viv [31] | לעמבערג | Lemberg | 150,000 [28] |
Ukraine | Odessa [32] | אַדעס | Ades | 180,000 [29] |
Ukraine | Ternopil [33] | טאַרנעפּאל | Tarnepol | 18,000 [30] |
Ukraine | Vinnitsa [34] | וויניצע | Vinitse | 21,812 [31] |
Ukraine | Zhytomyr [35] | זשיטאָמיר | Zhitomir | 30,000 [32] |
Germany | Frankfurt | Frankfurt | 26,158 [33] |
References
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t082/t08224.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t009/t00933.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t011/t01118.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t050/t05064.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t060/t06064.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t062/t06241.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t012/t01221.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t017/t01713.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t065/t06521.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t037/t03796.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t082/t08240.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t039/t03920.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t016/t01632.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t045/t04592.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t046/t04651.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t083/t08360.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t011/t01111.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t011/t01192.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t015/t01542.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t031/t03158.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t010/t01065.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t014/t01419.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t018/t01830.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t073/t07395.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t039/t03900.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t038/t03854.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t062/t06268.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t047/t04759.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t056/t05686.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t076/t07685.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t082/t08251.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t087/t08736.html
- ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t022/t02239.html