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Kletsk Yizkor Book

Villages Around Kletsk

Data on Jewish villages near Kletsk obtained from the Kletsk Yizkor Book.
Credits: Translation: H. K. Interwar Polish maps: mapywig.org, made available in tiled WMS format by Cartomatic; Web mapping library: Leaflet.js.

• Halinka, south of Kleck – vacation place to Jews of Kleck and suroundings. Those who came for vacation were hosted in the houses of local inhabitants, also Jews. Some came for a weekend or for recuperation. R’ Haim the shokhet and craftsman Itzkovitz

• South east of Kleck near border of Polesia – Zawstrovitcha, surrounded by thick forests. Wood saw-mills, skins of squirrels, some agriculture. 40 families prior to WW2.

• Villages: Moritz, Kolek, Butcha

• East of Kleck, direction of Slutzk near road Moscow-Warsaw, many villages, estates, etc.

• Liuviniatz – post station, saw mill and offices. Yosef Lis lessee of mill.

• Nahorna- plaskovitz nearby village.

• Ratsheika – two Jewish families

• Horvitch close by, - wealthy Jewish families. Owner of mill Jewish. Two sons worked in Ostrovitza nearby.

• Middle road leading from Kleck to Timkovitz and Kapolia, next to the village and estate, there was an inn owned by Moshe Z’ukhovitzki and sons.

• Village Jews around Timkovitz – Bratkova, Brigda, Dz’rtzini, etc

From p167:

• Village Yanovitz : Gavze factory, saw-mill, grain-mill of Betzalel Gendels

• Baranovitz, Ostrovitz, Deniskovitz – attacks of parisans on Germans

• Road near Siniavka – battle with the Germans

• Near Yazovitz – ruined railway tracks

• Battles near Mir, Grodna, Slonim, Lida, Novogrodok, and Baranovitz.

From page 170

• Near Village Stariza- common grave of Red army soldiers to dig for ammunition

• Near Kapolia. Farther to forests of TzuTzuvitz

• Raz’ina forest

• Hanchvitz district forests

• Action on road Siniavka-Modviyaditz

• In direction of Baranovitz – Slonim – Zelva – Volkovisk battle near Sokolki

From page 171

• Hentzvitz near Kleck, Nahorna village

• Farm of Galis “Klivania”

• Road leading to Niesviz’

• Zarakova village

• Staritza

From page 172

•  Liakhovitz – train station

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