Pinnsk Research Paper
Pinsk
Pinsk is a city in southern Belarus. The Jewish community in Pinsk was established in 1506. Initially, there was 100 Jews in Pinsk, which was less than 2.5 percent of the population. The Jewish population reached 1,000 by 1648, which grew to more than 2,000 people by 1766, and reached 28,000 by World War I, which was three-quarters of the entire city population.
The charter of the Pinsk Jewish community was granted in 1506 by Prince Feodor Jaroslawicz to Josko Meirowicz, Pesaḥ Ezofowicz, and Abraham Ryzykiewicz. Meirowicz, Ezofowicz, and Ryzykiewicz lead a returning group of fifteen Jewish families expelled in 1495 along with the rest of the Jews of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (a state from the 13th century to 1795). The charter promised …show more content…
The revolts were sporadic fighting between the Polish army and Russia. Pinsk was also affected by the Cossack troops in the late 1650s and the Swedish invasion of 1706. During the Russian subjugation of 1660, many Jews were tortured and killed, and shuls and homes were destroyed. Many Jews were able to escape the city before the fighting had begun and were able to keep a piece of their property. For instance, in 1648, there were very few death of Jews. Regardless of the many catastrophes, the Jewish leaders and institutions were able to rebuild, unlike the Christians. There were more Jews than Christians in Pinsk at the …show more content…
On August 5th, 8,000 Jewish males were killed near the village of Posenich, which was 4 kilometers from Pinsk. The Nazis told them that they were being taken to work as laborers for three days. On the 7th of August, Jews were driven out of their homes to the gathering area near the village of Koslakowich. The murder of Jewish males from the age of 6 and up continued and another 3,000 were murdered. During these two tragic days at least 11,000 Jewish males lost their lives. Approximately 20,000 Jews were left behind after the departure of the SS cavalry units.
The Pinsk ghetto was established on May 1st 1942, and out of 10,000 inhabitants, more than 3,600 worked outside of the ghetto. From October until November 1942 the ghetto was liquidated, with approximately 10,000 Jews shot to death. Less than 200 vital workers and others were flocked into a “mini-ghetto” in Karlin and murdered on December 23rd 1942. When the Soviets liberated Pinsk on July 14th 1944, they found 17 Jews surviving in
Pinsk is a city in southern Belarus. The Jewish community in Pinsk was established in 1506. Initially, there was 100 Jews in Pinsk, which was less than 2.5 percent of the population. The Jewish population reached 1,000 by 1648, which grew to more than 2,000 people by 1766, and reached 28,000 by World War I, which was three-quarters of the entire city population.
The charter of the Pinsk Jewish community was granted in 1506 by Prince Feodor Jaroslawicz to Josko Meirowicz, Pesaḥ Ezofowicz, and Abraham Ryzykiewicz. Meirowicz, Ezofowicz, and Ryzykiewicz lead a returning group of fifteen Jewish families expelled in 1495 along with the rest of the Jews of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (a state from the 13th century to 1795). The charter promised …show more content…
The revolts were sporadic fighting between the Polish army and Russia. Pinsk was also affected by the Cossack troops in the late 1650s and the Swedish invasion of 1706. During the Russian subjugation of 1660, many Jews were tortured and killed, and shuls and homes were destroyed. Many Jews were able to escape the city before the fighting had begun and were able to keep a piece of their property. For instance, in 1648, there were very few death of Jews. Regardless of the many catastrophes, the Jewish leaders and institutions were able to rebuild, unlike the Christians. There were more Jews than Christians in Pinsk at the …show more content…
On August 5th, 8,000 Jewish males were killed near the village of Posenich, which was 4 kilometers from Pinsk. The Nazis told them that they were being taken to work as laborers for three days. On the 7th of August, Jews were driven out of their homes to the gathering area near the village of Koslakowich. The murder of Jewish males from the age of 6 and up continued and another 3,000 were murdered. During these two tragic days at least 11,000 Jewish males lost their lives. Approximately 20,000 Jews were left behind after the departure of the SS cavalry units.
The Pinsk ghetto was established on May 1st 1942, and out of 10,000 inhabitants, more than 3,600 worked outside of the ghetto. From October until November 1942 the ghetto was liquidated, with approximately 10,000 Jews shot to death. Less than 200 vital workers and others were flocked into a “mini-ghetto” in Karlin and murdered on December 23rd 1942. When the Soviets liberated Pinsk on July 14th 1944, they found 17 Jews surviving in