Grodno On-Line Home

This site's purpose is to make available specific documents or articles concerning the History of the Jewish Community in the city of Grodno, Belarus. The city of Grodno was part of Poland until 1939.

Lost Jewish Worlds:
The Communities of Grodno, Lida, Olkieniki, Vishay

Book published by Yad Vashem.

Grodno to WWI

Between the Wars
    1. Demographic Changes
    2. Antisemitism & Pogroms
    3. Education & Religion
    4. Cultural Life
    5. Political Activity

Under Soviet Rule

German Occupation
    1. Fall of the City
    2. Deportations to the Ghetto
    3. Confiscation & Forced Labor
    4. Liquidation of the Ghetto
    5. Underground Activities
    6. After the War

Bibliography

Documents Concerning
The Murder of 29000 Jews of Grodno
By the Germans, 1941-1943

Ghetto
And Deportations to Death Camps

Cologne and Bielefield Trials

English translation of excerpts from 5 out of 6 volumes of documents published by the Beata Klarsfeld Foundation

Verdicts of two German courts of trials against two Gestapo officers that describe murder acts and the liquidation of the Grodno Ghettos.

Preface/Table of Contents

Cologne Trial
Bielefeld Trial
Glossary and Appendices

For more information, we have included a list of Libraries and Institutions where the six volumes of documents are available. See also Volume VI

List of survivors of WW II

Index of Names Appearing in the Grodno Yizkor Book

Links: JewishGen^®
          PCI Auschwitz
             Silent Voices Speak
             Yad Vashem
             Tel Aviv University
             US Holocaust Memorial Museum
                        • Grodno Oblast Archives***

*** Under search box "Search Archives' Finding Aids" type "Grodno Oblast Archives" and click on the second result "manuscript RG-53.004M"

Questions or Comments
Compiled by Dr. F. Zandman, J. Szwarc and A. May

Updated: 16-FEB-05