--  From Shtetl to "Red City"

The shtetl of Skidel is located just 31 kilometers east of Grodno on the road to Lida in Belarus.  Although today there are no Jewish families remaining in Skidel, at one time it was a bustling Jewish commercial center specializing in leather tanning.  Before the break-up of the Soviet Union, Skidel was a "Red City", regional headquarters of the Communist Party.  This site includes geographical, historical, travel, and genealogical information for those interested in researching their Skidel ancestry.

Maps of Skidel and Surrounding Area

• Belarus Maps--Various
  
• Jewish Emigration from Russia:  1880-1928
• Modern Map of Skidel Area
  

Images of Skidel and Grodno

• Early Skidel Firefighters, unknown year
• Memorials to Skidel's Jewish Community, erected by I. A. Borisov
• Early 1900s Skidel Photos from Rabinstzjn/Robinovich Family
  
• Photos of Skidel in 1996

History of Skidel and Surrounding Area

• Belarus Students Research Grodno Ghetto
• Beyond the Pale:  A History of the Jews in Russia
• Damaged Goods, by Murray Levine -- Novel about Skidel
  
• Deportations to Auschwitz and Treblinka
  
• Harold's Story from a survivor of the Grodno Ghetto, Kielbasin, and Auschwitz
• History of Grodno by Ellen Sadove Renck
• History of the Jewish Community of Grodno
• Museum of Tolerance--General History and Map
  
• Resistance at Auschwitz by the Jews from Kielbasin Camp (Grodno and Skidel)
  
• Skidel, from Encyclopedia Judaica
  
• Skidel's History, by Linda Hugle
• Testimony of Eliezer Kaminski from Yad Vashem
  
• The Tragic Fate of Skidelian Jews, by Ilya Alexandrovich Borisov 

Our Skidel Ancestors

• 1912 Voters List of Grodno Gubernia (District) -- Searchable Database
  
• 1928 Business Directory of Skidel -- Alphabetical Database
• Belarus SIG -- Belarus Genealogical Research
  
• Bnai Mayer Cousins Club, Chicago, 1947 -- Annotated Photographs
• Cemetery Records
• Czetwertynski Family Website
  
• The Descendants of Nahum and Yente SARNATZKY -- Annotated Outline
• DNA shows Skidel DRAZNIN's relations (scroll to find article)
  
• The Grodno Genealogy Group
  
• JewishGen Sources for Skidel -- Searchable Database
  
• Jewish Records Indexing -- Poland -- Searchable Database
• Jewish Taxpayers of Skidel -- Alphabetical Database
  
• The Kline Family Website by Daniel Kline
• The Skidler Benevolent Association by Jim Selig
  
• The Tartasky Family Website
• The Thrope Family Website by Martin and David Thrope

Travel to Skidel

• Belarus Tourist and Excursions Company
  Topographical and Economic Notes on Skidel and Nearby Towns
  Town without Memory, by Linda Hugle
  Train Routes through Belarus, including Grodno and Skidel
  

 

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