Skidel 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

Images of Skidel and Grodno Early Skidel Firefighters, unknown year Early 1900s Skidel Photos from Rabinstzjn/Robinovich Family Photos of Skidel in 1996 Holocaust Memorial to Skidel in NJ

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 Harold's Story from a survivor of the Grodno Ghetto, Kielbasin, and Auschwitz Resistance at Auschwitz by the Jews from Kielbasin Camp (Grodno and Skidel) Skidel's History, by Linda Hugle Testimony of Eliezer Kaminski from Yad Vashem The Tragic Fate of Skidelian Jews,  by Ilya Alexandrovich Borisov Jewish Heritage Research Group in Belarus Skidel Jews Murdered at Auschwitz Yad Vashem Remembrance: Shoah Victims from Skidel Auschwitz Memorial and Museum Link to Skidel:  A 500 Year History by Ilya A. Borisov. Ilya A. Borisov of Skidel has completed a 500 year history of Skidel in Belarussian (190 pages). If you or someone you know would be willing to translate the book to English, please contact Linda Hugle at wimerhome@yahoo.com PDF: of cover image, intro & information

Our Skidel Ancestors 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) JewishGen Sources for Skidel -- Searchable Database Jewish Records Indexing -- Poland -- Searchable Database Jewish Taxpayers of Skidel  -- Alphabetical Database The Skidler Benevolent Association by Jim Selig The Tartasky Family Website Steve Morse's Immigration Search Site Tamar Yellin: The Genizah at the House of Shepher (book excerpt) SWIATOPOLK-CZETWERTYNSKI

Travel to Skidel Belarus Tourist and Excursions Company Town without Memory by Linda Hugle

Compiled by Linda Hugle
Updated January 2009
Copyright ©1998 Linda Hugle

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