The
Bielsk Podlaski Virtual Cemetery
The Bielsk Podlaski Virtual Jewish
Cemetery is a collection of information about the Jewish
Cemetery in Bielsk Podlaski, Poland, including photos and
translations of gravestones, videos of the cemetery,
reports on cemetery conditions, and other related
material. Links to
videos, photos, and other information about the cemetery
can be found below the list of gravestones.
If you can provide additional
information about the cemetery or
translations from the photos presented here please email the coordinator.
Matzevot from the Bielsk Podlaski Jewish Cemetery
Given Name |
Father's Name |
Surname |
Date |
Note |
Nachman, Simion, Chana |
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Bernacki |
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Dinah |
R. Ari Lieb |
Bielsky |
1914 |
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Ajzik or Aizik |
Yaacov Elchanan |
1947 |
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Rachel, Jakow, Chana, Sonia |
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1938 |
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1939 |
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Boruch Tzvi |
Eliyahu Yaacov * |
1932 * |
Repaired 1946-47 |
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Chana Leah |
Benjamin Getz |
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Repaired 1946-47 |
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Yitzhak |
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Fruma |
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Rabbi Kahman |
Abraham |
1962 |
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Naum |
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David Tzvi |
Benjamin |
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Hotel |
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1928 |
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Avraham Yitzhak |
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1921 |
Repaired 1946-47 |
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Tzvi |
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1933 |
Repaired 1946-47 |
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Bella |
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Zalman |
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Aaron Yitzhak |
Unknown |
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Yekutiel |
Unknown |
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Aviezer |
Unknown |
1882 |
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Leib |
Unknown |
1879 |
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Unknown |
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Unknown |
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Unknown |
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Unknown |
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Unknown |
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Unknown |
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* Information not on tombstone |
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Compiled from photos contributed by Mark W. Gordon of Maplewood, NJ from photographs taken in 1993 by Tomasz Wisniewski, photos donated by Mindy Crystel Gross, Brad Gordon, and Mark Gordon (not related), and from external sites. |
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Mark W. Gordon is researching the Chrabolowski family from Bielsk Podlaski. |
Learn about the Bielsk Podlaski Yizkor Book Translation Project
See the current translation progress
- Take a video tour (3 minutes 19 seconds) of the Jewish Cemetery in Bielsk Podlaski with English narration.
- View another video (6 minutes 19 seconds) of the Jewish Cemetery in Bielsk Podlaski.
- The European the Jewish Cemeteries Initiative report on the Bielsk cemetery includes information on the site condition and gravestones, and a historical overview along with many photos.
- The International Cemetery Project describes the status of the Jewish cemetery in Bielsk Podlaski.
- The Foundation for Documentation of Jewish Cemeteries in Poland has photos of six gravestones from the Bielsk cemetery.
- The Bagnowka site has over 30 photographs from the cemetery.
- The Jewish Cemeteries in Poland site has 16 photos. An earlier version of this same page, with very different text that appears to be the Testimony of Sonia Gleicher about the Bielsk ghetto, can be read here. Let your browser translate these pages to English.
- The creator of the Jewish Cemeteries in Poland website, Krzysztof Bielawski, was interviewed by the Times of Israel in an article titled "Annihilation of Poland’s Jewish cemeteries documented in provocative book." His book is titled Zagłada cmentarzy żydowskich, which translates to “Extermination of Jewish cemeteries”
- To read excerpts from Zagłada cmentarzy żydowskich in English click here.
- Another interview with Krzysztof Bielawski, titled "Jewish cemeteries in Poland remain in the long shadow of the Holocaust." Let your browser translate the article.
- These two personal flickr sites have 4 photos and 213 photos of the cemetery and other sights in Bielsk Podlaski.
Updated March 21, 2023
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