Навагрудак Navahrudak, Навагрудскага раёна, Гродзенская вобласць, Беларусь
Latitude 53°35′N
Longitude 25°49′E
Street Навагрудак Navahrudak
State/ Province Гродзенская вобласць
County Навагрудскага раёна
Country Беларусь

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Навагрудак
Navahrudak
Novgorodok
Nowogrudok
Novogrudok
Новогрудок
Nowogródek
נאַוואַרעדאָק

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Navahrudak Nowogrodek was the chief town of the vovooidship.
The Court of Appeals was in Wilno.
The seat of the Justice of the Peace was in Nowogrodek.

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Navahrudak was the birthplace of the Mussar movement, as well as the hometown of Yiddish lexicograph, Alexander Harkavy.

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On July 4, 1941 Nazi Germany occupied Navahrudak, following one the tragic event of the the Novogrudok Cauldron when the Red Army was surrounded.

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During a series of Aktions, the Germans murdered all but 550 of the approximately 10,000 Jews of Navahrudak.
Those Jews who were not killed were sent into slave labor.
Partisan resistance, including the Bielski partisans, made of Jewish volunteers, operated in the region.

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References

  1. Brimberg, Miriam Mirjam bat Velvel
  2. Litowski Litovski, Moshe Yitzkhak ben David
  3. Litowski, Mordchaj
  4. Литоьский Litovski Litowski, Iosif Yosef ben Moshe (Moisei)
  5. Литоьский Litovski Litowski, Israel ben Zelig
  6. Литоьский Litovski Litowski, Luba Liuba Lova bat Zelig
  7. Литоьский Litovski Litowski, Moshe Moisei ben Yedidia
  8. Литоьский Litovski Litowski, Nakhum Naum ben Zelig
  9. Литоьский Litovski Litowski, Noach Noakh Noah Nevakh ben Zelig
  10. Литоьский Litovski Litowski, Zelig Selig Zelik ben Moshe (Moisei)