List of shtetls

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This list of shtetls and shtots (eastern European towns and cities with significant pre-Holocaust Jewish populations) is organized by country.

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Some villages that are listed at Yad Vashem have not been included here.

Shtetls

Belarus

TownYiddish Name [1] [2] Pre-Holocaust Jewish populationNotes
HebrewLatin
Antopal אנטיפאָליעAntipolye1,792 (1921)Town survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Byerazino בערעזיןBerezinTown survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Brahin בראָהיןBrohin2,254 (1897)Town survived.
Chawusy טשאָוסTshous7,444 (1897)Town survived.
Davyd-Haradok דאַװיד האָראָדוקDavid Horoduk4,350 (1940)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Hrodno גראָדנעGrodne~25,000 (1940)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Hlybokaye גלובאָקGlubokCompare Lithuanian name Glubokas. Town survived.
Iwye אײװיעEyvyeCity survived.
Kamyenyets קאַמעניץKamenitzTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Lakhwa לאַכװעLakhve~2,300 (1940)Town survived, but most Jews were exterminated.
Luninets לונינײץLuninyitzTown survived.
Mahilyow מאָלעװMolev21,500 (1897)City survived.
Motal מאָטעלעMotele1,354 (1937)Town survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Obech Town survived.
Polatsk פּאָלאָצקPolotzkCity survived.
Ruzhany ראָזשינאָיRozhinoi~3,500 (1940)Town survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Sapotskin סאפעטקיןSapetkin1,300 (1941)Town survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Shklow שקלאָװShklov2,132 (1939)Town survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Slonim סלאָניםSlonim10,000+ (1940)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Slutsk סלוצקSlutzk10,264 (1897)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated. Tens of thousands killed in the Slutsk affair.
Stolin סטאָליןStolin7,000+ (1940)Town survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Svislach סװיסלאָװיטשSvislovitsh600-700 (1940)Town survived, but all Jews were exterminated. See Svisloch Ghetto Liquidation.[ ru]
Turaw טוראָװTurovCompare Russian name Туров (Turov). Town survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Yaremichy [ be] [3] יערעמיטשYeremitsh248 (in 1897) [3] Town survived.

Lithuania

TownYiddish Name [1] [2] Pre-Holocaust Jewish populationNotes
HebrewLatin
Alytus אליטעAliteCity survived.
Anykščiai אניקשטAniksht2,754 (1900)Town survived.
Balbieriškis באלבירישאָקBalbirishokTown survived.
Biržai בירזשBirzh2,400 (1941)Town was razed and all Jews were exterminated. Later rebuilt.
Butrimonys בוטרימאַנץButrimantzTown survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Dieveniškės דיװענישאָקDivenishokTown survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Eišiškės אײשישאָקEyshishokCity survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Gargždai גאָרזשדGorzhdCity survived.
Jonava יאָנאװאYonavaCity survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Joniškėlis יאָנישקעלYonishkelCity survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Josvainiai יאָסװעןYosven534 (1897)Town survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Jurbarkas יורבורגYurburg1,887 (1931)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Kaišiadorys קאָשעדאַרKoshedarCity survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Kalvarija קאלװאריעKalvaryeCity survived.
Kapčiamiestis קאָפּטשעװעKoptsheveTown was largely destroyed and all Jews were exterminated. Later rebuilt.
Kėdainiai קײדאןKeydan3,000 (1941)City survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Kelmė קעלםKelm2,710 (1897)City survived, but most Jews were exterminated.
Klaipėda מעמלMemlCity survived, but was almost completely abandoned.
Krakės קראָקKrokTown survived, but most Jews were exterminated.
Kražiai קראָזשKrozhTown survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Kretinga קרעטינגעKretingeTown survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Kupiškis קופישוקKupishukCity survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Kurkliai קורקלעKurkleTown survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Kvėdarna כװידאןKhvidanTown survived,but all Jews were exterminated.
Kybartai קיבאַרטKibartCity survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Lazdijai לאַזדײLadzeyCity survived.
Leipalingis לײפּוןLeipunTown survived.
Lygumai ליגעםLigemTown survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Marijampolė מאַריאַמפּאָלMariampolCity survived, but most Jews were exterminated.
Mažeikiai מאַזשײקMazheikCity survived.
Merkinė מערעטשMeretshTown survived.
Nemenčinė נעמענטשיןNementshinCity survived.
Obeliai אָבעלObelCity survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Pakruojis פּאָקראָיPokroyCity survived.
Pandėlys פּאָנעדעלPonedelCity survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Panemunė פּאַנעמוןPanemunCity survived.
Panevėžys פאָנעװעזשPonevezhCity survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Pasvalys פּאָסװאָלPosvolTown survived.
Pilviškiai פילװשאָקPilvshokTown survived.
Plungė פלונגיאןPlungyanCity survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Prienai פּרעןPrenCity survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Rozalimas ראָזאַליעRozalyeTown survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Rudamina רודאַמיןRudaminTown survived.
Rumšiškės רומשישאָקRumshishokTown survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Salantai סאַלאַנטSalantTown survived.
Seirijai סערײSereyTown survived.
Simnas סימנעSimneCity survived.
Skapiškis סקאָפּישאָקSkopishokTown survived.
Skaudvilė שקודװילShkudvilCity survived.
Stakliškės סטאָקלישאָקStoklishokTown survived.
Šeduva שאַדעװעShadeveCity survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Šiaulėnai שאַװלאַןShavlanTown survived.
Šiauliai שאװלShavlCity survived, but most Jews were exterminated.
Švenčionys סװינציאןSvintzyanTown survived.
Taujėnai טאַװיאַןTavianTown survived.
Tauragė טװריקTavrikCity was destroyed and most Jews were exterminated. Later rebuilt.
Tauragnai טאָראָגיןTaraginTown survived.
Telšiai טעלזTelz2,800 (1939)City survived, but most Jews were exterminated.
Troškūnai טראַשקוןTrashkunCity survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Tryškiai טרישיקTrishikTown survived.
Ukmergė װילקאָמירVilkomirCity survived, but many Jews were exterminated.
Utena אוטיאןUtyanCity survived.
Užpaliai אװשפּאָלAvshpol691 (1897)Town survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Varėna אָראןOranCity survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Varniai װאָרנעVorneCity survived.
Vaškai װאַשקיVashkiTown survived.
Veisiejai װיסײViseyTown survived.
Vilijampolė סלאַבאָדקעSlabodkeTown survived.
Virbalis װירבאלןVirbalnTown survived.
Vištytis װישינעץVishtinetzTown survived.
Žemaičių Naumiestis נײשטאָט טאװריקNeishtot TavrikTown survived.
Žagarė זשאגארZhagarCity survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Žasliai זאָסלעZosleCity survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Žeimelis זײמלZeimlTown survived.
Želva פּאָדזעלװעPodzelveTown survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Židikai זשידיקZhidikTown survived.

Poland

TownYiddish Name [1] [2] Pre-Holocaust Jewish populationNotes
HebrewLatin
Będzin בענדיןBendinCity survived.
Bełchatów בעלכאַטאָװBelkhatovTown survived.
Białobrzegi בזשאַלעבזשעגBzhalebzhegTown survived.
Bielsk Podlaski בילסקBilskTown survived.
Bircza בערטשBertshTown survived.
Błażowa בלאזשאָװBlazhovTown survived.
Brzeźnica בזשעזשניצע*BzhezhnitzeTown survived.
Brzozów ברעזשאָװBrezhovTown survived, but most Jews were exterminated.
Bukowsko בוקאָװסקBukovskTown survived, but all Jews were exterminated. The town was then destroyed during the post-war period and rebuilt years later.
Bytom City survived.
Chełm כעלםKhelmCity survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Chęciny חענטשיןChentshin2,825 (1921)Town survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Chmielnik כמעלניקKhmelnik9,600+ (1939)Town survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Ciechanów טשעכאַנאָװTshekanovCity survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Czeladź טשעלאַדזשTsheladzhTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Częstochowa טשענסטאָכאָװTshenstokhov~45,000 (1941)City survived, but made Judenfrei .
Czyżew טשיזשעװעTshizheveTown survived.
Dąbrowa Górnicza דאַמבראָװע גורניטשעDambrove GurnitsheCity survived.
Dąbrowa Tarnowska באָמבראָװDombrovTown survived.
Dębica דעמביץDembitzTown survived.
Dukla דיקלעDikleTown survived, but many Jews were exterminated.
Dynów דינאָװDinov~1,274 (1921)Town survived.
Działoszyn זאָלאָשיןZoloshinTown survived.
Frysztak פֿריסטיקFristikTown survived.
Gąbin גאָמביןGombin2,564 (1921)Town survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Głogów Małopolski גלאָגעװGlogevTown survived.
Głowaczów גלאָגעװGlogevTown survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Głowno גלאָװנעGlovneTown survived.
Gorlice גאָרליצעGorlitze5,000 (1939)City survived, but most Jews were exterminated.
Gostynin גאָסטיניןGostininTown survived, but most Jews were exterminated.
Góra Kalwaria גערGerTown survived, but most Jews were exterminated.
Grębów גרעמבאָװ*GrembovTown survived.
Grodzisk Mazowiecki גראָדזשיסקGrodzhiskTown survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Hrubieszów הרוביעשאָװHrubyeshov5,679 (1921)Town survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Iłża דרילטש*DriltshTown survived, but nearly Jews were exterminated.
Inowłódz Town survived.
Iwaniska ייִװאַנצקYivantzkTown survived, but most Jews were exterminated.
Jadów יאַדאָװYadovTown survived, but most Jews were exterminated.
Janów Podlaski יאַנעװעYaneveTown survived.
Jarosław יארעסלאװYareslavTown survived.
Jasło יאַסלעYasleTown was razed and all Jews were exterminated. Rebuilt years later.
Jedwabne יעדװאבנעYedvabne250 (1940)Town survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated. See Jedwabne pogrom.
Kamieńsk קאַמענסקKamensk1,163 (1917)Town survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Kańczuga קאַנטשיקKantshikTown survived.
Kielce קעלץKeltz25,400 (1940)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated. See Kielce pogrom.
Kiernozia קערניזעKernizeTown survived.
Kleczew קלעטשעװעKletsheveTown survived.
Klimontów קלעמענטאָװKlementovTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Knyszyn קנישיןKnishinCity survived.
Kock קאָצקKotzk2,200 (1939)Town survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Kolbuszowa קאלבושאבKolbushovTown was destroyed and nearly all Jews were exterminated. Rebuilt years later.
Kolno קאָלנעKolneTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Konin קנין‎Knin6,000 (1939)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Konstantynów Łódzki קאָסניטיןKonsnitinTown survived.
Korczyna קארטשיןKortshinTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Kozienice קאָזניץKozhnitz5,000 (1939)Town survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Krasnosielc סילץSiltzTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Krosno קראָסנעKrosneTown survived.
Lelów לעלאָװLelovTown was razed, later rebuilt.
Leżajsk ליזשענסקLizhensk4,500 (1939)Town survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Lipsk nad Biebrza ליפּסקLipskTown survived.
Lubaczów ליבעטשוװLibetshuvTown survived.
Łańcut לאנצוטLantzut2,750 (1939)Town survived.
Łask לאָסקLoskTown survived.
Łomża לאָמזשעLomzheCity survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Łosice לאָשיץLoshitz6,800 (1942)Town survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Majdan Królewski מאַידאַן*MaidanTown survived.
Międzyrzec Podlaski מעזריטשMezritsh~12,000 (1939)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Mielec מעליץMelitz2,800 (1939)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Mińsk Mazowiecki נאָװאָ־מינסקNovo-MinskTown survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Mława מלאװעMlaveTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Mstów אָמסטאָװOmstovTown survived.
Mszczonów אמשינאָװAmshinovTown survived.
Niebylec נעבליץ*NebelitzTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki נאָװידװאָרNovidvor9,000+ (1939)Town survived.
Nowy Korczyn נײַשטאָטNayshtotTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Nowy Sącz צאנזTzanzCity survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Nowy Żmigród זמיגראָדZhmigrod2,000 (1942)Town survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Nur נור*NurTown survived.
Olkusz עלקישElkishTown survived.
Opatów אפטאApta5,000 (1939)Town survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Opoczno אפאטשנאOpotshnaTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Osjaków שאקעװShakevTown survived.
Ostrołęka אסטראלענקעOstrolenkeCity survived.
Ostrów Mazowiecka אָסטרעװעOstreve10,471 (1897)Town survived.
Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski אסטראװצעOstrovtze~10,000 (1943)Town survived, but most Jews were exterminated.
Ożarów אָזשאראָװOzharovTown survived.
Pabianice פּאביאניץPabyanitz9,000 (1939)Town survived.
Pilica פילץPiltz1,877 (1921)Town survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Pilzno פּילזנעPilzneTown survived.
Piotrków Trybunalski פעטריקעװPetrikev25,000 (1938)City survived.
Płock פלוצקPlutzkCity survived.
Połaniec פּלאַנטשPlantshTown survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Przemyśl פּשעמישלPshemishlCity survived.
Przeworsk פּרשעװאָרסק‎PrshevorskTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Radom ראָדעםRodem11,200 (1897)City survived.
Radomsko ראַ‏דאָ‏מסקRadomskTown survived, but made Judenfrei.
Radomyśl Wielki גרױס־ראַדאָמישלGroys-RadomishlTown was destroyed and rebuilt years later.
Radziłów (ע)ראַדזשילעװRadzhilev(e)500 (1940)Town survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated. See Radziłów pogrom.
Radzyń Podlaski ראדזיןRodzinTown survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Raniżów ראניזאװRanizovTown survived.
Ropczyce ראָפשיץRopshitz1,000 (1939)Town survived.
Różan ראָזשאַן*Rozhan1,800 (1939)Town was destroyed and rebuilt years later.
Rozwadów ראָזװעדאָװRozvedovTown was destroyed and rebuilt years later.
Rymanów רימענעװRimenevTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Rzeszów רײשעReyshe14,000 (1939)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Sanniki 300 (1939)Town survived.
Sandomierz צױזמירTzoyzmirTown survived.
Sanok סאָניקSonikTown survived.
Sędziszów Małopolski שענדישעװShendishevTown survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Sejny סײניSeini399 (1921)Town survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Sławków סלאַװקעװSlavkevTown survived.
Sochocin סאָכעטשין*SochetshinTown survived.
Sokołów Małopolski סאקאלאװ*Sokolov1,600 (1939)Town survived.
Sompolno סאַמפּאָלנעSampolneTown survived.
Sosnowiec סאָסנאָװיץSosnovitzCity survived.
Staszów סטאַשעװStashevTown survived.
Strzyżów סטריזשעװStrizhevTown survived.
Supraśl סופּראַסליעSurpaslivTown survived.
Suwałki סװאלקSvalk7,000 (1939)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Szczebrzeszyn שעברעשיןShebreshinCity survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Szczerców שטערצעװShtertzevTown was destroyed and rebuilt years later.
Szczuczyn שצוציןShtzutzin~2,522 (1939)Town survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated. See Szczuczyn pogrom.
Tarnobrzeg דזשיקאװDzhikovCity survived.
Tarnogród טאַרניגראָדTarnigrodTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Tarnów טארנעTarne25,000 (1939)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Tyrawa Wołoska טערעװעTereveTown survived.
Tomaszów Mazowiecki טאָמעשעװTomeshevTown survived.
Trzcianne טרעסטיניTrestini2,500 (1939)Town survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Tyczyn טיטשיןTitshin2,000 (1939)Town survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Tykocin טיקטיןTiktinTown survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Ulanów אילענעװIlenevTown survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Warta דװארטDvartTown survived.
Wielkie Oczy װילקאָטשVilkotshTown survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Włoszczowa װלאטשעװע*VlotsheveTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Wojsławice װאיסלאװיץVoyslavitsTown survived.
Wysokie Mazowieckie װיסאקע-מאזאװיעצקVisoke-MazovietzkTown survived.
Wyszogród װישאגראדVishogrodTown survived.
Zabłudów זאבלודאָװעZabludoveTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Zaklików זאקלקעװZaklkevTown survived.
Zakroczym זאקראָטשיןZakrotshinTown survived.
Zambrów זעמבראװעZembroveTown survived.
Zduńska Wola זדינסקע־װאָליעZdinske-VolyeTown survived.
Zelów זלאװ*Zlav2,000 (1939)Town survived.
Zgierz זגערזשZgerzhTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Żołynia זשעליןZhelinTown survived.
Żabno זשאבנאZhabnoTown survived, but all Jews were exterminated.

Ukraine

TownYiddish Name [1] [2] Pre-Holocaust Jewish populationNotes
YiddishLatin
Ananiv אנאניעװAnanyevCity survived.
Bibrka בוברקאBubrka2,000 (1941)City survived.
Belz בעלזBelz3,600 (1914)City survived.
Berdychiv בארדיטשעװBarditshev41,617 (1897)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Berehove בערעגסאזBeregsazCity survived.
Berezdiv בערעזדיװBerezdivTown survived.
Berezhany ברעזשאןBrezhan~8,000 (1939)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Bila Tserkva שװאַרץ־טומאהShvartz-TumahCity survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated. See Bila Tserkva massacre.
Boiany בױאןBoyanTown survived.
Bolekhiv באָלעכאָװBolekhov~3,000 (1940)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated..
Boryslav באָריסלאװBorislavCity survived.
Borzna באָרזנעBorzneTown survived.
Brody בראָדBrod~9,000 (1941)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Bratslav בראָסלעװBroslevTown survived.
Buchach ביטשאָטשBitshotshCity survived, but made Judenfrei .
Budaniv בודזאנאװBudzanovTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Bukachivtsi בוקיטשעװיץBukitshevitzTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Burshtyn בורשטיןBurshtin1,700 (1942)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Chernihiv טשערניִעװTsherniev11,000 (1897)City survived.
Chopovychi טשאָפּאָװיטש*TshopovitshTown survived.
Chornobyl טשערנאָבלTshernoblCity survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Chortkiv טשאָרטקאָװTshortkovCity survived.
Deliatyn דעלאטיןDelatinTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Derazhnia דעראזשניע*DerazhnieCity survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Dolyna דאָלינאDolinaCity survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Drohobych דראָהאָביטשDrohobitsh15,000 (1939)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Dunaivtsi דינעװיץDinevitzCity survived.
Hornostaipil הורנסטײפלHornsteyplTown survived.
Horodenka האָראָדענקעHorodenkeCity survived.
Horodok גרײַדינגGreiding~5,000 (1941)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Husiatyn הוסיאטיןHusyatinTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Justingrad יוסטינגראָדYustingrodTown was destroyed and nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Kalush קאַלעשKaleshCity survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Kalynivka קאַלענעװקעKalenevkeTown survived.
Kamianets-Podilskyi קאמענעץ־פאָדאָלסקKamenetz-PodolskCity survived. See Kamianets-Podilskyi massacre.
Khorostkiv כראָסקעװKhroskevCity (then-town) survived.
Khotyn חוטיןChutinCity survived.
Kolky קאָלקKolkCity survived.
Kolomyia קאָלאָמײKolomey16,568 (1900)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Korolevo קיראַלהאַזKiralhazCity survived.
Kopychyntsi קאָפיטשיניץKopitshinitzCity survived.
Kosiv קאָסאָװKosov3,700 (1939)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Kovel קאָװעלKovelCity survived.
Kremenets קרעמעניץKremenitz15,000+ (1941)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Krasnostav Town destroyed.
Kupil קופּעלKupelTown survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Kuty קיטעװKitevCity survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Letychiv לעטיטשעװLetitshevTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Lityn ליטיןLitinTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Liubar לובערLuberCity survived.
Lozisht לאָזשיסטLozhistTown was destroyed and all Jews were exterminated.
Lutsk לוצקLutzk17,500 (1939)City survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Makariv מעקאַרעװMekarevCity survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Makhnivka מאַכניװקאַMakhnivka843 (1939)Town survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Mariiampil מאַריאַמפּאָלMariampolTown survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Medzhybizh מעזשביזשMezhbizhCity survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Mlyniv מלינובMlinuvAbout 2000City survived.
Mukachevo מונקאטשMunkatsh15,000 (1944)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Nadvirna נאדװאָרנאNadvorna2,042 (1921)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Nemyriv נעמאַרעװNemarevTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Nova Ushytsia נײַ־אושיצעNay Ushitze1,547 (1939) [4] Town survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Nizhyn ניעזשיןNiezhinCity survived.
Olesko אָלעקסOleks738 (1935)City survived.
Olyka אָליקOlik2,086 (1921)City survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Otyniia אָטיניאOtinyaCity survived.
Pavoloch פאװאָליטשPavolitshTown survived, but all Jews were exterminated. See Pavoloch massacre.
Pidhaitsi פּידײַיִץPidayitz2,827 (1931)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Pidkamin פּאדקאמען*PodkamenCity survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Plyskiv פּליסקעװPliskevTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Pohrebyshche פּאָרעבישטשPorebishtshCity survived.
Polonne פאָלאָנעPoloneCity survived.
Poninka פּאנינקע*PoninkeCity survived.
Probizhna פראָבוזנאProbuznaTown survived.
Pryluky פּרילוקPrilukCity survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Rava-Ruska ראװעRaveCity survived.
Rohatyn רוהאטיןRuhatinCity survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Rivne ראװנעRavneCity survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Ruzhyn ריזשןRizhn1,108 (1939)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Sadhora סאדיגאָראSadigora5,000 (1914)Town survived.
Sambir סאמבאָרSamborCity survived.
Savran סאװראן*Savran3,198 (1900)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Seliatyn Town survived.
Sharhorod שריגרודShrigrudCity survived.
Shepetivka שעפעטיוקעShepetivkeCity survived.
Shpola שפאָלעShpoleCity survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Shpykiv שפּיקעװShpikevCity survived.
Skala-Podilska סקאַלעSkaleCity survived.
Skalat סקאלאטSkalatTown survived.
Slavuta סלאװיטאSlovitaCity survived.
Sniatyn שניאטין*ShnyatinTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Sosnove סלוטש-גדולSlutsh-GadolCity survived.
Stara Syniava אַלט־סיניאָװעAlt-SinioveCity survived.
Starokostiantyniv אַלט־קאָסנטיןAlt-Kosntin6,743 (1939)City survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Stepan סטעפּיעןStepyen1,854 (1900)City survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Storozhynets שטראזשניץShtrozhnitz2,480 (1930)City survived.
Stryi סטריStri11,000 (1939)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Tarashcha טאַראַשטשעTarashtsheCity survived.
Teofipol טשאןTshanCity survived.
Terebovlia טרעבעװלעTrebevleCity survived.
Tetiiv טיטיעװTityevCity survived.
Tlumach טאלמיטשTolmitshCity survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Tovste טױסטToystCity survived.
Trochenbrod Town survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Trostianets טראָסטיניץTrostinitzCity survived.
Ulashkivtsi לאַשקעװיץLashkevitzTown survived.
Uman אומאןUmanCity survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Uzhhorod אונגװירUngvirCity survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Voinyliv City survived.
Volochysk װאָלאָטשיסקVolotshiskCity survived.
Vyshnivets װישניפֿיץVishnifitzCity survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Vyzhnytsia װיזשניץVizhnitzTown survived.
Yampil יאמפאלאYampol1,495 (1939) [5] Town survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Yavoriv יאַװאָראָװYavorovCity survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Yabluniv יאַבלאָנעװYablonevCity survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Yahilnytsia ייִגאָלניצעYigolnitzeTown survived.
Yazlovets יאַזלאָװיץYazlovitzTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Zabolotiv זאַבלאָטאָװZablotovCity survived.
Zalishchyky זאַלישטשיקZalishtshikCity survived.
Zbarazh זבאראזשZbarazhCity survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Zhmerynka זשמערינקעZhmerinkeCity survived.
Zhovkva זשאָלקװעZholkveTown survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Zhydachiv זשידעטשױװZhidetshoiv950 (1929)City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Zinkiv זענקעװZenkevCity survived.
Zlatopil זלאַטאָפּאָליעZlatopolyeCity survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Zolochiv זלאָטשעװZlotshevCity survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated.
Zolotyi Potik פּאָטיקPotik895 (1921)Town survived, but all Jews were deported and/or exterminated.

Others

Current countryTownYiddish name [1] [2] Pre-Holocaust Jewish populationNotes
HebrewLatin
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Sátoraljaújhely איהעלIhel4,500 (1905) [6]
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Riebiņi [7] ריבינישאָקRibinishok533 (1897)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Višķi װישקיVishki
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova Căușeni קאַושאַןKaushan1,675 (1897)
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova Zgurița זגוריצהZguritza1,802 (1897)
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Gura Humorului גוראַ הומאָראַGura Humora
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Rădăuți ראַדעװיץRadevitz
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Khislavichi חאסלאװיץKhoslovitz3,642 (1880)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Lyubavichi ליובאַװיתשLyubavitsh967 (1926)Town survived, but all Jews were exterminated.
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Bardejov באַרדיאָבBardyov

Shtots

Current countryCityYiddish name [1] [2] Pre–Holocaust Jewish populationNotes
HebrewLatin
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Vienna [8] װיןVin166,000 [9] Compare German endonym 'Wien'
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Bobruisk [10] באַברױסקBabruisk21,558 [11]
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Brest [12] בריסקBrisk30,000 [13]
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Minsk [14] מינסקMinsk90,000 [15]
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Pinsk [16] פינסקPinsk20,200 [17]
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Vitebsk [18] װיטעבסקVitebsk34,400 [19]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia Prague [20] פּראָגProg56,000 [21]
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Frankfurt [22] פֿראַנקפורטFrankfurt26,158 [23]
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Budapest [24] בודאַפעשטBudapesht184,000 [25]
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Daugavpils [26] דװינסקDvinsk11,106 [27] Named Dvinsk from 1893-1920
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Riga [28] ריגעRige43,672 [29]
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Kaunas [30] קאָװנעKovne38,000 [31] Compare Polish name Kowno
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Vilnius [32] װילנעVilne55,000 [33]
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova Bălți ‏בלץBeltz14,229 [34]
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova Chişinău [35] קישינעװKishinev70,000 [36] Compare Russian name Kishinov
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Białystok [37] ביאַליסטאָקByalistok40,000 [38]
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Gdańsk [39] דאַנציגDantzigCompare German name Danzig
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Kraków [40] קראָקעKroke60,000 [41]
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Łódź [42] לאָדזשLodzh223,000 [43]
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Lublin [44] לובליןLublin40,000 [45]
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Poznań [46] פּױזןPoyznCompare German name Posen
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Warsaw [47] װאַרשעVarshe400,000 [48]
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Wrocław [49] ברעסלױBresloy10,309 [50] Compare German name Breslau
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Bucharest [51] בוקאַרעשטBukaresht100,000 [52]
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Cluj-Napoca [53] קלױזענבורגKloyzenburg16,763 [54] Compare German name Klausenburg
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Iaşi [55] יאַסYas51,000 [56]
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Kaliningrad קעניגסבערגKenigsberg5,500 [3] Compare former German name Königsberg
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Moscow מאָסקװעMoskve250,000 [57]
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Saint Petersburg פעטערבורג/לענינגראַדPeterburg/Leningrad200,000 [58] Named Leningrad in 1924-1991
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Smolensk סמאָלענסקSmolensk3,000 [3]
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Bratislava [59] פרעסבורגPresburg14,882 [60] Compare German name Preßburg
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Chernivtsi [61] טשערנאָװיץTshernovitz50,000 [62]
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Dnipropetrovsk קאַטערינעסלאַװKaterineslav100,000 [63] Named Катериносла́в (Katerynosláv) until 1929
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk סטאַניסלאװStanislav30,000 [64] Named Stanisławów until 1962
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Kyiv [65] קיִעװKiev175,000 [66]
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Kharkiv כ‏ֿאַרקעװKharkev130,200 [67]
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Khmelnytskyi [68] פּראָסקערעװProskerev13,500 [69] Named Проску́рів (Proskúriv) until 1954
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Lviv [70] לעמבערגLemberg150,000 [71] Compare German name Lemberg
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Odessa [72] אַדעסAdes180,000 [73]
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Ternopil [74] טאַרנעפּאָלTarnepol18,000 [75]
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Vinnitsa [76] װיניצעVinitze21,812 [77]
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Zhytomyr [78] זשיטאָמירZhitomir30,000 [79]

See also

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