(Brańsk, Poland)
Translation of
Bransk, sefer hazikaron
Published by the JewishGen Press
Editors: Alter Trus and Julius Cohen, Brainsker Relief Committee of New York,
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part of Yizkor Books Project of JewishGen, Inc.
Originally published in New York 1948 (Yiddish 440 pages)
Project Coordinator: Rubin Roy Cobb
Translations: Rubin Roy Cobb, Mindle Crystal Gross
Hard Cover, 11 by 8.5, 476 pages with all illustrations.
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Translation of the Memorial (Yizkor) Book of the town of Bransk, Poland, originally written in 1948 in Yiddish by the former residents and survivors of the town. It provides a first-hand account of the life in the town before the Shoah and accounts of the destruction of this Jewish Community by the Nazis and their local collaborators.
Brańsk, Poland is located at 52°44' North Latitude and 22°51' East Longitude
Alternate names for the town are: Brańsk [Polish], Braynsk [Yiddish], Bran'sk [Russian], Breinsk, Brainsk Nearby Jewish Communities:
Ciechanowiec 15 miles WSW Bielsk Podlaski 15 miles E Suraż 16 miles NNE Łapy 17 miles N Sokoły 18 miles NNW Wysokie Mazowieckie 19 miles NW Milejczyce 19 miles SE Siemiatycze 20 miles S Orla 20 miles E |
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