JewishGen Press - Gol'shany, Belarus

The Life and Destruction of Olshan
(Gol'shany, Belarus)

part of Yizkor Books Project of JewishGen, Inc.

Translation of Lebn un umkum fun Olshan
(The Life and Destruction of Olshan)
Original Yizkor Book Written and Edited by: Former Residents of Olshan in Israel (Irgun Yotzey Olshan)
Published in Tel Aviv, 1965 (Hebrew, Yiddish and English)
This English Version was Translated and Edited by Jack Leibman Hard Cover, 11” by 8.5”, 336 pages with all illustrations

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This is an English translation of the Olshan Yizkor (Memorial) Book originally published in Israel in 1965. It was written by the survivors and their families who had lived in the shtetl of Olshan, which was overrun and destroyed by the Nazi invasion in 1940.

The Jewish community of Olshan, now part of Belarus, had survived multiple changes over its centuries of existence. These are described in vivid historic and personal detail, culminating in the grisly events of the Holocaust.

No Jews remain in the town, and this book is a humble memorial and tribute to their memory, and to the heart-wrenching experiences of one of the blackest periods of human history.

Gol'shany, Belarus is located at 54°15' North Latitude and 26°01' East Longitude

Alternate names for the town are: Hal'shany [Belarussian], Gol'shany [Russian], Olshan [Yiddish], Holszany [Polish], Alšėnai [Lithuanian], Halšany, Holshan, Holshani, Olshani, Olszany

Nearby Jewish Communities:

Traby 8 miles SSW

Krevo 12 miles ENE

Vishneva 12 miles SE

Ashmyany 12 miles NNW

Zhuprany 15 miles N

Dieveniškės, Lithuania 17 miles WSW

Soly 20 miles NNE

Smarhon 22 miles NE

Bakshty 23 miles SSE

Lipnishki 24 miles SW

Valozhyn 24 miles ESE

Iwye 24 miles SSW

Laibiškės, Lithuania 25 miles NW

Astravyets 25 miles N

Šalčininkai, Lithuania 26 miles W

Byenyakoni 26 miles W

Zaskevichi 26 miles ENE

Liebiedzieva 28 miles E

Voranava 28 miles WSW

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