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Visit pages from the of
the 3 Nesvizh Socities in existence at
that time.
1930
Journal
1934
Journal
1938
Journal
1939
Journal
1954
Journal
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1905-06
Nesvizh Real Estate Property Owners
Published by JewishGen
Belarus SIG
Nesvizh Vital
Records (txt)
Nesvizh
Vital Records (xls)
(1839, 1840, 1847, and 1860) from FHL
Microfilm #1920793
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Historical Sketches:
Nesvizh currently
is located in Baranovichi oblast, Minsk
guberniya (province) in Belarus, in the
former Soviet Union. During the period
1921 to 1939, the town was part of the
Republic of Poland. Read more about
Nesvizh in this essay: A Jewish
History of Nesvizh
Also, read:
A History of
Nesvizh
Jewish Resistance During
the Holocaust: Case Study of Nesvizh
by Dr. Sheldon Brown
NOTE: The
English translation of the memoir of
David Farfel "In the Nesvizh Ghetto
and Naliboki Forest" has been
published and is now available for
purchase. It was translated by
Benjamin Schuster, and
edited by Zvi Farfel. It is the
only authorized version of the book.
Please contact Zvi Farfel at farfel@post.tau.ac.il.
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New addition:
Video - Interview with Elena Byl,
Christian resident of Nesvizh during the
Holocaust
Elena Byl
video
Video - Until
The Last Step. Produced by
Ruth Films, this film describes only some
of the events of the Holocaust in Belarus
between summer 1942 and until the
destruction of the ghettos in the fall of
1943. Nesvizh segment starts about minute
27. Read
about the video. (added March 2017)
Ancestral Visit
Home
by Dr. Sheldon Brown
See photos here!
(*added May 2011)
Transliteration
of the 1806 map of the Town of Nesvizh.
The 1806 resident
map of the Town of Nesvizh includes
names and map references.
Click here to view the:
1881 Tax
Payment List of Nesvizh
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Name Lists & Other Reference
Material
- Photo Gallery
of Nesvizh
- Bibliography of Material on Nesvizh
- Current
Research and Resource Material by members of
the Nesvizh Interest Group
- Business Directories for Nesvizh
Area
- Soldiers from the Ghetto: The First
Uprising
Against the Nazis,by
Shalom Cholawski
- Nesvizh Landsmanshaftn Incorporators
- Belarus Revision Lists (Poll Tax
Lists)
- The Historical Archives of Minsk, Belarus
- Member
Interest Survey
Cemeteries
These are already documented:
Mt. Carmel
Mt. Hebron
Washington
Mt. Zion
We've found more
sites!
- Mt. Judah
Section 2, Block 5
"Indep. Bros. of Neshveis"
- Wellwood, Long Island, NY
Block 26, Section 2
"Progressive Brethren of Neshwies"
- New Montefiore, Long Island,
NY
Section 5, Block 12
"Neshwiser Young Men's Benev. Association"
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Research Resources and
Documents:
This area is linked to
the JewishGen Yiskor Book site where
the Nesvizh Study Group has
joined with other JewishGen SIGs in
presenting a compendium of the
available Yizkor Books.
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Do you have roots in Nesvizh? Would you like to
connect with others researching the same
community? Join the Belarus Discussion Group
and post an introduction. Subscribe using the JewishGen Subscription
Management page. Choose Belarus.
Nesvizh, Minsk Gubernya, Belarus
Location: Lat. 53'13o, Long. 26'40o
or 59.9 miles SW of Minsk
Other Spellings: Nezvitch, Nezvitch,
Nisowitch, Niesviez, Nieswiez, Nieswiz, Neshwies,
Niasviz, Nieswish.
Articles of Interest
Links to Other Sites of Interest
- Belarus SIG website - "...our
big SIGster..."
- Oral
history interview with survivor Elka Farfel on
the site of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Reeva Kimble's Home Page
An extremely informative site concerning the Town of
Mir (Approximately 15 miles north of Nesvizh)- For
links to other shtetls in Belarus, link to the Belarus
section of JewishGen KehilaLinks
- A list of 337 Jewish draft evaders from Nesvizh.
Jewish draft evaders from Nesvizh
1876
- Allison Bell publishes the following which may be
of interest:
• February 1860 fines list
• July 1853 service list
• June 1893 debtors list
• Possible Warsaw draft evaders
January 1910
• 1893 call-up notice for Jews in
the Minsk district
• August 1876 Minsk Gubernya Draft
Notice
• Jews in the Rechitsa District
1838-1917 by surname
• Check out the "Minsk Vedomosti Translation
Center" and search tool:
- Article
by Herbert Steinhouse about Oskar Schindler.
Herbert was the grandson of a Nesvizher; the
grandfather's marriage record can be seen here.
Google "Herbert Steinhouse" for more.
Nesvizh Maps
1799 and 1817
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Nesvizh
Study Group