Alternate names: Vysokaye [Bel], Vysokoye [Rus], Wysokie Litewskie [Pol], Visoka Litovsk [Yid], Visoka D'Lita, Visoke Dlita, Visoke Litovsk, Vysoko-Litovsk, Wysoki Litovsk, Visokie-Litevskie, Visokoya, Vysokae

Region: Grodno

1. •Yizkor Books (1 Book):
   

1. ◦Yizkor!: gevidmet dem heyligen ondenk fun di kdoyshim fun Visoka-Litovsk un Voltshin (New York, 1948)
   

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Town                                                                                                     District                                            Province                                  Country

Before WWI (c. 1900):                  Visoke Litovsk                    Brest                                                Grodno                                    Russian Empire

Between the wars (c. 1930):        Wysokie Litewskie           Brześć nad Bugiem                     Polesie                                     Poland

After WWII (c. 1950):                    Vysokoye                                                                                                                                             Soviet Union

Today (c. 2000):                              Vysokaye                                                                                                                                              Belarus

Jewish Population in 1900:   2,876 (in 1897)

Belarusian: Высокае (Высока-Літоўск). Russian: Высокое (Высоко-Литовск). Yiddish: װיסאָקא־ליטאװסק

53 miles 85 km S of Białystok, 23 miles 37 km NW of Brest.

Additional information for Vysokaye:

1. •Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 1470: "Wysokie Litewskie".
   

2. •Pinkas HaKehilot, Poland, Vol. 5 (1990), pp. 249-250: "Wysokie Litewskie".
   

3. •Shtetl Finder (1989), p. 113: "Visoka Litovsk, Visokoya, Visoka D'Lita".
   

4. •Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), XIV, pp. 134-138: "Wysokie Litewskie".
   

5. •JewishGen Belarus SIG
   

6. •Jewish Records Indexing - Poland
   

Vysokaye Landsmanshaft Cemetery Plots in the New York Area:

•Wisoker Family Circle – New Montefiore Cemetery - Section 6, Block 7

•Wisoko Litowsker Bruderlicker Unt. Verein – Wellwood Cemetery - Block 29, Section 2

•Wisoko Litowsker Bruderlicker Unterstuetzungs Verein -   Mt. Judah Cemetery - Section 2, Block 6

1. •    Wisoko Litowsker Bruderlicker Unterstuetzungs Verein - Section 5, Post 49
   

2. •    Wisoko Litowsker Bruderlicker Unt. Verein - Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn - Cemetery #5, Post #497. Entrance is on Arcadia Ave. which runs off 20th Ave
   

YIVO's Landsmanshaftn Collection has the following material:

•Wysoko-Litowsker Brotherly Ben. Society – Record Group: RG 1611

Vysokaye Landsmanshaftn incorporated in New York County

•Wisoko Litowsk Bruderlicher Unterstutzungs Verein – Year of Incorporation: 1902, Doc. # 260

•Wisoker Ladies Unterstuetzungs Verein – Year of Incorporation: 1905, Doc. # 3403

Links: 

The JewishGen Belarus Database is a multiple-database search containing more than 500,000 entries from Belarus which incorporates the following databases: JewishGen Family Finder )JGFF), JRI -Poland, Yizkor Book Necrologies, JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR), Birth Records, Marriage Records, Belarus Names Database, Jewish Religious Personnel in the Russian Empire, 1853-1854, Revision Lists and much more! The database is a work in progress and new entries are being added regularly.

The URL for the JewishGen Belarus Database:

http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Poland/

 
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Special Interest Group (SIG) webpage

http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/

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Translation of Yisker zhurnal gevidmet diumgekumene fun Visoka un Voltshin

http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/vysokoye/vysokoye.html

Description of the Vysokaye Jewish Cemetery:

http://www.iajgs.org/cemetery/belarus/vysokoe.html

wysokie-litewskie.org

www.wysokie-litewskie.org

www.vysokoye.org