ABOUT KOZANHORODOK
• Excerpts from THE PECHENIK FAMILY and reference works
• Kazhan-Haradok JewishGen Locality Page
MAPS | |
• map of Luninetz & Kozanhorodok & region | |
• section of Brest region with Kozhan-Gorodok | |
• Belarus maps at University of Texas | |
PICTURES | |
• Synagogue (at History of Belarussion Jewry) | |
• Higher resolution -- 1 MB | |
• Another view (at Museum of Family History) | |
• Interior | |
• Memorial in Kozhan Gorodok / translation |
FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNTS
• Sheindel Shulman Kolnik / "Growing up in Kozhangorodok"
• Larry Gaum / "A Visit To Belarus - The Circle Is Complete"
• Natalie Rothstein / "Back to Belarus"
PEOPLE
• Yom-Tov Ehrlich--Musician, composer & entertainer
• Moss Kolnik--Chess great
• THE PECHENIK FAMILY book at WorldCat / YIVO / Vermont State College (and other libraries)
YIZKOR BOOK -- Memorial Book of Luniniec & Kozhanhorodok
• Copy of the original (at the NYPL's Dorot Jewish Division)
• Parts translated into English here (via JewishGen Yizkor Book Project)
• [The Lenin Memorial Book mentions "Kozhan Horodok" in "A Winter Eve Wedding"]
DOCUMENTS | |
• 1897 Russian Census -- click on Pinsk Uezd (at History of Belarussion Jewry) | |
• gives Kozhan-gorodok pop. as 3294 total, 1597 Jews | |
• 1875 Pinsk Uyezd draft list | |
• 1906 Pinsk Uyezd Duma list: [A-H] [I-P] [Q-Z] | |
• 1929 Polish Business Directory: | |
• Kożangródek entry | |
• Lachwa entry (see second column, 4th line from the bottom) |
• Documents in archives abroad (via Routes to Roots Foundation)
• 1858/1905 censuses
• 1929-1939 Polish alijah passport documents to Palestine
• Holocaust documents in Minsk / Moscow / Pinsk
SEARCHABLE DATABASES
• Search the JewishGen Belarus Database
• JewishGen Family Finder
• Click the button to find others researching Kozhanhorodok.