Iwye
Iwye (Belarusian: Іўе [ˈiʊje]; Lithuanian: Yvija; Russian: Ивье [ˈivʲjɪ]; Polish: Iwje; Yiddish: אייוויע Eyvye) is a city and former shtetl in Belarus in the Hrodna Province, 158 km east of Hrodna. It is a station on the railway line between Lida and Maladzyechna. It was the site of a dangerous rescue mission by the Bielski Brothers in late 1942, as the Germans prepared to liquidate the ghetto, as the area was occupied during Operation Barbarossa. The population of Iwye was 8,900 in 1995.
Iwye Іўе | |
|---|---|
.jpg) View of the town, August 2010 | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Iwye | |
| Coordinates: 53°55′N 25°46′E | |
| Country |  |
| Voblast | Hrodna Region |
| Raion | Iwye district |
| Mentioned | 1444 |
| Population | |
| • Total | 9,684 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 231337 |
| Area code(s) | +375 1595 |
| License plate | 4 |
People
- Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, Rav of Vilnius, born in Iwye
- Moshe Shatzkes, Rav of Iwye, 1913–1941
Sights
- Saints Peter and Paul Church
- Old wooden mosque
External links
- In memory of the Jewish community of Iwye
- Photos on Radzima.org
- Website of local television "Ивье ТВ"
- Iwye at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Iwye, Belarus at JewishGen
Subdivisions of Grodno Region, Belarus | ||
|---|---|---|
| Districts (raiony) |  | |
| District centres | ||
| Cities | ||
Authority control  |
|---|
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.