SVISLACH: Grodno

Alternate names: Svislach [Bel], Svisloch [Rus], Świsłocz [Pol], Sislevitsh [Yid], Śvisłač, Sislevitch, Sislevits, Svislovitch, Svislovitz, Svislotch, Svislots, Russian: Свислочь. Belarusian: Свіслач. סויסלוץ Hebrew. 53°02' N, 24°06' E, 0 miles E of Białystok, 18 miles WSW of Vawkavysk (Volkovysk). 1900 Jewish census: 2,086. ShtetLink. Yizkors:

• • Kehilat Swislocz; pelekh Grodno (Tel Aviv, 1961)
  • Sefer Svislots 2: mikbats te'ude, perakim nivharim, reshimat bate-av, ma'amarim, 'eduyot, temunot u-mismakhim (Netanya, 1984)
  • Volkovisker yisker-bukh (New York, 1949)
    
• Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), pp. 1272-1273: "Swislocz".
https://www.gofundme.com/svislochcemetery
• Pinkas HaKehilot, Poland, Vol. 8 (2005), p. 460-464: "Swislocz"
• Shtetl Finder (1980), p. 100: "Svislotch, Sislevitch, Svislovitz".

Jewish cemetery photo.

http://www.jhrgbelarus.org/Heritage_Cemeteries.php?pid=&lang=en&city_id=222&type=2?

[February 2010]

Appeal for funds for restoration of Jewish Cemetery [April 2017]