Alternate names: Pruzhany [Rus], Prużana [Pol], Pružany [Bel], Pruzhani [Yid], Pruzhana, Prozhani, Pruzhene, Pruzin. Russian/Belarusian: Пружаны.פרוזשענע
Yiddish. 52°33' N, 24°28' E, 45 miles NE of Brest (Brest-Litovsk) and 158.4 miles SW of Minsk.. 1900 Jewish population: 5,080. Yizkors:
- Pinkas Pruzhany ve-ha-seviva; edut ve-ziharon le-kehilot she-hushmedu ba-shoa
(Tel Aviv, 1983) - Pinkas me-hamesh kehilot harevot Pruzana, Bereza, Malch, Schershev, Seltz
(Buenos Aires, 1958) - Pinkes fun der shtot Pruzshene
(Prużana, 1930) - Pinkasim fun Balbirishuk, Zidik, Yurbarik, Kovne, Vilne, Shnadau, Shkod, Mestislav Hadash, Pruzhani
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- Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 1031: "Pruzhana".
- Pinkas HaKehilot, Poland, Vol. 5 (1990), p. 299-305: "Pruzana"
- Shtetl Finder (1980), p. 77: "Pruzhani".
http://users.i.com.ua/~pruzany/ [October 2001]
Jewish cemetery photos. [February 2010]
[UPDATE[ Photo [February 2016]