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Alternate names: Shereshevo [Rus], Shereshov [Yid], Szereszów [Pol], Sharashova [Bel], Sheresheva, Shereshuv, Shershev, Shershova, Shershovi, Sarasova, Šarašoŭ, Russian: Шерешево. Belarussian: Шарашоў / Шарашова.  שערשעוו- Yiddish. 52°33' N, 24°13' E, 38 miles NE of Brest-Litovsk, 10 miles W of Pruzhany, 166.9 miles WSW of Minsk in Pruzhany uezd, Grodno guberniya. 1900 Jewish population: 2,553.

Yizkors:  Pinkas Pruzhany ve-ha-seviva; edut ve-ziharon le-kehilot she-hushmedu ba-shoa (Tel Aviv, 1983) and Pinkas me-hamesh kehilot harevot Pruzana, Bereza, Malch, Schershev, Seltz (Buenos Aires, 1958)

Cemetery: Old vertical stones were found here and in Vysokoe. Here, more than a thousand Jewish stones are in good condition. Source: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Restoration photos. [December 2010]