List of shtetls

This list of shtetls and shtots (eastern European towns and cities with significant pre-Holocaust Jewish populations) is organized by country.

This list is incomplete; you can help by . (August 2008)

Some villages that are listed at Yad Vashem have not been included here.

Shtetls[]

Belarus[]

Lithuania[]

Poland[]

Ukraine[]

Others[]

Current country	Town	Yiddish name		Pre-Holocaust Jewish population	Notes
		Hebrew	Latin
Hungary	Sátoraljaújhely	איהעל	Ihel	4,500 (1905)[2]
Latvia	Riebiņi[3]	ריבינישאָק	Ribinishok	533 (1897)
Latvia	Višķi	ווישקי	Vishki
Moldova	Zgurița	זגוריצה	Zguritza	1,802 (1897)
Romania	Gura Humorului	גוראַ הומאָראַ	Gura Humora
Romania	Rădăuți	ראַדעוויץ	Radevitz
Slovakia	Bardejov	באַרדיאָב	Bardyov

Shtots[]

Current country	City	Yiddish name		Pre–Holocaust Jewish population	Notes
		Hebrew	Latin
Austria	Vienna[4]	װין	Vin	166,000[5]	Compare German endonym 'Wien'
Belarus	Bobruisk[6]	באַברויסק	Babruisk	21,558[7]
Belarus	Brest[8]	בריסק	Brisk	30,000[9]
Belarus	Minsk[10]	מינסק	Minsk	90,000[11]
Belarus	Pinsk[12]	פינסק	Pinsk	20,200[13]
Belarus	Vitebsk[14]	וויטעבסק	Vitebsk	34,400[15]
Czechia	Prague[16]	פּראָג	Prog	56,000[17]
Germany	Frankfurt[18]	פֿראַנקפורט	Frankfurt	26,158[19]
Hungary	Budapest[20]	בודאַפעשט	Budapesht	184,000[21]
Latvia	Daugavpils[22]	דווינסק	Dvinsk	11,106[23]	Named Dvinsk from 1893-1920
Latvia	Riga[24]	ריגע	Rige	43,672[25]
Lithuania	Kaunas[26]	קאָװנע	Kovne	38,000[27]	Compare Polish name Kowno
Lithuania	Vilnius[28]	װילנע	Vilne	55,000[29]
Moldova	Chişinău[30]	קישינעװ	Kishinev	70,000[31]	Compare Russian name Kishinov
Poland	Białystok[32]	ביאַליסטאָק	Byalistok	40,000[33]
Poland	Gdańsk[34]	דאַנציג	Dantzig		Compare German name Danzig
Poland	Kraków[35]	קראָקע	Kroke	60,000[36]
Poland	Łódź[37]	לאָדזש	Lodzh	223,000[38]
Poland	Lublin[39]	לובלין	Lublin	40,000[40]
Poland	Poznań[41]	פּױזן	Poyzn		Compare German name Posen
Poland	Warsaw[42]	װאַרשע	Varshe	400,000[43]
Poland	Wrocław[44]	ברעסלוי	Bresloy	10,309[45]	Compare German name Breslau
Romania	Bucharest[46]	בוקאַרעשט	Bukaresht	100,000[47]
Romania	Cluj-Napoca[48]	קלויזענבורג	Kloyzenburg	16,763[49]	Compare German name Klausenburg
Romania	Iaşi[50]	יאַס	Yas	51,000[51]
Russia	Kaliningrad	קעניגסבערג	Kenigsberg	5,500[1]	Compare former German name Königsburg
Russia	Moscow	מאָסקווע	Moskve	250,000[52]
Russia	Saint Petersburg	פעטערבורג/לענינגראַד	Peterburg/Leningrad	200,000[53]	Named Leningrad in 1924-1991
Russia	Smolensk	סמאָלענסק	Smolensk	3,000[1]
Slovakia	Bratislava[54]	פרעסבורג	Presburg	14,882[55]	Compare German name Preßburg
Ukraine	Chernivtsi[56]	טשערנאָוויץ	Tshernovitz	50,000[57]
Ukraine	Dnipropetrovsk	קאַטערינעסלאַוו	Katerineslav	100,000[58]	Named Катериносла́в (Katerynosláv) until 1929
Ukraine	Ivano-Frankivsk	סטאַניסלאװ	Stanislav	30,000[59]	Named Stanisławów until 1962
Ukraine	Kyiv[60]	קיִעװ	Kiev	175,000[61]
Ukraine	Kharkiv	כ‏ֿאַרקעוו	Kharkev	130,200[62]
Ukraine	Khmelnytskyi[63]	פּראָסקערעוו	Proskerev	13,500[64]	Named Проску́рів (Proskúriv) until 1954
Ukraine	Lviv[65]	לעמבערג	Lemberg	150,000[66]	Compare German name Lemberg
Ukraine	Odessa[67]	אַדעס	Ades	180,000[68]
Ukraine	Ternopil[69]	טאַרנעפּאָל	Tarnepol	18,000[70]
Ukraine	Vinnitsa[71]	וויניצע	Vinitze	21,812[72]
Ukraine	Zhytomyr[73]	זשיטאָמיר	Zhitomir	30,000[74]

See also[]

• List of villages and towns depopulated of Jews during the Holocaust
• Where Once We Walked

References[]

External links[]

• JewishGen ShtetLink