Telekhany
Telekhany (Belarusian: Целяханы or Celjahany, Polish: Telechany, Russian: Телеханы or Telehany, Yiddish: טעלעכאן or Telechan, Unknown origin: Telekhani, Telechon, Telekani, Telekhan, Tselyakhani, Celjachani) is a town in Ivatsevichy Raion of the Brest Region in Belarus. The town has about 4,500 inhabitants.[1]
History[]
The name originates from Tatar language where it means "a tomb of Khan". During World War II, the Jewish community was massacred in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen.[2][3]
Notes[]
External links[]
- History of the town (in Russian)
- Photos on Globus.tut.by (text in Russian)
- Photos on Radzima.org
- Documents about Jewish inhabitants of Telekhany (mostly English)
- Genealogy of the Ajzenberg/Eisenberg/Eizenberg family of Telechan
Coordinates: 52°31′N 25°51′E / 52.517°N 25.850°E
Categories:
- Populated places in Brest Region
- Urban-type settlements in Belarus
- Brest Litovsk Voivodeship
- Pinsky Uyezd
- Polesie Voivodeship
- Shtetls
- Jewish Belarusian history
- Holocaust locations in Belarus
- Belarus geography stubs