Lida Synagoga (1 results)

in mylar envelope. Condition: Very Good. Unused postcard. The photo was apparently taken with a slow shutter speed. This resulted in sharp detail, as seen in the brickwork for example. On the other hand the person in the coat and capt on the left is blurry. Then there is the fellow in the traditional Jewish garb standing still in front of the synagogue, apparently with his hands in his pocket Then there are the blurrier image of the children on the other side of the tree. Apparently that child was not standing still. We have here a moment in time back in 1905 in front of the LIda synagogue. The town of Lida was part of the Russian Empire at the time, and until World War One. It was part of Poland from 1920-1939, and is now in Belarus. Prior to the outbreak of war between Russia and Germany during the Second World War, there were about 8,500 Jews in Lida. In July, 1941, the Germans took the leadership of the Jewish community to the nearby village of Stoneiewicze, where they were murdered. In May 1942, another mass murder of Jews occurred near the same village. The ghetto was destroyed in September, 1943. There were only 300 Jews left in the town on liberation in July, 1944.