Бершадь Berșad, Бершадський район, Вінницька область, Україна

Latitude 48°22′22″N
Longitude 29°31′57″E
City Бершадь Berșad Bershad
County Бершадський район
State/ Province Вінницька область
Country Україна

Narrative

Бершадь
Berșad
Bershad
Berszad
Berchad

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In June, 1648, during the Cossack Uprising under Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Maksim Krivonos overran Bershad and murdered all the Jews and Catholics.

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In the mid-nineteenth century, Bershad was famous for her Jewish weavers of the tallitim.

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In 1941, Romanian forces transformed Bershad into a ghetto, where thousands of Jews were starved to death, including victims transported from Bessarabia.

References

  1. Glasberg, Mendel
  2. Glasberg, Ruth bat Mendel
  3. , Leah
  4. Linder, Albert ben Shmuel (Samuel)
  5. Linder, Samuel
  6. Linder, Yehudith bat Shmuel (Samuel)
  7. Schaier, Fannie