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Svislach was part of the [[Second Polish Republic]] from 1921 until 1939. In September 1939, Svislach was occupied by the [[Red Army]] and, on 14 November 1939, incorporated into the [[Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic|Byelorussian SSR]]. In 1939, there were around 3,000 Jews living in Svislach, along with refugees from western Poland who had settled there after the invasion of Poland. From June 1941 until 17 July 1944, Svislach was [[German occupation of Byelorussia during World War II|occupied by Nazi Germany]] and administered as a part of [[Bezirk Bialystok]]. In July 1941, a ghetto was established in the old Jewish neighbourhood, in the northwest of Svislach. In that area, Jews were also gathered from the village of Golobudy. It was an open ghetto, and the western border of the ghetto's territory ran near the Svislach River. On November 2, 1942, the ghetto was liquidated when the Jews were sent by train to the [[Vawkavysk]] transit camp where many massacres occurred. The remaining Jews, mostly elderly and sick, were killed in the Visnik Forest, just outside Svislach.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://yahadmap.org/#village/svisloch-grodno-belarus.471 |title = YAHAD - IN UNUM}}</ref>

 

* Rabbi [[Aharon Kotler]]

* Rabbi [[Samuel Belkin]]