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Babiak
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One former synagogue from the late 19th century is still standing, which has now been adapted into a private apartment.
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Babimost
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Today, one former synagogue from the mid 19th century remains, having been rebuilt in the 1960s and now used as a cultural center.
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Baligrod
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One Jewish cemetery remains.
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Barczewo
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The surviving former synagogue now houses a local exhibition.
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Bedzin
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One surviving Jewish cemetery with 300 matzevot remains, along with a Holocaust monument on the site of former synagogue, and memorial plaque for 200 Jews who were burnt alive by Nazis in the Synagogue in September 1939.
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Belchatow
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One former synagogue remains.
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Belzec
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Belzec was established in November 1941, and was the third largest of the Nazi German death camps. The number of victims is estimated at around 600,000, most of whom were Jews. Only a handful of survivors are known from the camp. A powerful new memorial and museum was opened on the site in 2004.
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Belzyce
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One former synagogue remains.
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Biala
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One Jewish cemetery remains.
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Biala Podlaska
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Yiddish: Biala D'Lita
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The surviving Jewish cemetery now includes a memorial to the 12,000 Jews from the area murdered during the Holocaust. Two former private prayer houses also still stand
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Biala Rawska
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Yiddish: Biala Katan, Biala Poshet
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The Jewish cemetery today contains around 30 matzevot, the oldest from 1791. The 19th century synagogue was rebuilt after the war but today little trace of the original remains.
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Bialowieza
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One former private prayer house is still standing, with a Star of David added to the front in around 1960.
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Bialy Bor
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One Jewish cemetery remains.
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Bialystok
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Jews comprised 70% of pre-war population of Bialystok, and the community included over one hundred synagogues and prayer houses. Today, only three former synagogue buildings are still standing, with the site of the Great Synagogue marked by a memorial plaque to the 1500 Jews burnt alive inside during the Holocaust. Numerous other sites and commemorative plaques can be found throughout the town, including the former Jewish school (today part of the university) and Jewish hospital. Of the six Jewish cemeteries before the war, only one remains. The former ghetto cemetery today houses two monuments: one to victims of the wartime ghetto, and the second honoring Jewish partisans. One further monument can be found in a forest at edge of the city, marking the mass grave where 5,000 Jews were shot and buried in 1941.
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Biecz
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Yiddish: Baych, Beych
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A center of Chasidism before the war, today the surviving former synagogue, built in 1905, is located on the town's main square with the aron ha-kodesh still visible. On a nearby street, around a dozen matzevot can be found, along with wartime mass graves.
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Biedrzyce-Kozieglowy
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A memorial plaque marks the forced labor camp located here during the war.
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Biedzew
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One Jewish cemetery remains.
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Bielsk Podlaski
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One Jewish cemetery with around one hundred matzevot remains.
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Bielsko-Biala
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German: Bielitz-Biala
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A Jewish community still exists in Bielsko-Biala today, and along with community offices a new prayer room is also open. The Jewish cemetery also remains, with 1200 matzevot.
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Bielzyce
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Yiddish: Belshitza
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A monument commemorating the Jews shot during the ghetto liquidation has been raised here, along with a new cemetery and monument from a private donor whose father was shot on the square in front of the synagogue by the Nazis in 1942.
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Biernatki
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A monument commemorates 125 Jews shot in the forest by the Nazis in 1941.
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Bierun Stary
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Both a Jewish cemetery and former synagogue building remain.
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Bierutow
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Both a Jewish cemetery and former synagogue building remain.
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Biezun
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Yiddish: Bezoyn, Bizun
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A former synagogue and the adjacent beit ha-midrash (which was almost completely rebuilt in the 1950s) remain.
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Bilgoraj
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Both a Jewish cemetery and former synagogue building remain, and a monument has been placed in commemoration of Jewish, Polish, and Russian partisans executed in the nearby forest.
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Bircza
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Both a Jewish cemetery and former synagogue building remain.
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Biskupice (k.Kluczborka)
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One Jewish cemetery remains.
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Biskupice (k.Lublina)
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One Jewish cemetery remains.
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Blazowa
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One Jewish cemetery remains.
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Bledzew
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One Jewish cemetery remains.
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Blonie
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One Jewish cemetery remains.
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Bobowa
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Yiddish: Bobov
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The seat of the Halberstam dynasty before the war, today vibrant Bobov communities can be found in New York, London, and Israel. The Bobov community have recently restored the 18th century synagogue, along with the original framework of the aron ha-kodesh from 1778. The picturesque Jewish cemetery also remains.
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Bobowo
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One former synagogue building remains.
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Bobrowniki
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One Jewish cemetery remains.
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Bochnia
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One Jewish cemetery and two former synagogue buildings remain.
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Bodzentyn
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One Jewish cemetery, with around fifty-five matzevot, remains.
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Bojanowo
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One former synagogue building from the late 19th century remains, with original decorations on the front door.
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Boleslawiec
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One Jewish cemetery remains.
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Bolimow
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One Jewish cemetery remains, along with a completely rebuilt synagogue building.
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Bolkow
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One former synagogue building remains.
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Borownica
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One Jewish cemetery remains, with a monument commemorating the execution of 100 Jews from the nearby Radymno forced labor camp.
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Bransk
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One Jewish cemetery remains.
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Brok
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One Jewish cemetery remains.
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Brwinow
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One Jewish cemetery remains.
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Brzeg
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Both a Jewish cemetery and former synagogue building remain.
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Brzeg Dolny
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Both a Jewish cemetery and former synagogue building remain
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Brzesko
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Yiddish: Briegel, Brigel
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The synagogue built in 1904 remains in good condition today, and one former prayer house stands empty. The Jewish cemetery houses two ohelot and a monument marking the mass graves of Jews murdered by the Nazis.
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Brzostek
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One Jewish cemetery remains.
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Buk
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One former synagogue building, the former Jewish school, and the Jewish cemetery remain.
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Burzenin
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One former synagogue building remains.
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Busko Zdroj
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Yiddish: Busk Zadroy
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Both a Jewish cemetery and former synagogue building remain.
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Bychawa
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Yiddish: Beheve, Bitzahava, Bykov
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One former synagogue building remains.
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Bydgoszcz
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German: Bromberg
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One former synagogue building remains, and the local cemetery houses a plaque commemorating the town's former Jewish community.
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Bytom
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German: Beuthen
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One prayer room is still open, along with a Jewish cemetery with around 500 surviving matzevot.
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