Lost Treasures: The Wooden Synagogues of Eastern Europe The Artwork of Bill Farran

Kazhan-Haradok, Belarus - Original Linocut

Yiddish name: Kozhanhorodok

Kažhan-Haradok is located on the bank of the Tuna River, near where it comes together with the Prypiat River.

Jews are mentioned in the town from the mid-17th century. The wooden synagogue of Kažhan-Haradok was built in 1780. There were two other synagogues, one belonging to the Stolin Hasidism. Starting with the restrictive May Laws of the 1880’s and 1890’s the Jews began to leave Kažhan-Haradok. After the pogroms following the Russian defeat in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5 and the failed revolution of 1905, emigration increased. Those who had emigrated to America did not forget their old home. As a rule, the remaining Jews of Kažhan-Haradok lived on support from America.

At the beginning of the Holocaust, there were only about eight hundred Jews remaining. The Germans captured the town in 1941. By September 1942 all the Jews of Kažhan-Haradok were murdered and buried in mass graves.

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Original linocut prints are 8x10 inches, and are available either unmatted or in an 11x14 matte.

I also offer matted 5x7 digital prints. These prints are created from high-res digital images and come in an 8x10 matte.