Day 7 of our 9 days road trip through the west of Belarus brought us on 25 April finally to the town of Slonim. For all of us – Achim, Petra, Juliana and me – it was one of the highligts of the entire journey. Not much compares to the beauty of the Great Synagogue. En route were more heritage sites in Kobryn and Byten, but also sad places – mass killing sites – in Smolyarka and Bronnaya Gara.
Kobryn – Jewish cemetery
Kobryn – Jewish cemetery
Kobryn – Great Synagogue
Kobryn – Holocaust memorial
Smolyarka – mass killing site
Bronnaya Gara – mass killing site
Bronnaya Gara – Holocaust memorial
Byten – Jewish cemetery
Byten – Jewish cemetery
Byten – mass killing site
Slonim – Jewish cemetery
Slonim – former synagogue, now a furniture store
Slonim – former synagogue, now a furniture store
Slonim – Great Synagogue
Slonim – Great Synagogue
Slonim – Great Synagogue
Slonim – Great Synagogue
Slonim – Great Synagogue
Slonim – Great Synagogue
Slonim – Great Synagogue
Slonim – Great Synagogue
Slonim – synagogue
Slonim – synagogue
Slonim – mass killing site
Vanished World 