In the early afternoon of 24 April, my friends and I reached Brest, one of the biggest cities in Belarus and known for the peace negotiations at the end of World War I and its uncompromising resistance against the invading German forces in World War II. En route were Jewish heritage sites in Pruzhany, Sharashova and Kamienets.
Pruzhany – Jewish cemetery
Pruzhany – Jewish cemetery
Pruzhany – Holocaust memorial at the Jewish cemetery
On the road – Afghanistan war memorial
Pruzhany – former synagogue
Pruzhany – former synagogue
Pruzhany – former synagogue
Sharashova – Jewish cemetery
Sharashova – Jewish cemetery
Sharashova – Jewish cemetery
Kamienets – former yeshiva
Kamienets – former beit midrash
Kamienets – former synagogue
Brest – Jewish tombstones in the fortress
Brest – Jewish tombstones in the fortress
Brest – Jewish tombstones in the fortress
Brest – Jewish tombstones in the fortress
Brest fortress
Brest fortress
Brest fortress
Brest fortress
Brest – former Great Synagogue
Brest – former Great Synagogue
Brest – monument for Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin
Brest – functioning synagogue
Brest – Holocaust memorial
Brest – former synagogue
Brest – former Jewish hospital
In our hotel
In our hotel
