April 20 was the first day of our 9 days road trip through the west of Belarus. My friends Achim, Petra, our guide Juliana and I expolred the towns of Rakaw, Ivyanets, Butkovichi, Valozhyn, Vishneva, Kreva and finally Ashmyany with its synagogues, Jewish cemeteries and other heritage sites.
Rakaw synagogue
Rakaw Jewish cemetery
Rakaw Jewish cemetery
Rakaw Jewish cemetery
Rakaw – wooden house in a former Jewish neighbourhood
Rakaw – wooden house in a former Jewish neighbourhood
Ivyanets – wooden beit midrash
Ivyanets Jewish cemetery
Ivyanets Jewish cemetery
Ivyanets Jewish cemetery
Ivyanets mass killing site
Butkovichi – former wooden synagogue
Valozhyn Yeshiva
Valozhyn Yeshiva
Valozhyn Jewish cemetery
Vishneva – birthplace of Israeli President Shimon Peres
Vishneva mass killing site
Kreva Synagogue
Kreva Synagogue
Ashmyany Jewish cemetery
Ashmyany Jewish cemetery
Vanished World 