My friends and I continued our Belarus road trip on April 22. From Lida we headed further west until we reached Hrodna (Grodno) in the evening. En route were Jewish heritage sites in Radun, Noviy Dvor, Astryna, Razhanka, Zhaludok and Skidzyel.
Lida – memorial for the destroyed Jewish cemetery
Radun – restored Yeshiva
Radun – in the ohel of Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan
Radun – in the ohel of Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan
Radun – mass grave at the Jewish cemetery
Noviy Dvor synagogue
Astryna synagogues – returned tombstones
Astryna synagogues
Astryna synagogues
Astryna synagogues
On the road – monument for a Soviet long distance bomber
Razhanka – former synagogue, now a church
Razhanka – Jewish cemetery
Razhanka – Jewish cemetery
Zhaludok synagogue
Zhaludok Jewish cemetery
Zhaludok Jewish cemetery
Zhaludok mass grave site
Skydziel synagogue
Hrodna Jewish cemetery
Hrodna Jewish cemetery
Hrodna Jewish cemetery
Hrodna – synagogue at Kosmonatova Avenue, now a bank
Hrodna Great Synagogue – returned tombstone fragment
Hrodna Great Synagogue
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