Grajewo Memorial (Yizkor) Book (Grajewo, Poland) - Translation of Grayeve Yisker-Bukh

This is the translation of the Memorial (Yizkor) Book of Jewish community of Grajewo, Poland.

358 pages, 8.5" by 11", hard cover, including all photos and other images.

Jews have been living in Grajewo, in the province of Bialystok, Poland since the late 17th century. The 1765 census counted 83 Jewish people and by 1857, the number had grown to 1,457 comprising 76% of the town's population. By 1921, the percentage of Jews had decreased to 39%.
In 1933 anti-Jewish outbreaks occurred in Grajewo. During the Soviet occupation, between September 1939 and June 1941, Jewish businesses were nationalized. The invastion of Grajewo on 22 June 1941 by the Nazis marked the beginning of the devastation and horrors thrust upon the Jewish population. Within a few months, 1,600 to 2,000 Jews had been sent to the transit camp at Bogosza and on to the extermination camps at Treblinka and Auschwitz.
The United Grayever (Grajewo) Relief Committee memorialized the Jewish Community of Grajewo by publishing the original Yiddish Yizkor book in 1950. Now it is available in English for current and future generations to learn of the rich history of this community.

Grajewo is located at 5339' North Latitude and 2227' East Longitude
114 mi NNE of Warsaw in Poland.

Alternate names for the town are: Grajewo [Polish], Grayavah [Yiddish], Graevo [Russian], Grayeve, Grayevo

Nearby Jewish Communities:
Szczuczyn 8 miles SW
Wsosz 11 miles SSW
Rajgrd 12 miles ENE
Ek 13 miles NNW
Gonidz 17 miles SE
Radziw 17 miles S
Stawiski 23 miles SSW
Trzcianne 24 miles SSE
Jedwabne 26 miles SSW
Augustw 26 miles ENE
Kolno 27 miles SW
Sztabin 27 miles E
Raczki 27 miles NNE
Suchowola 27 miles E
Knyszyn 30 miles SE