Telekhany

Telekhany (Belorussian: Целяханы or Celjahany, Polish: Telechany, Russian: Телеханы or Telehany, Yiddish: טעלעכאן or Telechan, Unknown origin: Telekhani, Telechon, Telekani, Telekhan, Tselyakhani, Celjachani) is a town in Ivatsevichy Raion of the Brest Region in Belarus. The town has about 4,500 inhabitants.^[1]

History

The name originates from Tatar language where it means "a tomb of Khan". During World War II, the jewish community was massacred in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen.^[2][3]

Notes

1. Ивацевичский районный исполнительный комитет
2. http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/city/telechany/
3. http://www.yahadmap.org/#village/telekhany-brest-belarus.472

External links

• History of the town (in Russian)
• Photos on Globus.tut.by (text in Russian)
• Photos on Radzima.org
• Documents about Jewish inhabitants of Telekhany (mostly English)
• Genealogy of the Ajzenberg/Eisenberg/Eizenberg family of Telechan
  • "HOW DO YOU GET TO TELECHAN?" - an article by Arthur Eisenberg on his April 2001 Trip to Telechan
  • Section of book on Telechan from AJZENBERGS OF TELECHAN by Arthur Eisenberg

Coordinates: 52°31′N 25°51′E / 52.517°N 25.850°E