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    Slonim (Belarusian: Слонім; ‹See Tfd› Russian: Слоним; Lithuanian: Slanimas; Latvian: Sloņima; Polish: Słonim; Yiddish: סלאָנים) is a town in Grodno Region, in western Belarus.

  2. The Słonim Ghetto (Polish: getto w Słonimiu, Belarusian: Слонімскае гета, German: Ghetto von Slonim, Yiddish: סלאָנים) was a Nazi ghetto established in 1941 by the SS in Slonim, Western Belarus during World War II. Prior to 1939, the town (Słonim) was part of the Second Polish Republic.

  3. Slonim, city, western Belarus. The city arose in the latter part of the 10th century as a fortified point and later developed into a market centre. After becoming a railway junction, it expanded its industrial base, and it now has varied food, consumer, and engineering industries, as well as a medical school.

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  4. - The difference between Slonim of 1794 and Slonim of 1919. - The continuity in the history of the community. - A bridge between the romantic past and the new reality.

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  5. Jun 20, 2019 · What happened in Slonim wasn’t special or unique. Between 1941 and 1942, more than 1.5 million Jews were killed in Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, and other republics of the USSR as part of what...

  6. Slonim has been a major centre of Jewish life for centuries producing many scholars, community leaders and Rabbis, and this importance is reflected in the Great Synagogue that the community constructed – a majestic baroque structure that has overlooked the town’s central market since the 1640s.

  7. Slonim is a small city in the Hrodna oblast, Belarus, and a center of local importance since Middle Ages. The rise of the city's prosperity in the 18th century provided it with some of its most interesting buildings.