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Yitzhak Yezernitsky was born in the predominantly Jewish village of Ruzhany, [2] Bialystok-Grodno District of Ober Ost, shortly thereafter incorporated into the Kingdom of Poland (now in Belarus), as the son of Perla and Shlomo, owner of a leather factory. [3]
Ruzhany (Belarusian: Ружаны, romanized: Ružany; [a] Russian: Ружаны; Polish: Różana; Yiddish: ראָזשינאָי, romanized: Rozhinoy; also spelled Rozana or Ruzhana) [2] is an urban-type settlement in Pruzhany District, Brest Region, Belarus. [1] As of 2024, it has a population of 2,777. [1]
The German Ober Ost (Oberbefehlshabers der gesamten deutschen Streitkräfte im Osten) administration of the First World War differed from other occupation authorities, such as those established in Warsaw or Brussels, particularly in the absence of a civilian rule.
The Ober Ost territory reached its largest size after the German advance in March 1918, when German forces conquered Livonia and Estonia from the Red Army. Between the autumn of 1915 and 1917, the Eastern Front was characterized by a relative balance of power between the Russian Empire and the Central Powers.
The Ober Ost territory reached its largest size after the German advance in March 1918, when German forces conquered Livonia and Estonia from the Red Army. Between the autumn of 1915 and 1917, the Eastern Front was characterized by a relative balance of power between the Russian Empire and the Central Powers.
The Ober Ost was divided into three Verwaltungsgebiete (administrative territories): Kurland, Litauen, and Bialystok-Grodno. Each was, like Germany proper, subdivided into Kreise (districts); Landkreise (rural districts) and Stadtkreise (urban districts).
illustrate the influence of German policies in Ober Ost on the intensification of competition between the Belarusian, Lithuanian, and Polish national movements. Jews stood aside from this national struggle, yet some aspects relating to the Jewish population in Ober Ost will be briefly discussed in regard to their relations with
