Świbinki
Świbinki | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 51°44′00″N 14°55′00″E / 51.73333°N 14.91667°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | ![]() |
County | Żary |
Gmina | Tuplice |
Świbinki [ɕfiˈbinki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuplice, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.[1]
For the history of the region, see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II.
The village was the site of a pre-war training camp for Zionist Jewish youth preparing for emigration ("aliyah") to Palestine as part of the "hakhshara" (lit. "preparation") program.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Geschichte vor Ort: Erinnerungskultur im Land Brandenburg für die Zeit von 1933 bis 1990, Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur, Brandenburg, 2009, page 44
- ^ "Schniebinchen, Germany, 1938, Youngsters conversing through a window, at a camp for training for Aliyah (immigration to Eretz Israel). – The Sonnenfeld collection of photos documenting Jewish life in prewar Germany". yadvashem.org. Retrieved 2012-05-17.