Świbinki

Świbinki
Village
Świbinki is located in Poland
Świbinki
Świbinki
Coordinates: 51°44′00″N 14°55′00″E / 51.73333°N 14.91667°E / 51.73333; 14.91667
Country Poland
Voivodeship Lubusz
CountyŻary
GminaTuplice

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

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Geschichte vor Ort: Erinnerungskultur im Land Brandenburg für die Zeit von 1933 bis 1990, Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur, Brandenburg, 2009, page 44
  3. ^ "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.


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