Bielsk Podlaski

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Bielsk Podlaski (IPA: [ˈbʲɛlskpɔdˈlaski] (help·info)) is a town in north-eastern Poland with 27,600 inhabitants (2004). Bielsk Podlaski was given city status in 1495.

Situated in the Podlasie Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Białystok Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is the capital of Bielsk County.

Bielsk Podlaski has a rich Jewish history which was wiped out in the Holocaust. More information can be found at Bielsk Podlaski JewishGen ShtetLinks including the full text of the English section of the Bielsk Podlaski Memorial Book and documents of the organization of US immigrants from Bielsk Podlaski called the The Bielsker Bruderlicher Unterstitzungs Verein. [1]

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Coordinates: 52°46′N, 23°12′E

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