Knyszyn
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Knyszyn is a town in north-eastern Poland. It is situated in the Podlasie Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Białystok Voivodeship (1975-1998).
Originally it belonged to Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1569 it was annexed by the Polish crown. In 1795 it was annexed to Prussia; in 1806 it was annexed to Russia, and in 1919 it returned to Poland.
From 1939-1941 the Soviet Union controlled the area, and afterwards the German Nazis took control after expelling the Soviets from Poland, breaking the pact that the Germans and Soviets had signed.
It was King Sigismund II of Poland's favourite residence and he was buried there.
It had a relatively sizable Jewish population until World War II which only around 50 of Knyszyn's Jews survived ([1]).
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