Świbinki

Świbinki
Village
Coordinates: PL 51°44′N 14°55′E / 51.73°N 14.92°E / 51.73; 14.92
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Lubusz
County Żary
Gmina Tuplice

Świbinki [ɕfiˈbinki] (German: Schniebinchen [1]) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuplice, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.[2]

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (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.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Nazwy miejscowe Kreis Sorau (Powiatu Å»arskiego). / artykuÅ‚y / Å»ary - portal miejski". Retrieved 2012-05-17.
  2. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  3. ↑ Geschichte vor Ort: Erinnerungskultur im Land Brandenburg für die Zeit von 1933 bis 1990, Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur, Brandenburg, 2009, page 44
  4. ↑ "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.". Retrieved 2012-05-17.



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