# Międzyrzec Podlaski <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Yiddish</td><td dir="rtl">מעזריטש</td></tr> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Międzyrzec Podlaski (Polish), Mezritsh (Yiddish)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Lublin Voivodeship, Biała County, Poland</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>51.9833 22.7833</td></tr> </table> <table class="place-meta place-eras"> <tr><th>Era</th><th>Town name</th><th>Country / jurisdiction</th></tr> <tr><td>to 1795</td><td>Międzyrzec</td><td>Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth — Podlaskie (Podlachia) Voivodeship</td></tr> <tr><td>1795–1815</td><td>Międzyrzec</td><td>Austrian (Habsburg) partition (1795); Duchy of Warsaw from 1809</td></tr> <tr><td>1815–1918</td><td>Międzyrzec Podlaski</td><td>Congress Poland / Russian Empire — Lublin then Siedlce Governorate (Biała Podlaska County) from 1867</td></tr> <tr><td>1918–1939</td><td>Międzyrzec Podlaski</td><td>Second Polish Republic — Lublin Voivodeship</td></tr> <tr><td>1939–1945</td><td>Międzyrzec Podlaski</td><td>German occupation (General Government)</td></tr> <tr><td>present</td><td>Międzyrzec Podlaski</td><td>Poland — Lublin Voivodeship, Biała County</td></tr> </table> ## Overview A large Jewish community (Yiddish: Mezritsh) existed from the 16th century, with one of Poland's earliest Jewish printing houses founded there in 1595; by the eve of World War II the town of about 20,000 had a Jewish population of roughly 17,000. The ghetto was liquidated in stages in 1942–1943: the first mass deportation on 25–26 August 1942 sent about 10,000 Jews to Treblinka, with later transports to Treblinka and Majdanek and mass shootings on the spot. Only around 200 of the town's Jews survived the Holocaust. <small>Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi%C4%99dzyrzec_Podlaski, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi%C4%99dzyrzec_Podlaski_Ghetto, https://sztetl.org.pl/en/towns/m/267-miedzyrzec-podlaski/99-history/137672-history-of-community</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Moszko Chaskiel Biderman (b.1831)]] | Born 1831 | | [[Ruchla Laja Gradowiecki (d.1831)]] | Died 1831 | | [[Mendel Lejb Biderman (b.1835)]] | Born 1835 | | [[Nosel Calka Biderman (b.1843)]] | Born 1843 | | [[Berek Hus (b.1847)]] | Born 1847 | | [[Sura Certla Biderman (b.1848)]] | Born 1848 | | [[Srul Abram Biderman (b.1851)]] | Born 1851 | | [[Iser Biderman (d.1852)]] | Died 1852 | | [[Chaja Gitla Biderman (b.1853)]] | Born 1853 | | [[Symcha Eyzyk Gradowczyk (b.1846)]] | Died 1876 | | [[Psachia Gotesdyner (b.1880)]] | Born ~1880, Died 1882 | | [[Rywka Roża (d.1890)]] | Died 1890 | | [[Yitzhak Issac Gotesdyner (Ovadyahu) (b.1902)]] | Born ~1902 | | [[Simcha Gotesdyner (b.1909)]] | Born 10/21/1909 |