Locating Wysokie-Litewskie
Where is our ancestral town? Here's a drill-down. (As usual, images bordered by blue are thumbnails; they can be viewed in a larger size by clicking on the thumbnail.)
(1) Belarus is located in eastern Europe, between Poland and Russia.
(2) Wysokie Litewskie, now known as Vysokoye, is located near the western border of Belarus, not far from the city of Brest.
(3) A railway from Brest to Bialystok runs to the east of Wysokie Litewskie. The town straddles the Pulva River, a feeder of the Bug River. Nearby Jewish towns: Volchin and Kamenets.
(4) The Wysokie Litewskie railroad station was (and is) located to the north of the town.
(5) The town was/is divided by a loop of the Pulva River. To the east was the traditional Jewish town. To the west was a heavily Polish area that the Jewish residents called The Suburb.
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