Departure from Wysokie Litewskie Family history holds that the Visokers left Wysokie Litewskie for Bialystok in the late 19th century. The reason given was a pogrom in Wysokie, a too-common motivation for emigration, but there is no documentation here. In any case, their departure coincided with the efforts in Bialystok of Rabbi Mohilever.
It has been said that the families gathered by Rabbi Mohilever were relatively wealthy, implying that the Visoker family was among the more well-to-do families of Wysokie. This cannot be documented.
