Świbinki Explained

Świbinki
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Pushpin Map:Poland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Żary
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Tuplice
Coordinates:51.7333°N 14.9167°W

Świbinki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuplice, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.[1]

For the history of the region, 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.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. http://www.mwfk.brandenburg.de/media/lbm1.a.1492.de/geschichtevorort.pdf Geschichte vor Ort: Erinnerungskultur im Land Brandenburg für die Zeit von 1933 bis 1990
  3. Web site: 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. . yadvashem.org . 2012-05-17.