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This list of shtetls and shtots (larger towns with significant pre - World War II Jewish populations) is organized by their country.

Shtetls

 Belarus

 Lithuania

Latvia

 Poland

Note: Towns formerly in the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia are marked with "(G)". Towns in formerly Russian Zagłębie Dąbrowskie (Zaglembia) are marked with "(Z)".

 Ukraine

Note: Towns formerly in the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia are marked with "(G)".

Others

Shtots

Present-day country City/town Yiddish name Romanized form Pre–World War II Jewish population
 Austria Vienna [6] װין Vin 166,000 [3]
 Belarus Bobruisk [7] באַברויסק Babruisk 21,558 [4]
 Belarus Brest [8] בריסק Brisk 30,000 [5]
 Belarus Minsk [9] מינסק Minsk 90,000 [6]
 Belarus Pinsk [10] פינסק Pinsk 20,200 [7]
 Czech Republic Prague [11] פּראָג Prog 56,000 [8]
 Hungary Budapest [12] בודאפעסט Budapest 184,000 [9]
 Latvia Daugavpils [13] דענענבורג Denenburg 11,106 [10]
 Latvia Riga [14] ריגע Rige 43,672 [11]
 Lithuania Kaunas [15] קאָװנע Kovne 38,000 [12]
 Lithuania Vilnius [16] װילנע Vilne 55,000 [13]
 Moldova Chişinău [17] קעשענעװ Keshenev 70,000 [14]
 Poland Gdańsk [18] דאַנציג Dantsig
 Poland Kraków [19] קראָקע Kroke 60,000 [15]
 Poland Łódź [20] לאָדז Lodzh 223,000 [16]
 Poland Lublin [21] לובלין Lublin 40,000 [17]
 Poland Poznań [22] פּױזן Poyzn
 Poland Warsaw [23] װאַרשע Varshe 400,000 [18]
 Poland Wrocław [24] ברעסלוי Breslau 10,309 [19]
 Romania Bucharest [25] בוקארעשט Bukaresht 100,000 [20]
 Romania Cluj-Napoca [26] קלויזענבורג Klozenberg 16,763 [21]
 Romania Iaşi [27] יאַס Yas 51,000 [22]
 Russia Kaliningrad קעניגסבערג Kenigsberg
 Slovakia Bratislava [28] פרעשבורג Pressburg 14,882 [23]
 Ukraine Chernivtsi [29] טשערנאָוויץ Chernowitz 50,000 [24]
 Ukraine Dnipropetrovsk קאַטערינעסלאַוו Katerineslav 100,000 [25]
 Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk סטאַניסלאװ Stanislav 30,000 [26]
 Ukraine Kiev [30] קיִעװ Kiev 175,000 [27]
 Ukraine Kharkiv כאַרקעוו Kharkev 130,200 [28]
 Ukraine Khmelnytskyi [31] פּראָסקערעוו Proskerev 13,500 [29]
 Ukraine L'viv [32] לעמבערג Lemberg 150,000 [30]
 Ukraine Odessa [33] אַדעס Ades 180,000 [31]
 Ukraine Ternopil [34] טאַרנעפּאל Tarnepol 18,000 [32]
 Ukraine Vinnitsa [35] וויניצע Vinitse 21,812 [33]
 Ukraine Zhytomyr [36] זשיטאָמיר Zhitomir 30,000 [34]
 Germany Frankfurt Frankfurt 26,158 [35]

References

  1. ^ [1] Žasliai
  2. ^ Meler, Meyer (2006). Jewish Cemeteries in Latvia. Riga: Jewish Religious Community "Shamir". p. 83. ISBN 9984199045. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t082/t08224.html
  4. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t009/t00933.html
  5. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t011/t01118.html
  6. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t050/t05064.html
  7. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t060/t06064.html
  8. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t062/t06241.html
  9. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t012/t01221.html
  10. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t017/t01713.html
  11. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t065/t06521.html
  12. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t037/t03796.html
  13. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t082/t08240.html
  14. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t039/t03920.html
  15. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t016/t01632.html
  16. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t045/t04592.html
  17. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t046/t04651.html
  18. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t083/t08360.html
  19. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t011/t01111.html
  20. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t011/t01192.html
  21. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t015/t01542.html
  22. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t031/t03158.html
  23. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t010/t01065.html
  24. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t014/t01419.html
  25. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t018/t01830.html
  26. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t073/t07395.html
  27. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t039/t03900.html
  28. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t038/t03854.html
  29. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t062/t06268.html
  30. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t047/t04759.html
  31. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t056/t05686.html
  32. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t076/t07685.html
  33. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t082/t08251.html
  34. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t087/t08736.html
  35. ^ http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t022/t02239.html
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