1. Hrubeiszow U.S.A Mexico Australia Israel Peru Canada Argentina Brazil

2. Immigrants from Hrubieszow who came to Eretz Israel in the 1930s, were among the founders of Kibbutzim, joined the labor battalions and volunteered to the Jewish Brigade and to other units of the British army during World War II. Hrubieszow Israel

3. Reizel and Joseph Epstein saying goodbye to their families on the eve of their departure to Eretz Israel, Hrubieszow, February 28, 1936 Yehudah Hofman (top row, right) with his bride, whom he went back to bring from his native Hrubieszow, and other new immigrants from Poland aboard the "Palestine" en route to Eretz Israel 1935

4. Of the first settlers in Kibbutz Shefayim, 1935

5. Yosef Almogi (center) with Toby and Hazkel Drukier, ex-Hrubieszowers, in the USA The origin of Zalman Shazar, third president of Israel (1963-1973) is in Hrubieszow. Hence his original name: Shneor Zalman Rubashow. Did you know ? Yosef Almogi (Krelenboim) was born in Hrubieszow, immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1930. Minister in the Israeli government (10 th -15 th Knesset), Mayor of Haifa (1974/75) and president of the Zionist Federation (1975 – 1978). Zalman Shazar

6. Emigration intensified at the beginning of the 20th century. Some went to Eretz Israel, others left for the USA, Mexico, Australia, Canada, Peru, Guatemala, Brazil and Argentina. The landsmannschaft societies that were established in these countries held social events, memorial services and banquets, proceeds of which were dedicated to charity. Mexico

7. Peru Wedding of Hinda and Jona Cukierman (from Hrubieszow), Lima, Peru 1935 Guatemala Yehuda Friedman, Guatemala 1930