Residents of Shimon Peres’ Belarus birthplace gather outside his childhood home
Peres was born in what was then known as Wiszniew, Poland, as Szymon Perski, and immigrated to the British Mandate for Palestine with his family at the age of 11.
Residents of Vishnyeva gathered outside of Shimon Peres’ childhood home to pay their(photo credit: COURTESY OF LIMMUD FSU)ByJTA