Międzyrzec Podlaski - Polish city located in the Lublin province, 100 km from Lublin, near the border with Belarus. Presumably, Międzyrzec Podlaski was founded in 1174, when this place was built the church of St. Nicholas. In 1369 the city was again mentioned in the chronicles among ten other villages on the river kshna.

Urban rights Międzyrzec Podlaski was in 1434, and since 1486 had a royal privilege to market trading. The town began to develop rapidly, there was established the production of ceramics, as well, the area was famous blacksmith masters. In the eighteenth century, the city began to brew beer.

In 1795, during the partitions of Poland, the city was annexed to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and after the Napoleonic wars of the Russian Empire moved. In 1867 there was opened rail link, which led to the growth of the Jewish community, which was formed in Międzyrzec Podlaski from the sixteenth century. By the end of 1930 the city's population was about 12,000 people, three-quarters of whom were Jews. During the war the Germans around the city was founded six concentration camps, which kill and maim up to July 1944.

The main attractions of the city include the Old Town Square, the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, the church of St. Nicholas, built in 1477, Catholic and Jewish cemeteries.