Derelict House in Former Warburg Colony - Brest

The Warburg Colony is a historical ensemble of small two-storey wooden houses located in Brest, opposite the old Polish cemetery. The twelve houses were built in 1925-1927 at the expense of the Jewish charitable organization "Joint" for the poor Jewish families of Brest-Litovsk. The colony was named after Felix Moritz Warburg, the banker who headed the 'Joint' in those years and who was personally…