List of massacres in Belarus

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The following is a partial list of selected massacres that are known to have occurred in the territory of modern-day Belarus (some numbers may be approximated):

NameDateLocationDeathsNotes
Pinsk massacre April 5, 1919 Pinsk 35Jewish men from illegal gathering of suspected Bolshevik cell executed by Polish troops during Polish–Soviet War. [1]
Kurapaty massacres 1937–1941Kurapaty (Minsk)7,000–30,000 NKVD summary executions
Massacre of Brzostowica Mała September 1939Brzostowica Mała, occupied Poland (Malaya Byerastavitsa)50Ethnic Poles massacred by Belarusian peasants on the second day of the Soviet invasion of Poland. [2]
Mokrany massacre September 28, 1939 Mokrany, occupied Poland18Polish POWs massacred by Soviet forces. [3] [4]
1941 Oszmiana massacre July 26, 1941 Oszmiana, occupied Poland (Ashmyany)527Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Slutsk Affair October 1941 Slutsk 4,000Part of the Holocaust in Belarus; non-Jewish residents also killed
Misznowszyna Forest massacre October 20–21, 1941Misznowszyna Forest near Horodyszcze, occupied Poland (Haradzishcha)1,000+Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Kleck massacres of 1941October 25 and 30, 1941 Kleck, occupied Poland (Klyetsk)around 3,800Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Nieśwież massacre October 30, 1941 Nieśwież, occupied Poland (Nyasvizh)around 4,000Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Siniawka massacre autumn of 1941 and summer of 1942 Siniawka, occupied Poland (Sinyawka)around 730Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Babruysk massacre November 9, 1941 Babruysk 1,700 [5] Soviet POWs massacred by soldiers of the German 339th Infantry Division.
Ilja massacres March 17 and June 7, 1942 Ilja, occupied Poland (Ilya)650–850Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Dołhinów massacre March 30, 1942 Dołhinów, occupied Poland (Dawhinava)around 1,000 [6] Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Dzyatlava massacre April 29 and August 10, 1942Zdzięcioł, occupied Poland (Dzyatlava)1,500Carried out by the SS and Belarusian Auxiliary Police. [7]
Bronna Góra massacre May 1942 – November 1942 Bronna Góra, occupied Poland50,000Mass killings by Schutzstaffel (SS) and SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV) over execution pits dug in the forest
Łużki massacre June 1, 1942 Łużki, occupied Poland (Luzhki)528Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Iwieniec massacre June 9, 1942 Iwieniec, occupied Poland (Ivyanyets)around 800Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Druja massacre June 17, 1942 Druja, occupied Poland (Druya)1,000+Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Marków massacre June 24, 1942 Marków, occupied Poland (Markava)500+Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Horodziej massacre July 16, 1942 Horodziej, occupied Poland (Haradzyeya)around 1,000Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
1942 Kleck massacre July 22, 1942 Kleck, occupied Poland (Klyetsk)around 1,400Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Mereczowszczyzna massacre July 24–25, 1942 Mereczowszczyzna, occupied Poland (Myerachowshchyna)around 1,200Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Lenin massacre August 14, 1942 Lenin, occupied Poland28Massacre of nearly all Jewish residents committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Oszmiana massacre of 1942October 23, 1942 Oszmiana, occupied Poland (Ashmyany)406Massacre of elderly Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Duniłowicze massacre November 21–22, 1942 Duniłowicze, occupied Poland (Dunilavichy)826 [8] Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Mirnaya massacre December 1942Mirnaya (Мірная), Belarus (be) 147Nazi retribution for partisan attacks
Khatyn massacre March 22, 1943 Khatyn 149 Troops from Ukrainian Auxiliary Police destroyed entire village (not to be confused with Katyn massacre). [9]
Operation Zauberflöte 17−22 April 1943Minskunknown
Naliboki massacre May 8, 1943 Naliboki, occupied Poland128Polish civilians massacred by the Soviet partisans. [10]
Operation Cottbus 20 May – 24 June 1943 Vitebsk Oblast 20,000Estimated at least 20,000 victims at the cost of 59 German troops KIA
Mashchanitsa affair31 May - 1 June 2005 Vyalikaya Mashchanitsa, Mogilev Oblast 6Burglary in house [11] [12]
2011 Minsk Metro bombing April 11, 2011 Minsk 15Including 204 injured
Stowbtsy School stabbing February 11, 2019 Stowbtsy 22 Wounded [13]

References

  1. ↑ Maciej Rosalak (14 April 2011). "Ponury konflikt wśród poleskich błot" [A gloomy fight in the Polesie mud]. Rzeczpospolita. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ↑ Marek Wierzbicki (May 2014). "Czystki kresowe" [Soviet purges in the Polish Kresy region]. Tygodnik Wprost, No 1613. pages: 1, 2, and 3. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ Ocaleni z "nieludzkiej ziemi" (in Polish). Łódź: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej. 2012. p. 21. ISBN   978-83-63695-00-2.
  4. ↑ "Polska Zbrojna". Polska Zbrojna (in Polish). 22 September 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Project MUSE - Durchgangslager (Dulag) 131". Project Muse . Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Dołhinów Area | Massenerschießungsorte - дekoder". war.dekoder.org. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  7. ↑ Christian Gerlach (1999). Kalkulierte Morde: Die deutsche Wirtschafts- und Vernichtungspolitik in Weißrußland 1941 bis 1944 [Calculated Murder: The German economic and annihilation policy in Belorussia 1941 to 1944] (in German). Hamburger Edition, Hamburg. pp. 206, 614, 702. ISBN   3930908549.
  8. ↑ "Дуниловичи — Российская Еврейская Энциклопедия". The Jewish Encyclopedia (in Russian). Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  9. ↑ Leonid D. Grenkevich; David M. Glantz (1999). The Soviet Partisan Movement, 1941-1944: A Critical Historiographical Analysis. London: Routledge. pp. 133–134. ISBN   0-7146-4874-4.
  10. ↑ Timothy Snyder (2010). Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin. Basic Books. p. 247. ISBN   978-0465002399.
  11. ↑ "Машчаніцкая справа: як ледзь не былі расстраляны невінаватыя". Viasna (in Belarusian). 31 May 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  12. ↑ "Ад 25 гадоў да пажыцьцёвага зьняволеньня. Чатырох мужчын паўторна асудзілі за забойства сям'і 15 гадоў таму". Svaboda (in Belarusian). 3 December 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "Belarusian Teenager Gets 13 Years In Prison For Deadly School Attack". www.rferl.org. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
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