Byaroza, formerly Byaroza-Kartuzskaya, is a town in Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Byaroza District. As of 2024, it has a population of 28,376.
The Holocaust in Belarus refers to the systematic extermination of Jews living in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic during its occupation by Nazi Germany in World War II. It is estimated that roughly 800,000 Belarusian Jews were murdered during the Holocaust. However, other estimates place the number of Jews killed between 500,000 and 550,000.
The Grodno Ghetto was a Nazi ghetto established in November 1941 by Nazi Germany in the city of Grodno for the purpose of persecution and exploitation of Jews in Western Belarus.
The Brześć Ghetto or the Ghetto in Brest on the Bug, also: Brześć nad Bugiem Ghetto, and Brest-Litovsk Ghetto was a Nazi ghetto created in occupied Western Belarus in December 1941, six months after the German troops had invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. Less than a year after the creation of the ghetto, around October 15–18, 1942, most of approximately 20,000 Jewish inhabitants of Brest (Brześć) were murdered; over 5,000 were executed locally at the Brest Fortress on the orders of Karl Eberhard Schöngarth; the rest in the secluded forest of the Bronna Góra extermination site, sent there aboard Holocaust trains under the guise of 'resettlement'.
The Pińsk Ghetto was a Nazi ghetto created by Nazi Germany for the confinement of Jews living in the city of Pińsk, Western Belarus. Pińsk, located in eastern Poland, was occupied by the Red Army in 1939 and incorporated into the Byelorussian SSR. The city was captured by the Wehrmacht in Operation Barbarossa in July 1941; it was incorporated into the German Reichskommissariat Ukraine in autumn of 1941.
Bronna Góra is the name of a secluded area in present-day Belarus where mass killings of Polish Jews were carried out by Nazi Germany during World War II. The location was part of the eastern half of occupied Poland, which had been invaded by the Soviet Union in 1939 in agreement with Germany, and two years later captured by the Wehrmacht in Operation Barbarossa. It is estimated that from May 1942 until November of that year, during the most deadly phase of the Holocaust in Poland, some 50,000 Jews were murdered at Bronna Góra forest in death pits. The victims were transported there in Holocaust trains from Nazi ghettos, including from the Brześć Ghetto and the Pińsk Ghetto, and from the ghettos in the surrounding area, as well as from Reichskommissariat Ostland.
The Słonim Ghetto was a Nazi ghetto established in 1941 by the SS in Slonim, Western Belarus during World War II. Prior to 1939, the town (Słonim) was part of the Second Polish Republic. The town was captured in late June 1941 by the Wehrmacht in the early stages of Operation Barbarossa. Anti-Jewish measures were promptly put into place, and a barb-wire surrounded ghetto had been created by 12 July. The killings of Jews by mobile extermination squads began almost immediately. Mass killings took place in July and November. The survivors were used as slave labor. After each killing, significant looting by the Nazis occurred. A Judenrat was established to pay a large ransom; after paying out 2 million roubles of gold, its members were then executed. In March 1942, ghettos in the surrounding areas were merged into the Słonim ghetto.
The Rakaŭ Ghetto was established on 21 August 1941 in Rakaŭ, in the Byelorussian SSR, soon after the city's capture by Nazi Germany during Operation Barbarossa. An estimated 1,050 Jews were killed in the ghetto between its creation on 21 August 1941 and its liquidation on 4 February 1942.
The Navahrudak Ghetto was established in December 1941 in Navahrudak, in the Byelorussian SSR, during the Holocaust. Almost all of its residents were killed - only 350 survived, and 10,000 perished.
The Mogilev Ghetto was a Nazi ghetto in the city of Mogilev, in eastern Belarus, during World War II. Established shortly following the German victory in the Siege of Mogilev, around 10,000 Jews were killed by the Nazis and collaborationist forces by the time it was abolished in 1943.
The Ghetto in Baran was a Jewish ghetto, a site of forced relocation for the Jews of Baran in the Orsha District of the Vitebsk Region, and nearby villages, during the persecution and extermination of Jews under the Nazi occupation of Belarus during World War II.
The Holocaust in Baranavichy District refers to the systematic persecution and extermination of Jews in Baranavichy District of Brest Region in Belarus by Nazi Germany and its collaborators from 1941 to 1944 during World War II. This was part of the policy of the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" and an integral part of the Holocaust in Belarus and the broader genocide of European Jewry.
The Holocaust in Byerazino District refers to the systematic persecution and extermination of Jews in Byerazino District of Minsk Region in Belarus by Nazi Germany and its collaborators from 1941 to 1944, during World War II. This atrocity was part of the broader "Final Solution to the Jewish Question", an integral component of the Holocaust in Belarus and the wider genocide of European Jewry.
The Holocaust in Brest District refers to the systematic persecution and extermination of Jews in Brest District of Brest Region in Belarus by the occupying authorities of Nazi Germany and collaborators from 1941 to 1944 during World War II. This was part of the broader policy of the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" an integral aspect of the Holocaust in Belarus and the broader genocide of European Jewry.
Drahichyn Ghetto was a Jewish ghetto in the city of Drogichin in the Brest Region of Belarus. It was operated from July 1941 to October 15, 1942 by the Nazi occupiers of Belarus, and held Jews forced to relocate as part of the Holocaust in Belarus.
Zhabinka Ghetto was a Nazi Jewish ghetto and a place of forced relocation for the Jews of the town of Zhabinka in the Zhabinka district of the Brest region during the persecution and extermination of Jews under the Nazi occupation of Belarus during World War II.
Damachava Ghetto was a Nazi Jewish ghetto, a place of forced relocation for Jews from the village of Damachava in the Brest district of the Brest region and nearby settlements during the persecution and extermination of Jews during the occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany during World War II.
Vysokaye Ghetto was a Nazi Jewish ghetto established during the occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany in World War II. This ghetto served as a place of forced resettlement for Jews from Vysokaye (Vysoko-Litovsk) in the Kamyenyets District of the Brest region, as well as from nearby settlements, during the Nazi persecution and extermination of Jews.
Vowchyn Ghetto was a Nazi Jewish ghetto established during the Nazi occupation of Belarus in World War II. It was a site of forced resettlement for Jews from Vowchyn in the Kamenets district of the Brest region and surrounding areas, during the persecution and extermination of Jews by Nazi Germany.
The Holocaust in the Kamyenyets District is the systematic persecution and extermination of Jews in the Kamyenyets District of the Brest Region by the occupying authorities of Nazi Germany and collaborators from 1941 to 1944 during World War II, as part of the policy of the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" — an integral part of the Holocaust in Belarus and the Catastrophe of European Jewry.
