The ghetto in Slavnoy (July 9, 1941 - March 15, 1942) is a Jewish ghetto , a place of forced resettlement of Jews in the village of Glavnoye, Tolochinsky district, Vitebsk region and nearby settlements during the persecution and extermination of Jews during the occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany during World War II .
| Ghetto in Slavny (Tolochinsky district) | |
|---|---|
 New monument to murdered Jews the village of Glavnoe | |
| Location | Glorious Tolochinsky district Vitebsk region |
| Period of existence | July 9, 1941 - March 15, 1942 |
| Death toll | more than 140 |
Content
- 1 The occupation of the Glorious and the creation of the ghetto
- 2 Destruction of the ghetto
- 3 Cases of Salvation
- 4 memory
- 5 Sources
- 6 Further reading
- 7 See also
The occupation of the Glorious and the creation of the ghetto
With the outbreak of war, few Jews from the village of Slavnoe ( Slavnensky Village Council ) decided to flee east. Many hid in the forests, but old people who remembered the Germans during the First World War persuaded them to return home [1] . The village was occupied by German troops on July 8, 1941 [2] .
The very day after the occupation, on July 9, 1941, the Germans, implementing the Nazi program of extermination of Jews , organized a ghetto in the town. The ghetto was located on Tolochinskaya Street (today - Parkovaya Street), and at first about 100 Jews were driven there [1] [3] .
Jews were required to wear without removing the armbands from the yellow star . The ghetto was guarded by policemen (the name of one of them is known - Pashkovsky), and after dark, Jews were forbidden to leave their homes. Able-bodied Jews used in various works [3] .
"Bobby" (as the people contemptuously called policemen [4] [5] ) constantly robbed Jews and mocked them. For example, Sholom Shpunt was forced to drag a cart instead of a horse [3] .
Ghetto Destruction
Ghetto prisoners - 140 people - were shot on March 15 (16 [1] ) in 1942 near the village of Gliniki [1] . Some Jews were buried alive [3] [6] .
Cases of Salvation
Separate attempts to save Jews are known. The Ravich sisters were hiding in the village of Yablonka, but were killed by denunciation. Several girls were also able to escape - Vera Pogorelaya, Anya Solovyova and others, who were warned about the execution on time, and they were able to escape [3] .
Belenkaya L.G. with a two-year-old daughter in her arms was pushed out of the column by her mother and mother-in-law. Wounded in the leg, she ran to the village of Glinniki, left the child with a friend, and she hid herself in the village of Gubarevo at Antonina Stanislavovna Babitskaya. The child was given to the Germans by a neighbor, and they tore him up by the legs, and Belenkaya, after a long time having regained consciousness, went to the partisans [1] .
Vera warned the burnt-out about the “action” (the Nazis called the massacres organized by them) as an euphemism for the elderly German. For a week the girl hid with local friends, and then she was sent to the east [1] .
Memory
After the war, a monument was erected to victims of the Jewish genocide in Slavny. In 2015, a new memorial complex was erected on the site of the old monument.
Sources
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 M. Khmelyuk, M. Korolev. “They just became ground and grass ...”
- ↑ Through the distance
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 L. Smilovitsky . Belarus ghetto - examples of genocide
- ↑ "Memory. Asipovitsky district ”/ structure: P. S. Kachanovich, V. U. Xypcik ; redkal .: G.K. Kisyalyou, P.S. Kachanovich i insh. - Minsk: BelTA, 2002 ISBN 985-6302-36-6 (Belarusian)
- ↑ A. Adamovich , J. Bryl , V. Kolesnik . “I’m driven to know ...” / Minsk: Mastatsky Literature, 1975
- ↑ Testimony of Menuha Beard Archival copy of August 13, 2016 on the Wayback Machine
Further reading
- The extermination of the Jews of the USSR during the years of German occupation (1941-1944). Collection of documents and materials. / Ed. Yitzhak Arad . - M .: Tarbut; Text , 1992. - S. 16. - ISBN 965-308-010-5
- R. A. Chernoglazova , H. Heer . The tragedy of the Jews of Belarus in 1941-1944 .: a collection of materials and documents. - Мn .: Publishing house E. S. Halperin, 1997. - ISBN 985-6279-02-X
See also
- Ghetto in the Tolochin district