Azarychy, Gomel Region

Azarychy
Urban-type settlement
Country Belarus
Region Gomel Region
District Kalinkavichy District
Time zone UTC+3 (EEST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Azarychy (Belarusian: Азарычы, Russian: Озаричи) is a town in Kalinkavichy District, Gomel Region, Belarus.

History

The village had an important Jewish community.[1] Germans occupied the town from November 1941 to January 1944 and built 3 camps.[2] Between 9,000 and 13,000 of the up to 50,000 imprisoned Belarusian and Russian men, women and children did not survive their incarceration at the camps.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~community~-1947589
  2. ↑ http://khatyn.by/de/genocide/ccs/ozarichi/
  3. ↑ http://memorialmuseums.org/eng/denkmaeler/view/353/Denkmal-f%C3%BCr-die-Opfer-der-Lager-von-Osaritschi
  4. ↑ http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/bib157735

Coordinates: 52°27′49″N 29°16′02″E / 52.4636°N 29.2672°E / 52.4636; 29.2672


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