Zelva

Zelva (Belarusian: Зэльва, Russian: Зельва, Polish: Zelwa, Lithuanian: Zelva, Želva, Yiddish: זעלווא‎) is a town in Grodno Region, Belarus, the administrative center of Zel’va district. It is situated by the Zel’vyanka River.

History

In 1921, 1344 inhabitants are Jews.[1] July 1941, Germans entered the town, they killed 40 to 50 Jewish men and kept imprisoned in a ghetto the Jews of the town in very harsh conditions. On November 1942, they are deported and murdered at the Treblinka extermination camp.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=386
  2. ↑ http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/zelwa/5,history/

Coordinates: 53°09′00″N 24°49′00″E / 53.15°N 24.8167°E / 53.15; 24.8167


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