Sharkawshchyna
Sharkawshchyna (Belarusian: Шаркаўшчына; official transliteration: Šarkaŭščyna, also Sharkovshchina Russian: Шарковщина; Polish: Szarkowszczyna; Yiddish: שאַרקוישטשינע Sharkoyshtchine) is a town in Vitebsk Region of Belarus and the center of Sharkawshchyna Raion.[1] The population is 6,900 (2010).[2]
History
In October 1941, 1,900 Jews of the town and surroundings were kept imprisoned in a ghetto. Many died of disease and starvation.[3]
On July 17, 1942, 1 200 Jews were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an einsatzgruppen,[4] some managed to escape.[5]
References
- ^ Sharkawshchyna Raion on the website of Vitebsk Region Archived 2010-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Численность населения по Республике Беларусь, областям и г. Минску (тысяч человек) на 1 января 2010 года Archived 2010-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~community~-1949290
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=1102
55°22′N 27°28′E / 55.367°N 27.467°E
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