Country Belarus District Kalinkavichy District Local time Saturday 10:28 AM | Region Gomel Region Time zone EEST (UTC+3) | |
Weather 3°C, Wind S at 14 km/h, 81% Humidity | ||
Azarychy is a town in Kalinkavichy District, Gomel Region, Belarus.
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Map of Azary%C4%8Dy, Belarus
History
The village had an important Jewish community. Germans occupied the town from November 1941 to January 1944 and built 3 camps. 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.
References
Azarychy, Gomel Region Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA