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Sharkawshchyna (Belarusian: Шаркаўшчына; official transliteration: Šarkaŭščyna, also Sharkovshchina Russian: Шарковщина; Polish: Szarkowszczyna) is an town in Vitebsk Region of Belarus and the center of Sharkawshchyna Raion. The population is 6,900 (2010).
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Map of Sharka%C5%ADshchyna, Belarus
History
In October 1941, 1,900 Jews of the town and surroundings were kept imprisoned in a ghetto. Many died of disease and starvation.
On July 17, 1942, 1 200 Jews were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an einsatzgruppen, some managed to escape.
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Sharkawshchyna Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA