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Vawkavysk Ghetto
The Vawkavysk Ghetto (also known as the Wołkowysk Ghetto, Volkovysk Ghetto, or Vaŭkavysk Ghetto) was established in Vawkavysk, in what is now Belarus in the summer of 1941, lasting until January 1943. More than 10,000 people were killed in the ghetto. Establishment Prior to the outbreak of World War II, Vawkavysk, then part of the Second Polish Republic, was home to 5,130 Jews. From the beginning of Operation Barbarossa on 22 June 1941 to 28 June, the city was bombed by the Luftwaffe, destroying the city's Jewish quarter and killing hundreds of Jews. Antisemitic murders began instantly; the Jewish population (along with political commissars) was separated from others within the city's prisoner of war camp and executed upon the city's occupation by German forces. Mass arrests of Jewish citizens also began on the same day. On the fourth day of the occupation, the Germans raided houses, abducted two hundred Jews, and executed them. Also immediately following the occupation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vawkavysk
Vawkavysk or Volkovysk is a town in Grodno Region, in western Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Vawkavysk District. It is located on the and rivers, roughly from the city of Grodno and from Minsk, the national capital. As of 2025, it has a population of 41,020. It is one of the oldest towns in the region. Vawkavysk was first unofficially mentioned in the Turov annals in 1005 and this year is widely accepted as the founding year for Vawkavysk. At that time it was a city-fortress on the border of the Baltic and the Slavic ethnic groups. Since the 12th century, Vawkavysk was the center of a small princedom. The Hypatian Chronicle mentions the city in 1252. Toponymy Vawkavysk was mentioned in a manuscript written by the priest D. Bułakowski at the end of the 16th or beginning of the 17th century. It was stored in the Sapieha family's library in Ruzhany Palace, where it was translated into Russian in 1881 and published in a Vilnius gazette. According to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |