Azarychy, Gomel Region

Azarychy
Azarychy
Urban-type settlement
Country	Belarus
Region	Gomel Region
District	Kalinkavichy District
Time zone	UTC+3 (EEST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Azarychy (Belarusian: Азарычы, Russian: Озаричи) is a town in Kalinkavichy District, Gomel Region, Belarus.

History[]

The village had an important Jewish community.^[1] Germans occupied the town from November 1941 to January 1944 and built 3 camps.^[2] 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.^[3]^[4]

References[]

^ "Technical Problem Form".
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-05-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://memorialmuseums.org/eng/denkmaeler/view/353/Denkmal-f%C3%BCr-die-Opfer-der-Lager-von-Osaritschi
^ http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/bib157735

Coordinates: 52°27′49″N 29°16′02″E / 52.4636°N 29.2672°E / 52.4636; 29.2672

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[1] "Technical Problem Form".

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-05-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] ttp://memorialmuseums.org/eng/denkmaeler/view/353/Denkmal-f%C3%BCr-die-Opfer-der-Lager-von-Osaritschi

[4] ttp://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/bib157735

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