Byalynichy
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Byalynichy (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a town in Mogilev Region, Belarus. It is located Script error: No such module "convert". west-northwest of Mogilev,Template:Sfn and serves as the administrative center of Byalynichy District.[1] As of 2025, it has a population of 9,553.[1]
History
World War II
Around 780 Jews lived in Byalynichy at the eve of World War II.Template:Sfn They composed about 24 percent of the total population.Template:Sfn The Jews were mainly traders.
Byalynichy was under German military occupation from 6 July 1941 until 29 June 1944.Template:Sfn 150 Jewish men were killed in September 1941.[2]Template:Sfn The remaining Jews, together with Jewish families from nearby settlements in the district, were resettled in a ghetto in the town.Template:Sfn
On 12 December 1941, the Germans liquidated the ghetto, with the German Security Police and local Belarusian police gathering the remaining 600 Jews.Template:Sfn Those Jews, who were mainly women, children and the elderly, were escorted to the woods and shot in pits that were dug in advance.Template:Sfn
The Red Army liberated Byalynichy on 29 June 1944.
Later history
In 2016, Byalynichy received the status of town of district subordination (previously it was an urban-type settlement).[3]
References
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External links
- The murder of the Jews of Byalynichy during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.
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