Lyozna
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History
Lyozna is first mentioned in 1527. In 1654, it was mentioned as a shtetl (small town with a high Jewish population).
World War II
In 1939, 711 Jews lived in the settlement, making up 17.3 percent of the population.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
During the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the settlement was captured on 16 July 1941 by V Army Corps of the 9th Army; it was part of Army Group Centre Rear Area.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The ghetto in Lyozna was liquidated at the end of February 1942.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Lyozna remained under German military occupation until 8 October 1943.[3]
Notable people
- Marc Chagall, Belarusian-French painter
- Schneur Zalman, the first Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty
- Dovber Schneuri, the second Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty
- Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the third Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty
Notes
References
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Sources
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External links
- Lyozna home page
- Lyozna book memory
- Lyozna newspaper "Styag Peramogi"
- Lyozna satellite image
- The murder of the Jews of Lyozna during World War II, at Yad Vashem website
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