Azarychy[a] (Belarusian: Азарычы, romanized: Azaryčy;[b] Russian: Озаричи, romanized: Ozarichi) is an urban-type settlement in Kalinkavichy District, Gomel Region, Belarus.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 1,192.[1] The village had a large Jewish community.[2]

History

According to the 1939 census, 47% of the total population was Jewish.[3] The Germans occupied the town from November 1941 to January 1944 and built three camps.[4] 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.[5][6]

Notes

  1. ^ BGN/PCGN romanization.
  2. ^ Official transliteration.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Ozarichi (Or Azarychy) | Belarus Holocaust Memorials Project".
  3. ^ "Yahad - in Unum".
  4. ^ ""Chatyn" - Völkermordpolitik | Konzentrationslager, Gettos | Osaritschi". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  5. ^ "Information Portal to European Sites of Remembrance". memorialmuseums.org. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  6. ^ "Ozarichi 1944 ein Film von Christoph Rass ... [et al.] - USHMM Collections Search". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azarychy,_Gomel_Region
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