Sharkawshchyna
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Sharkawshchyna Orthodox church, founded in 1639, rebuilt in 1912.
Sharkawshchyna (Belarusian: Шаркаўшчына; official transliteration: Šarkaŭščyna, also Sharkovshchina Russian: Шарковщина; Polish: Szarkowszczyna) is an urban settlement in Vitebsk Region of Belarus and the center of Sharkawshchyna Raion.[1] The population is 6,900 (2010).[2]
History
In October 1941, 1,900 Jews of the town and surroundings were kept imprisoned in a ghetto. Many died of disease and starvation.[3]
On July 17, 1942, 1 200 Jews were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an einsatzgruppen,[4] some managed to escape.[5]
References
- ↑ Sharkawshchyna Raion on the website of Vitebsk Region
- ↑ Численность населения по Республике Беларусь, областям и г. Минску (тысяч человек) на 1 января 2010 года
- ↑ http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~community~-1949290
- ↑ http://www.sztetl.org.pl/he/city/szarkowszczyzna/
- ↑ http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=1102
Coordinates: 55°22′N 27°28′E / 55.367°N 27.467°E
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