Damachava

Дамачава
Домачево
Damachava
Domachevo
Coordinates: 51°N 23°E / 51°N 23°E / 51; 23
Country
Subdivision		 Belarus
Brest district, Brest Voblast
Founded 1700s
Population (2008)
 • Total ~1,200
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Coordinates: 51°45′N 23°36′E / 51.750°N 23.600°E / 51.750; 23.600

Damachava (Belarusian: Дамачава; Russian: Домáчево, Domachevo, Polish: Domaczewo) is an Urban-type settlement in Belarus, Brest Raion, Brest Voblast.[1][2]

History

The majority of the town inhabitants were Jewsih before WWII.[3] November 1941, Jews are kept imprisoned in a ghetto.[4] September 1942 they are murdered in a mass execution.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Domachevo website (Russian)
  2. ↑ "Domaczewo" in an 1881 Polish geographical dictionary
  3. ↑ http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=232#!prettyPhoto
  4. ↑ http://moreshet.pl/he/node/400
  5. ↑ http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/city/domaczewo/


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