Sharkawshchyna

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

  1. ↑ Sharkawshchyna Raion on the website of Vitebsk Region
  2. ↑ Численность населения по Республике Беларусь, областям и г. Минску (тысяч человек) на 1 января 2010 года
  3. ↑ http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~community~-1949290
  4. ↑ http://www.sztetl.org.pl/he/city/szarkowszczyzna/
  5. ↑ 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 / 55.367; 27.467


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