Azarychy, Gomel Region Explained

Azarychy
Native Name:
Settlement Type:Urban-type settlement
Flag Size:150
Pushpin Map:Belarus#Europe
Coordinates:52.4636°N 29.2672°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Belarus
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Gomel Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Kalinkavichy District
Population As Of:2023
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:1,143
Timezone:MSK
Utc Offset:+3

Azarychy (Belarusian: Азарычы|Azaryčy; Russian: Озаричи|Ozarichi) is an urban-type settlement in Kalinkavichy District, Gomel Region, Belarus.[1] As of 2023, it has a population of 1,143.[1] The village had a large Jewish community.[2]

History

According to the 1939 census, 47% of the total population was Jewish[3] .Germans occupied the town from November 1941 to January 1944 and built 3 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 and References

  1. Web site: Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа. https://web.archive.org/web/20230417144107/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/publications/izdania/public_bulletin/index_67469/. 17 April 2023. belsat.gov.by. 5 October 2023.
  2. Web site: Ozarichi (Or Azarychy) | Belarus Holocaust Memorials Project .
  3. Web site: Yahad - in Unum .
  4. Web site: "Chatyn" - Völkermordpolitik | Konzentrationslager, Gettos | Osaritschi . 2016-05-06 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062638/http://khatyn.by/de/genocide/ccs/ozarichi/ . dead .
  5. Web site: Information Portal to European Sites of Remembrance . 2023-05-05 . memorialmuseums.org.
  6. Web site: Ozarichi 1944 ein Film von Christoph Rass ... [et al.] - USHMM Collections Search]. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304195951/http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/bib157735. 2016-03-04.