| Settlement Type: | Urban-type settlement |
| Pushpin Map: | Belarus |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Brest Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Brest District |
| Leader Title: | Chairman |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1700s |
| Population As Of: | 2024 |
| Population Total: | 1,142 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Timezone: | MSK |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 51.75°N 59°W |
| Damachava | |
| Native Name Lang: | be |
Damachava (Belarusian: Дамачава|Damačava; Russian: Домачево|Domachevo; Polish: Domaczewo) is an urban-type settlement in Brest District, Brest Region, Belarus.[2] [3] [1] As of 2024, it has a population of 1,142.[1]
See also: The Holocaust in the Brest District and Damachava Ghetto. Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Damachava was part of Brest Litovsk Voivodeship. In 1795, Damachava was acquired by the Russian Empire as a result of the Third Partition of Poland.
From 1921 until 1939, Damachava (Domaczewo) was part of the Second Polish Republic. In September 1939, Damachava was occupied by the Red Army and, on 14 November 1939, incorporated into the Byelorussian SSR.
From 21 June 1941 until 23 July 1944, Damachava was occupied by Nazi Germany and administered as a part of the Generalbezirk Wolhynien-Podolien of Reichskommissariat Ukraine.
The majority of the town inhabitants were Jewish before World War II.[4] From November 1941, the Jews were kept imprisoned in a ghetto.[5] In September 1942 they were murdered in a mass execution.[6]