Damachava Explained

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]

History

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]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа. https://web.archive.org/web/20240402055418/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/. 2 April 2024. belsat.gov.by. 11 June 2024.
  2. http://www.domachevo.com/ Domachevo website
  3. http://dir.icm.edu.pl/pl/Slownik_geograficzny/Tom_II/111 "Domaczewo"
  4. Web site: המכון הבין-לאומי לחקר השואה - יד ושם . 2024-05-30 . yadvashem.org.
  5. Web site: Moreshet.pl.
  6. Web site: Domaczewo | Virtual Shtetl.
  7. The Ticket Collector from Belarus - "An extraordinary and true story of the Holocaust and Britain' only war crimes trial - by Mike Anderson & Neil Hanson - 2021 - Simon & Schuster (publishers)