Azarychy, Gomel region

Azarychy
Азарычы (Belarusian)
Озаричи (Russian)
Azarychy
Location of Azarychy in Belarus
Azarychy
Azarychy (Europe)
Coordinates: 52°27′49″N 29°16′02″E / 52.4636°N 29.2672°E / 52.4636; 29.2672
CountryBelarus
RegionGomel Region
DistrictKalinkavichy District
Population
 (2025)[1]
 • Total
1,222
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Azarychy (Belarusian: Азарычы, romanizedAzaryčy; Russian: Озаричи, romanizedOzarichi) is an urban-type settlement in Kalinkavichy District, Gomel Region, Belarus.[1] As of 2025, it has a population of 1,222.[1] The village had a large Jewish community.[2]

History

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

References

  1. ^ a b c "Численность населения на 1 января 2025 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2024 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 29 March 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Ozarichi (Or Azarychy) | Belarus Holocaust Memorials Project".
  3. ^ "Yahad - in Unum".
  4. ^ ""Chatyn" - Völkermordpolitik | Konzentrationslager, Gettos | Osaritschi". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  5. ^ "Information Portal to European Sites of Remembrance". memorialmuseums.org. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  6. ^ "Ozarichi 1944 ein Film von Christoph Rass ... [et al.] - USHMM Collections Search". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.