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Mogilev Ghetto
The Mogilev Ghetto ( be, Магілёўская гета, translit=Mahilioŭskaja hieta; russian: Могилёвское гетто, translit=Mogilyovskoye getto) was a Nazi ghetto in the city of Mogilev, in eastern Belarus, during World War II. Established shortly following the German victory in the Siege of Mogilev, around 10,000 Jews (51 percent of a pre-war population of 19,715) were killed by the Nazis and collaborationist forces by the time it was abolished in 1943. Background Located in northeastern Belarus, the city of Mogilev was an early target of Nazi Germany's 1941 Operation Barbarossa, which began the Eastern Front of World War II. Mogilev's position placed its Jewish community, numbering at 19,715 in 1939, in a relatively advantageous position compared to Jews in other cities throughout Belarus, and prior to the occupation an unknown number of Jews were able to escape eastwards. On 26 June 1941, Mogilev was occupied by German troops following the Siege o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mogilev
Mogilev (russian: Могилёв, Mogilyov, ; yi, מאָלעוו, Molev, ) or Mahilyow ( be, Магілёў, Mahilioŭ, ) is a city in eastern Belarus, on the Dnieper River, about from the border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and from the border with Russia's Bryansk Oblast. , its population was 360,918, up from an estimated 106,000 in 1956. It is the administrative centre of Mogilev Region and the third-largest city in Belarus. History The city was first mentioned in historical records in 1267. From the 14th century, it was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and since the Union of Lublin (1569), part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, where it became known as ''Mohylew''. In the 16th-17th centuries, the city flourished as one of the main nodes of the east–west and north–south trading routes. In 1577, Polish King Stefan Batory granted it city rights under Magdeburg law. In 1654, the townsmen negotiated a treaty of surrender to the Russians peacefully, if ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
