Ushachy (Belarusian: Ушачы, romanized: Ušačy; Russian: Ушачи, romanized: Ushachi) is an urban-type settlement in Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Ushachy District.[2] The settlement is located 101 kilometres (63 mi) west of Vitebsk.[3] As of 2024, it has a population of 5,773.[1]
Ushachy
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| Coordinates: 55°11′0″N 28°37′0″E / 55.18333°N 28.61667°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Vitebsk Region |
| District | Ushachy District |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 5,773 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Website | ushachi |
History
editAt the 1939 Soviet census, there were 487 Jews residing in the town of Ushachi, accounting for approximately 23.8% of the total population at that time.[3]
World War II
editUshachi was under German military occupation from 3 July 1941 until the summer of 1944.[3] As part of the occupation policies, a ghetto was established in Ushachi in October 1941, and likely from November, it was fenced with barbed wire and guarded by a sentinel.[4]
On 12 January 1942, the Jewish population of Ushachi in the ghetto was subjected to mass murder. The killings took place in pre-dug pits near the cemetery, which had been prepared by local residents. It is important to note that prior to the liquidation, some Jews within the ghetto were able to set fire to the confines and escape. Additionally, a few days later, the Jews from the nearby town of Kublichi were also killed at the same pits where the Ushachi Jews had met their fate.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "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". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2009). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Віцебская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 453. ISBN 978-985-458-192-7.
- ^ a b c Megargee & Dean 2012, p. 1740.
- ^ Megargee & Dean 2012, p. 1741.
- ^ "Yahad - in Unum".
Sources
edit- Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Dean, Martin (4 May 2012). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933 –1945: Volume II: Ghettos in German-Occupied Eastern Europe. Indiana University Press. pp. 1740–1742. ISBN 978-0-253-00202-0.
External links
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