Byalynichy (Belarusian: Бялынічы, romanized: Bialyničy;[a] Russian: Белыничи, romanized: Belynichi; Polish: Białynicze) is a town in Mogilev Region, Belarus. It is located 45 kilometres (28 mi) west-northwest of Mogilev,[2] and serves as the administrative center of Byalynichy District.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 9,670.[1]
Byalynichy
Бялынічы (Belarusian) | |
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  Byalynichy | |
| Coordinates: 53°59′44″N 29°42′34″E / 53.99556°N 29.70944°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Mogilev Region |
| District | Byalynichy District |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
| • Total | 9,670 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
History
editWorld War II
editAround 780 Jews lived in Byalynichy at the eve of World War II.[2] They composed about 24 percent of the total population.[2] The Jews were mainly traders.
Byalynichy was under German military occupation from 6 July 1941 until 29 June 1944.[2] 150 Jewish men were killed during an Aktion in September 1941.[3][4] The remaining Jews, together with Jewish families from nearby settlements in the district, were resettled in a ghetto in the town.[4]
On 12 December 1941, the Germans liquidated the ghetto, with the German Security Police and local Belarusian police gathering the remaining 600 Jews.[4] Those Jews, who were mainly women, children and the elderly, were escorted to the woods and shot in pits that were dug in advance.[4]
The Red Army liberated Byalynichy on 29 June 1944.
Later history
editIn 2016, Byalynichy received the status of town of district subordination (previously it was an urban-type settlement).[5]
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "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 13 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d Megargee & Dean 2012, p. 1645.
- ^ "Yahad - in Unum".
- ^ a b c d Megargee & Dean 2012, p. 1646.
- ^ "Круглое и Белыничи получили статус городов районного подчинения". www.belta.by (in Russian). 19 December 2016.
Sources
edit- Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Dean, Martin (2012). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume II. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. pp. 1645–1646. ISBN 978-0-253-35599-7.
External links
edit- The murder of the Jews of Byalynichy during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.