Навагрудак Navahrudak, Навагрудскі раён, Гродзенская вобласць, Беларусь

Latitude 53°35′N
Longitude 25°49′E
City Навагрудак Navahrudak
County Навагрудскі раён
State/ Province Гродзенская вобласць
Country Беларусь

Narrative

Navahrudak
Novgorodok
Nowogrudok
Novogrudok
Навагрудак
Новогрудок
Nowogródek
נאַוואַרעדאָק
Navaredok

Narrative

On the July 4, 1941, the Nazi army entered Novogrudek Навагрудак, and anti-Jewish laws were introduced:
* Yellow Stars had to be worn on the front and back of all clothing
* Jews were no longer allowed to walk on the pavement
* Jews lost their right of citizenship
* All valuables like gold, silver, copper, fur coats had to be given to the Authorities
* Every Jew from the age of twelve to sixty had to report for work

Narrative

On July 26, 1941, the SS entered Novogrudek Навагрудак, and demanded the Judenrat provide Jews for a work detail.
When the selected were assembled in the centre of the market place, 52 were taken out of the crowd and shot on the spot.

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On Friday, December 5, 1941, posters appeared in Novogrudek Навагрудак stating that as from 6 o'clock that evening no Jews could leave town, and the next morning all Jews must assemble at the court-house.
On December 6, 1941, the first large Jewish massacre of Novogrudek Навагрудак Jews took place; They were told to assemble in the courthouse, where the Nazis selected 5,100 men, women and children and took them to the nearby area of Scridlevo, 3 kilometres from Novogrudek Навагрудак. where they were beaten and ordered in parties of 50 to lie face down on the ground, then they had to undress in the cold, and were driven to pits that had already been dug where they were shot.

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On August 7, 1942, a second massacre took place when 5,500 were taken from the Novogrudek Навагрудак Ghetto and shot in Litovka.

References

  1. רבינוביץ Rabinovitch Rabinovitz Рабинович, Moshe ben Yoel