Belarus / Central Belarus / Minsk

Site of Minsk Ghetto

Practical info

Type of location: Concentration camp

Site of Minsk Ghetto

Historical description

Minsk

Minsk, the capital of Belarus, first welcomed Jews in the fifteenth century. They settled here to engage in the trade between Poland and Russia. After Poland was divided, the Jewish community began to grow: it consisted of 47560 members at the time of the 1897 ... Read more