The Shoah (1939–1945)
Liquidation of the Achmiany ghetto
1942·Achmiany
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The Achmiany ghetto is emptied in several operations; part of its inhabitants is transferred to the large ghetto of the neighboring capital, the others are shot on the spot.
The ghetto of Achmiany is emptied in several operations over the course of the year. Some of the inhabitants are transferred to the large ghetto of the neighboring capital, where they are put to work in the workshops; the others are led to nearby pits and shot. The town had sheltered an ancient community whose schools were known throughout the region.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Biélorussie
*Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos*, dirigée par Geoffrey Megargee ; Yitzhak Arad, *The Holocaust in the Soviet Union*.