The Shoah (1939–1945)
Burning of the Rakov Synagogue
4 févr. 1942·Rakov
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The Jews of the ghetto are locked in the synagogue, which the Germans and their auxiliaries set on fire.
Rakov is a town in western Belarus whose population was predominantly Jewish before the war. A closed quarter had been established there after the occupation, in the streets surrounding the synagogue.
In early February, its inhabitants are gathered and forced inside the synagogue, whose doors are barred; the Germans and their auxiliaries set it on fire. The building burns with those it holds within; the few inhabitants who were not in the town that day have borne witness.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Biélorussie
Yad Vashem, *The Untold Stories* ; *Rakov Memorial Book* ; Archives nationales de Biélorussie.