The Shoah (1939–1945)
Liquidation of the Hlybokaïe ghetto
20 août 1943·Hlybokaïe
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The ghetto, where Jews from neighboring towns had been gathered, is liquidated; some of those enclosed attempt a desperate revolt.
Hlybokaïe, in northern Belarus, had received into its closed quarter the Jews from the surrounding townlets, making it one of the last gatherings in the region still standing.
When news of its liquidation came at the end of summer, some of those imprisoned armed themselves with whatever they could find and attempted a revolt: houses were set on fire, a few broke through the fence and made their way into the forests. The action was carried through to its conclusion, and the records have not permitted any definitive count.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Biélorussie
Yad Vashem, *The Untold Stories* ; *Glubokoye Memorial Book* ; Archives nationales de Biélorussie.