Svislach Ghetto (Mogilev region)
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The Ghetto in Svisloch was a ghetto for the forcefully relocated Jews of Svisloch in the Osipovichi district (Belarus), and nearby settlements. It was in operation during the Holocaust, from the summer of 1941 to autumn of 1942
Creation and Occupation
By the summer of 1941, before Nazi occupation, there were between 600 and 700 Jews, among more than 1,000 inhabitants of Svisloch. The village was captured by German troops on June 29, 1941, and the occupation lasted until July 17, 1944, when the village was liberated by allied forces.
The police were housed in the building of the village council, and the first to be headed by a Volksdeutsche from local residents, a former forester Burstelle. Nikolai Bondar, a stove-maker, who came to the police with his sons, became a burgomaster of Svislach. He was replaced by Shidlovsky, a former military instructor at the Svislach secondary school.
Conditions in the ghetto
In preparation for the extermination of Jews in the region, the Nazis organized a ghetto in Svislach. The ghetto was an open-type, lacking guards outside of the facility. It was constructed in the section of the village where Jews lived before the war.
The Jews of the village were required to wear yellow badges on the front and back of their clothing under order of the Nazi regime.
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