Babinavichy
Babinavichy (Belarusian: Бабінавічы, romanized: Babinavičy; Russian: Бабиновичи, romanized: Babinovichi) is an agrotown in Lyozna District, Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Babinavichy selsoviet.
History
The town traditionally supplied timber for the Imperial Russian Navy, as is reflected in its coat-of-arms which depicts two masts.
The town was previously a Jewish shtetl situated in the Mogilev Governorate of the Russian Empire. In 1930, there were 262 Jews living there, with 115 remaining at the start of the war.
Notable people
- Chaya Mushka Schneerson (1901–1988), daughter of Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn and wife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
References
- ^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2009). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Віцебская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 293. ISBN 978-985-458-192-7.
- ^ Megargee & Dean 2012, p. 1699.
- ^ "Thursday, 25 Adar II, 5727". Jewish Calendar.
Sources
- Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Dean, Martin (2012). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume II. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. pp. 1699–1700. ISBN 978-0-253-35599-7.
External links
- The murder of the Jews of Babinavichy during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.
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