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The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life
Volume 3, Page 1477
Spector, Shmuel, and Geoffrey Wigoder. The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life before and during the Holocaust. Vol. III. Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 2001. p. 1477.
Location
Yurevichi is located in the Polesie region of Belorussia.
Population
Jewish Population | Total Population | |
---|---|---|
Late 1700s | Jews are first mentioned | |
1811 | 65 | |
1897 | 1,287 | 1,577 |
1926 | 1,139 |
Schools
A Musar Yeshiva was active in Yurevichi until 1922. It was banned by Soviet authorities. A Jewish elementary school was opened in 1922.
Economy
In the early 1930s, 60% of the Jews were artisans. In 1930, two Jewish kolkhozes (collective farms) near Yurevichi supported 50 Jewish families.
Timeline
- 22 August 1941 - The Germans occupied Yurevichi
- October 1941 - Germans establish ghetto
- 19 November 1941 - Between 200-250 Jews were murdered on the banks of the Pripet Rever.
- 27 November 1941 - Another 200 Jews from the ghetto were murdered beside a pit near the town.
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