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The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life

Spector, Shmuel, and Geoffrey Wigoder. The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life before and during the Holocaust. Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 2001. en%3A0814793568%20%3D100?tag=splitbrain-20

Volume 3, Page 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.