July 1941
Nazis Establish the Minsk Ghetto
Historical context
In late July 1941, German authorities established a ghetto in Minsk. About 80,000 Jews, including people from nearby towns, were crowded into the northwestern quarter.
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- July 1941
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In late July 1941, German authorities established a ghetto in the northwestern part of Minsk, occupied the previous month. USHMM records that about 80,000 people, including Jews from nearby towns, were crowded there. A field-commandant order of 19 July set the confinement in motion; later massacres and the 1943 liquidation are separate stories.
This article dates the late-July establishment, not later massacres inside the ghetto or the 1943 liquidation.
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- Minsk · United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Holocaust Encyclopedia View source
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