HistoryAugust 1, 1943
The Final Liquidation of the Będzin Ghetto Begins
On 1 August 1943, German forces began the final liquidation of the Będzin ghetto. Armed resistance slowed the clearance.
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Ghettos
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HistoryJanuary 10, 1943
The Kopernik Camp in Mińsk Mazowiecki Is Liquidated
On 10 January 1943, German forces began liquidating the Kopernik labor camp in Mińsk Mazowiecki.
HistoryDecember 27, 1941–January 7, 1942
The Kharkiv Ghetto Is Liquidated
From 27 December 1941 to 7 January 1942, the Kharkiv ghetto was emptied and its people were killed at Drobytsky Yar.
HistoryAugust 1, 1941
Bialystok Ghetto Is Sealed
On this day, August 1, 1941, German authorities confined about 50,000 Jews in the Bialystok ghetto.