Naprasnawka
Naprasnawka
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Village | |
  Naprasnawka | |
| Coordinates: 54°18′58″N 30°35′52″E / 54.31611°N 30.59778°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Mogilev Region |
| District | Horki District |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Naprasnawka (Belarusian: Напраснаўка, romanized: Naprasnaŭka;[1] Russian: Напрасновка, romanized: Naprasnovka) is a village in Horki District, Mogilev Region, Belarus.[1] It is administratively part of Maslaki selsoviet.[1] It is located 45 kilometres (28 mi) north-northeast of Mogilev.[2]
History
[edit]In 1930, there were 248 Jews living in Naprasnawka.[2]
World War II
[edit]During World War II, it was under German military occupation from July 1941 until the summer of 1944.[2]
A form of ghetto or concentration camp was likely created in the village.[2] On 22 March 1942, an Aktion took place, in which the Germans and local police killed 250 Jews, according to interrogations conducted by the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2007). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Магілёўская вобласць (in Belarusian). Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 141. ISBN 978-985-458-159-0.
- ^ a b c d e Megargee & Dean 2012, p. 1708.
- ^ "Могила жертв фашизма (Горецкий район, Маслаковский сельский совет, деревня Напрасновка)". gorki.gov.by.
Sources
[edit]- 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. p. 1708. ISBN 978-0-253-35599-7.