Chavusy

Chavusy or Chausy (Belarusian: Чавусы, romanized: Čavusy; Russian: Чаусы; Polish: Czausy; Yiddish: טשאָוס) is a town in Mogilev Region, Belarus.

[1] It once was a substantial Jewish shtetl, which dated from the 17th century, as appears from a charter granted to the Jews January 11, 1667, by Michał Kazimierz Pac, castellan of Wilno, and confirmed by King Augustus III of Poland.

In 1780, at the time of a visit of Catherine II, there was a Jewish population of 355, in 1,057; and the town possessed one synagogue.

Chaussy was occupied during World War II by the Germans beginning in July 1941.

A total of 127 bags of remains were reburied, and the first memorial was erected in 1958, which was later replaced by a second one.

Train station in Chausy