It was a Jewish ghetto located in the village of Gorodnaya, within the Stolin district of the Brest region, Belarus.

This ghetto was a place of forced resettlement for Jews from Gorodnaya and nearby settlements during the Nazi occupation of Belarus in World War II.

"Exceptional inhuman atrocities are being committed by German gangs against the Jewish population, namely: In the town of Stolin, the gang killed 80 people, in the village of Gorodnaya in the Stolin district — 50 people… The remaining Jewish population in the villages and towns is mobilized by the German gang for the hardest and dirtiest work, with work hours set at 14 hours without food…" In July 1942, during an "aktion" (used by the Nazis for organized mass killings), 200 women, children, and elderly were shot.

Members of the SS cavalry regiment, commanded by Gustav Lombard, who had orders from Himmler to exterminate Jews, partisans, and their helpers in Polesie, participated in the shootings.

[5] In the 1960s, a memorial sign was erected at the site of the shooting and mass grave by surviving Jews and descendants of the victims.