Kamyenyets Ghetto

Kamyenyets Ghetto (summer 1941 - November 1942) was a Nazi Jewish ghetto established during the Nazi occupation of Belarus, served as a place of forced resettlement for Jews from Kamyenyets (Kamyenyets-Litovsky) in the Brest region and nearby settlements.

This ghetto was part of the broader persecution and extermination of Jews during World War II.

The first victim of the war in Kamyenyets was a Jewish woman, killed by a German shell fragment on the first day of the occupation.

The Germans prioritized eliminating Jewish men aged 15 to 50, whom they perceived as potential resisters, despite the economic disadvantage of killing able-bodied individuals.

By early July 1941, the Germans conducted their first "action" (mass murder), killing 108 young Jews 2 kilometers from the city.

The large ghetto encompassed several streets, including Brzheskaya, Kobrinskaya (now Belova), Litovskaya (now Pivnenko), and others.

One notable escape involved a group of Jews who, lacking hiding places, were forced to return.