Molchad

Molchad or Mowchadz (Belarusian: Моўчадзь, romanized: Moŭčadź; Russian: Молчадь; Polish: Mołczadź; Yiddish: מייטשעט, romanized: Meytshet) is a village in Baranavichy District, Brest Region, Belarus.

The village of Molchad has appeared in written sources as early as 1486 with the founding of the local Holy Trinity Church, which no longer stands,[1] listed as part of the Slonim povet of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

In 1886 Molchad was reported to have 2 churches, 3 synagogues, a brewery, a railway station, a school and a bazaar.

Between June 1941 and July 1944, Molchad was occupied by Nazi Germany and a ghetto was established there.

From June through August 1942, 3,600 Jews from Molchad and the surrounding area were massacred by the native Polish population with the support of German troops.