Prior to the outbreak of World War II, roughly 6,000 Jews lived in the city of Navahrudak, in what was then the Second Polish Republic.

Immediately following the occupation's beginning, Jews were required to wear sewn Stars of David as identification.

[1] On 6 December 1941, the Jewish population of Navahrudak was ordered to assemble within the city's courthouse, where they were locked up overnight.

[8] 13 residents of Navahrudak were granted the title of Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, the official Holocaust memorial centre of Israel.

In 2017, a monument to 12-year-old victim Mikhle Sosnovsky, who was shot to death by German police, was placed in the city.