Porazava

Porazava (Belarusian: Поразава; Russian: Порозово, romanized: Porozovo; Polish: Porozów; Yiddish: פּאָרוזעווע, romanized: Porozeve; Lithuanian: Porozovas) is an urban-type settlement in Svislach District, Grodno Region, Belarus.

[4] It was a royal town of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, administratively located in the Nowogródek Voivodeship.

In the late 19th century, the Christian population was mostly employed in pottery, whereas the Jews mostly lived off trade.

[5] The town had a thriving Jewish community and synagogue prior to World War II.

During World War II, Porozów was occupied by the Soviet Union from September 1939 to June 1941, and then by Nazi Germany until 15 July 1944 and administered as a part of Bezirk Bialystok.