[1] Brest District was captured by German troops on June 22, 1941, and remained under Nazi occupation for more than three years, until the end of July 1944.

In settlements where Jews were not killed immediately, they were kept in ghettos until their complete extermination and were used for heavy and dirty forced labor, which led to many deaths due to unbearable workloads, constant hunger, and lack of medical care.

[4] The occupation authorities, under threat of death, forbade Jews from removing yellow patches or six-pointed stars (identification marks on outer clothing), leaving the ghetto without special permission, changing their place of residence and apartment within the ghetto, walking on sidewalks, using public transport, being in parks and public places, and attending schools.

Implementing the policy of Judenfrei, the Nazis made every effort to search for, capture, and kill even individual Jews.

[8] In Brest District, four people were awarded the honorary title of Righteous Among the Nations by the Israeli memorial institute Yad Vashem "in deep gratitude for the help provided to the Jewish people during World War II": Incomplete lists of Jews killed in Brest District have been published.