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Łachwa (or Lakhva) Ghetto was a Nazi ghetto in Łachwa, Poland (now Lakhva in Belarus) during World War II. The ghetto was created with the aim of persecution and exploitation of the local Jews. The ghetto existed until September 1942. One of the first Jewish ghetto uprisings had happened there.
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The ghetto in Łachwa was established on April 4, 1942. 3 It consisted of 45 one-story houses. About 2,350 people were forced into the ghetto, which, as in Pinsk, amounted to roughly 1 square meter (10.8 square feet) per person. 4 The ghetto was located on the river and was divided by a road that split it into a larger and a smaller part.
Łachwa (or Lakhva) Ghetto was a Nazi ghetto in Łachwa, Poland (now Lakhva in Belarus) during World War II. The ghetto was created with the aim of persecution and exploitation of the local Jews. The ghetto existed until September 1942. One of the first Jewish ghetto uprisings had happened there.
Jewish settlement. Jewish ghetto. After the Second World War. References. Sources. External links. Lakhva. Coordinates: 52°13′N 27°06′E. Lakhva (also Lachva and Lachwa; Belarusian and Russian: Лахва, Polish: Łachwa; Yiddish: לאַכװע, romanized : Lakhve) is a village in Luninets District, Brest Region, Belarus.
- 108 m (354 ft)
- Luninets District
Getto w Łachwie – utworzone 1 kwietnia 1942 przez władze nazistowskich Niemiec w czasie II wojny światowej getto we wsi Łachwa, znajdującej się na terenie okupowanej Polski (obecnie Łachwa, Białoruś), w celu prześladowania, zastraszania i eksploatacji lokalnej ludności żydowskiej. Getto istniało jedynie do września 1942.
Łachwa's was the first ghetto of World War II where the inmates put up resistance to the Nazi operation to annihilate the ghetto with all its inhabitants. In September 1942, the Jews of Łachwa staged an uprising. Kopl's elder brother Moyshe was one of its leader. According to one account [2], Moyshe managed to kill an SS-man with an ax.
5. Bydgoszcz Ghetto – established in Bydgoszcz, a city in northern Poland 6. Ciechanów Ghetto – established in Ciechanów, a city in northern Poland 7. Warsaw Ghetto – established in Warsaw, the capital city of Poland 8. Łachwa Ghetto – established in Łachwa, a city in eastern Poland (modern-day Lakhva, Belarus) 9.
