Damachava

Damachava (Belarusian: Дамачава; Russian: Домáчево, Domachevo, Polish: Domaczewo) is a town in Belarus (Brest District, part of Brest Voblast).[1][2]

Дамачава
Домачево
Damachava
Domachevo
Coordinates: 51°N 23°E
Country
Subdivision		Belarus
Brest District, Brest Region
Founded1700s
Population
 (2008)
 • Total~1,200
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History

Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Damachava was part of Brest Litovsk Voivodeship. In 1795, Damachava was acquired by the Russian Empire as a result of the Third Partition of Poland.

From 1921 until 1939, Damachava (Domaczewo) was part of the Second Polish Republic. In September 1939, Damachava was occupied by the Red Army and, on 14 November 1939, incorporated into the Byelorussian SSR.

From 21 June 1941 until 23 July 1944, Damachava was occupied by Nazi Germany and administered as a part of the Generalbezirk Wolhynien-Podolien of Reichskommissariat Ukraine.

The majority of the town inhabitants were Jewish before World War II.[3] From November 1941, the Jews were kept imprisoned in a ghetto.[4] September 1942 they were murdered in a mass execution.[5]

References
  1. Domachevo website (in Russian)
  2. "Domaczewo" in an 1881 Polish geographical dictionary
  3. http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=232#!prettyPhoto
  4. http://moreshet.pl/he/node/400
  5. http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/city/domaczewo/


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