Mińsk Mazowiecki Ghetto
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The Mińsk Mazowiecki Ghetto or the Mińsk Ghetto (Polish: Getto w Mińsku Mazowieckim, Yiddish: נאוואמינסק, Novominsk) was a World War II ghetto set up by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland. Some 7,000 Polish Jews were imprisoned there from all neighbouring settlements for the purpose of persecution and exploitation.[1][2] Two years later, beginning 21 August 1942 during the most deadly phase of the Holocaust in occupied Poland, they were rounded up – men, women and children – and deported to Treblinka extermination camp aboard Holocaust trains.[3] In the process of Ghetto liquidation, some 1,300 Jews were summarily executed by the SS in the streets of Mińsk Mazowiecki.[2]
Mińsk Mazowiecki Ghetto | |
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Also known as | Mińsk Ghetto |
Location | Mińsk Mazowiecki, German-occupied Poland |
Date | 25 Oct 1940 – 21 Aug 1942 [1] |
Incident type | Imprisonment, starvation, mass shooting |
Organizations | Nazi SS |
Victims | 7,000 Polish Jews |
Survivors | 250 |
Memorials | The Jewish cemetery in Mińsk |