Lipyen

Lipyen
Ліпень (Belarusian)
Липень (Russian)
Agrotown
Lipyen is located in Belarus
Lipyen
Lipyen
Coordinates: 53°24′50″N 28°49′11″E / 53.41389°N 28.81972°E / 53.41389; 28.81972
CountryBelarus
RegionMogilev Region
DistrictAsipovichy District
Population
 (1999)[1]
 • Total
1,000
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Lipyen or Lipen (Belarusian: Ліпень, romanized: Lipień;[2] Russian: Липень) is an agrotown in Asipovichy District, Mogilev Region, Belarus.[2] It is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Asipovichy and 126 kilometres (78 mi) from Mogilev.[1] It serves as the administrative center of Lipyen selsoviet.[2] In 1999, it had a population of 1,000.[1]

History

According to the 1926 Soviet census, there were 441 Jews living in Lipyen.[3]

World War II

During World War II, it was under German military occupation from early July 1941 until June 1944.[3] About 200 Jews remained there at the start of the occupation.[3]

In August 1941, all Jews were placed in a ghetto consisting of several houses.[3] The ghetto was liquidated in October and the Germans shot more than 200 Jews near the Svislach River.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Беларуская энцыклапедыя, p. 273
  2. ^ a b c Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2007). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Магілёўская вобласць (in Belarusian). Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 65. ISBN 978-985-458-159-0.
  3. ^ a b c d e Megargee & Dean 2012, p. 1701.

Sources

  • Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Dean, Martin (2012). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume II. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 1701. ISBN 978-0-253-35599-7.
  • "Ліпень". Беларуская энцыклапедыя: У 18 т. Т. 9: Кулібін — Малаіта (in Belarusian). Minsk: Беларуская энцыклапедыя. 1999. p. 273. ISBN 985-11-0155-9.