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The Germans
occupied Vitebsk, a district capital in northeastern Belorussia, on
July 11, 1941. Immediately, the Jews suffered persecution, forced
labor, and murder. A ghetto was established in the town and 16,000
Jews were settled there. The liquidation of the Vitebsk Ghetto began
on October 8, 1941, on the pretext of epidemics that allegedly
emanated from the place. In the course of the three-day murder Aktion,
Jews were taken to the Vitbe River, where they were shot and
their bodies hurled into the water. |
