Union of Belarusian Jewish Public Associations and Communities supported volunteer project dedicated to restoring the historic Jewish cemetery of Uzlyany

It is estimated that 800,000 Belarusian Jews, or 90 percent of the total Jewish population, were murdered during the war following Nazi Germany’s invasion of the country.

Key contributors to the project included the Jewish Cultural Centre “Mishpokha,” the Union of Belarusian Jewish Public Associations and Communities, local donors, relatives of Jews buried at the cemetery, local authorities, and volunteers.

An official ceremony was held at the former entrance to the Minsk Ghetto, commemorating the memory of over 100,000 Jews who perished there between 1941 and 1943.

Brest was home to more than 20,000 Jews before the war. After the Holocaust, only about 10 remained.

The grave contained bone fragments and skeletons, some with bullets in their skulls and others with shoes strewn beside their bodies, as well as ammunition and personal objects.

Antisemitic graffiti was spray-painted on the building of a Jewish community center on Krasnoarmeyskaya Street in Gomel (Homyel), the second most populous city in Belarus.

The remains of the synagogue in Belarus where the family of painter Marc Chagall used to pray are up for sale for anyone willing to restore the building.

The historic abandoned synagogue in Slonim, Belarus has been put up for auction with a starting price of €50,000.

A new online living history project presenting testimonies of survivors of the Holocaust has been launched in Belarus, as result of a joint Belarusian-German collaboration.

The Jewish community of Belarus held a memorial service to honour film actor Kirk Douglas, one of the Belarusian Jewish community’s most famous descendants.

A unique former synagogue in Belarus from the 19th century is being auctioned off for a little over 5,000 euros.

The bones of 1,214 people, most believed to have been Jews have been discovered in Brest, Belarus on the construction site of a new luxury apartment block.