Azarychy, Gomel region
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|native_name = {{native name|be|Азарычы}}
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| subdivision_name2 = Kalinkavichy District
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Azarychy ({{langx|be|Азарычы|Azaryčy}}; {{langx|ru|Озаричи|Ozarichi}}) is an urban-type settlement in Kalinkavichy District, Gomel Region, Belarus. As of 2025, it has a population of 1,222. The village had a large Jewish community.{{Cite web|url=https://www.belarusmemorials.com/memorials/gomel/ozarichi/ |title=Ozarichi (Or Azarychy) | Belarus Holocaust Memorials Project }}
History
According to the 1939 census, 47% of the total population was Jewish.{{cite web | url=https://www.yahadmap.org/#village/azarychy-gomel-belarus.982 | title=Yahad - in Unum }} The Germans occupied the town from November 1941 to January 1944 and built three camps.{{Cite web |url=http://khatyn.by/de/genocide/ccs/ozarichi/ |title="Chatyn" - Völkermordpolitik | Konzentrationslager, Gettos | Osaritschi |access-date=2016-05-06 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062638/http://khatyn.by/de/genocide/ccs/ozarichi/ |url-status=dead }} Between 9,000 and 13,000 of the up to 50,000 imprisoned Belarusian and Russian men, women and children did not survive their incarceration at the camps.{{Cite web |title=Information Portal to European Sites of Remembrance |url=https://memorialmuseums.org/eng/denkmaeler/view/353/Denkmal-f%C3%83%C2%BCr-die-Opfer-der-Lager-von-Osaritschi |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=memorialmuseums.org}}{{cite web| url = http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/bib157735| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304195951/http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/bib157735| archive-date = 2016-03-04| title = Ozarichi 1944 ein Film von Christoph Rass ... [et al.] - USHMM Collections Search}}
References
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Category:Populated places in Gomel region
Category:Urban-type settlements in Belarus
Category:Kalinkavichy district
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