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Pre-1941: Uzda, town and raion center, Minsk oblast’, Belorussian SSR; 1941–1944: Usda, Rayon center, Gebiet Minsk-Land, Generalkommissariat Weissruthenien; post-1991: Uzda, raen center, Minsk voblasts’, Republic of Belarus Uzda is located about 60 kilometers (37 miles) south-southwest of Minsk. The Jewish community of Uzda is first mentioned in records from the eigh teenth century; in 1765, 263 Jews lived there. Uzda became part of Russia in 1793. In 1847, 1,618 Jews lived in Uzda; and by 1897, the Jewish population had reached 2,068, comprising 75 percent of the total population. In 1926, the share of Jews in Uzda had fallen to 62.5 percent (1,564 Jews). In 1939, the share of Jews in the local population stood at 33 percent (1,143 Jews). Most of the men of working age were drafted into the Red Army, but older people and families with many children were unable to leave town on their own. On June 27 1941, the German army entered Uzda without encountering resistance. That same day, t...
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Pre-1941: Uzda, town and raion center, Minsk oblast’, Belorussian SSR; 1941–1944: Usda, Rayon center, Gebiet Minsk-Land, Generalkommissariat Weissruthenien; post-1991: Uzda, raen center, Minsk voblasts’, Republic of Belarus Uzda is located about 60 kilometers (37 miles) south-southwest of Minsk.
The Jewish community of Uzda is first mentioned in records from the eigh teenth century; in 1765, 263 Jews lived there.
Uzda became part of Russia in 1793.
In 1847, 1,618 Jews lived in Uzda; and by 1897, the Jewish population had reached 2,068, comprising 75 percent of the total population.
In 1926, the share of Jews in Uzda had fallen to 62.
5 percent (1,564 Jews).
In 1939, the share of Jews in the local population stood at 33 percent (1,143 Jews).
Most of the men of working age were drafted into the Red Army, but older people and families with many children were unable to leave town on their own.
On June 27 1941, the German army entered Uzda without encountering resistance.
That same day, t.