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Place in Belarus

What happened to the Jews in Vitebsk

8 events, 1597 AD to 1941 AD

16th century

  1. 1597 AD Charter of Vitebsk bars Jews from living in the city · Vitebsk, Belarus

17th century

  1. 1654–1667 AD Jews of Vitebsk captured and robbed by Russians · Vitebsk, Belarus
  2. 1679 AD Sobieski restores Jewish privileges in Vitebsk · Vitebsk, Belarus

18th century

  1. 1708 AD Jewish quarter of Vitebsk destroyed and synagogue site seized · Vitebsk, Belarus

19th century

  1. 1883 AD Blood libel trial of the Lotzov family in Lutzyn · Ludza (Lutzyn), Latvia and elsewhere

20th century

  1. 1921 AD Soviet public trial "over the heder" and synagogue confiscations in Vitebsk · Vitebsk, Belarus
  2. 1941 AD Nazi ghettoization of Vitebsk Jews · Vitebsk, Belarus
  3. 1941 AD Vitebsk Ghetto · Vitebsk, Belarus

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