Soviet Jewish life
Prewar Jewish life was shaped by Soviet institutions, Yiddish culture and urban integration.
Ghetto
German authorities established a large ghetto and repeatedly conducted killing actions.
Resistance
Underground networks helped people escape toward partisan formations.
Maly Trostenets
The nearby complex linked local Jews and western deportees to shooting, gas vans, forced labor and evidence destruction.
Sources
This page draws on the institutional sources listed below.