Lakhva
Лахва Łachwa • לאַכװע • Lakhve | |
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  Lakhva Location of Lakhva | |
| Coordinates: 52°13′N 27°06′E / 52.217°N 27.100°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Brest Region |
| Districts | Luninets District |
| First settled | 16th century |
| Elevation | 108 m (354 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 2,100 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Lakhva (also Lachva and Lachwa; Belarusian and Russian: Лахва, Polish: Łachwa; Yiddish: לאַכװע, romanized: Lakhve) is a village in Luninets District, Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Lakhva selsoviet.[1] It has a population of approximately 2,100.
Lakhva is considered to have been the location of one of the first,[2] if not the first,[3][4] Jewish ghetto uprisings of the Second World War.
- ^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2010). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Брэсцкая вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 199. ISBN 978-985-458-198-9.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
EJwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Michaeli, Lichstein, Morawczik, and Sklar (eds.). First Ghetto to Revolt: Lachwa. (Tel Aviv: Entsyklopedyah shel Galuyot, 1957).
- ^ Suhl, Yuri. They Fought Back. (New York: Paperback Library Inc., 1967), pp. 181-3.