The Holocaust in the Kamyenyets District

The Holocaust in the Kamyenyets District is the systematic persecution and extermination of Jews in the Kamyenyets District of the Brest Region by the occupying authorities of Nazi Germany and collaborators from 1941 to 1944 during World War II, as part of the policy of the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" — an integral part of the Holocaust in Belarus and the Catastrophe of European Jewry.

From Administrative Order No. 1 of the Commander of the Rear of Army Group "Center" General von Schenckendorff dated July 7, 1941:[1][2]


«III. Distinctive signs for Jews

1. All Jews, both male and female, on the occupied Russian territory and aged 10 years and older, are immediately required to wear on the right sleeve of their outer clothing and dresses a white band 10 cm wide with a drawn Zionist star or a yellow band 10 cm wide.

2. Such bands are to be provided by the Jews themselves.

3. Jews are strictly prohibited from being greeted. Violators will be severely punished by the local commandant at their place of residence».

  1. ^ Ул. С. Богаў, А. I. Залескi i iнш. (рэдкал.); С. В. Шайко. (уклад.), «Памяць. Сенненскi район. Гісторыка-дакументальная хроніка гарадоў і раѐнаў Беларусі». — Минск, «Паліграфафармленне», 2003 — с. 154; ISBN 985-6351-18-9
  2. ^ Национальный архив Республики Беларусь (НАРБ). — фонд 4683, опись 3, дело 952, лист 2