List of massacres in Belarus

The following is a partial list of selected massacres that are known to have occurred in the territory of modern-day Belarus (some numbers may be approximated):

Name Date Location Perpetrators Deaths Notes
Pripet Marshes massacres (1654) c. September 1654 Pripet Marshes Cossacks Thousands Ivan Zolotarenko's Cossacks of Nizhyn Regiment massacred thousands of Polish civilians in the Pripet Marshes.[1]
Pinsk massacre April 5, 1919 Pinsk Poland 35 Jewish men from illegal gathering of suspected Bolshevik cell executed by Polish troops during Polish–Soviet War.[2]
Kurapaty massacres 1937–1941 Kurapaty (Minsk) Soviet Union 7,000–30,000 NKVD summary executions
Massacre of Brzostowica Mała September 1939 Brzostowica Mała, occupied Poland (Malaya Byerastavitsa) Belarusian peasents 50 Poles massacred by Belarusian peasants on the second day of the Soviet invasion of Poland.[3]
Mokrany massacre September 28, 1939 Mokrany, occupied Poland Soviet Union 18 Polish POWs massacred by Soviet forces.[4][5]
1941 Oszmiana massacre July 26, 1941 Oszmiana, occupied Poland (Ashmyany) Nazi Germany 527 Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Pripet Marshes massacres (1941) 28 July – 29 August 1941 Pripet Marshes Nazi Germany 17,288 Massacres of Jews and Soviet civilians committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Slutsk Affair October 1941 Slutsk Nazi Germany 4,000 Part of the Holocaust in Belarus; non-Jewish residents also killed
Misznowszyna Forest massacre October 20–21, 1941 Misznowszyna Forest near Horodyszcze, occupied Poland (Haradzishcha) Nazi Germany 1,000+ Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Kleck massacres of 1941 October 25 and 30, 1941 Kleck, occupied Poland (Klyetsk) Nazi Germany ~3,800 Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Nieśwież massacre October 30, 1941 Nieśwież, occupied Poland (Nyasvizh) Nazi Germany ~4,000 Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Siniawka massacre autumn of 1941 and summer of 1942 Siniawka, occupied Poland (Sinyawka) Nazi Germany ~730 Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Babruysk massacre November 9, 1941 Babruysk Nazi Germany 1,700[6] Soviet POWs massacred by soldiers of the German 339th Infantry Division.
Ilja massacres March 17 and June 7, 1942 Ilja, occupied Poland (Ilya) Nazi Germany 650–850 Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Dołhinów massacre March 30, 1942 Dołhinów, occupied Poland (Dawhinava) Nazi Germany ~1,000[7] Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Dzyatlava massacre April 29 and August 10, 1942 Zdzięcioł, occupied Poland (Dzyatlava) Schutzstaffel
Belarusian Auxiliary Police 		1,500 Carried out by the SS and Belarusian Auxiliary Police.[8]
Bronna Góra massacre May 1942 – November 1942 Bronna Góra, occupied Poland Schutzstaffel 50,000 Mass killings by Schutzstaffel (SS) and SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV) over execution pits dug in the forest
Łużki massacre June 1, 1942 Łużki, occupied Poland (Luzhki) Nazi Germany 528 Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Iwieniec massacre June 9, 1942 Iwieniec, occupied Poland (Ivyanyets) Nazi Germany ~800 Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Druja massacre June 17, 1942 Druja, occupied Poland (Druya) Nazi Germany 1,000+ Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Marków massacre June 24, 1942 Marków, occupied Poland (Markava) Nazi Germany 500+ Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Horodziej massacre July 16, 1942 Horodziej, occupied Poland (Haradzyeya) Nazi Germany ~1,000 Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
1942 Kleck massacre July 22, 1942 Kleck, occupied Poland (Klyetsk) Nazi Germany ~1,400 Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Mereczowszczyzna massacre July 24–25, 1942 Mereczowszczyzna, occupied Poland (Myerachowshchyna) Nazi Germany ~1,200 Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Lenin massacre August 14, 1942 Lenin, occupied Poland Nazi Germany 28 Massacre of nearly all Jewish residents committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Oszmiana massacre of 1942 October 23, 1942 Oszmiana, occupied Poland (Ashmyany) Nazi Germany 406 Massacre of elderly Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Duniłowicze massacre November 21–22, 1942 Duniłowicze, occupied Poland (Dunilavichy) Nazi Germany 826[9] Massacre of Jews committed by Nazi German occupiers as part of the Holocaust.
Mirnaya massacre December 1942 Mirnaya (Мірная), Belarus (be) Nazi Germany 147 Nazi retribution for partisan attacks
Lyubozhanka massacre January 8, 1943 Lyubozhanka, Dzyarzhynsk district, Minsk region Nazi Germany 42 Nazi forces unexpectedly invaded the village. They invaded the houses and shot anyone who tried to escape, They pursued them with German Shepherds. Immediately, they set fire to houses and other buildings. According to the official version, 42 villagers were killed, including 14 children.[10]
Khatyn massacre March 22, 1943 Khatyn Ukrainian Auxiliary Police
Dirlewanger Brigade 		149 Troops from the Ukrainian Auxiliary Police and Dirlewanger Brigade destroyed the entire village in retribution for Soviet partisan attack (not to be confused with Katyn massacre).[11]
Operation Zauberflöte 17−22 April 1943 Minsk Nazi Germany Unknown
Naliboki massacre May 8, 1943 Naliboki, occupied Poland Soviet partisans 128 Polish civilians massacred by the Soviet partisans.[12]
Operation Cottbus 20 May – 24 June 1943 Vitebsk Oblast Nazi Germany 20,000+ Estimated at least 20,000 victims at the cost of 59 German troops killed in action
Martyrs of Nowogródek execution 1 August 1943 Novogrudok Gestapo 11 11 Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth executed by the Gestapo
Mashchanitsa affair 31 May - 1 June 2005 Vyalikaya Mashchanitsa, Mogilev Oblast Mikalai Rakutin, Syarhei Yushkevich, Pavel Pavlyuchenko, Gennady Salauyev
(sentenced) 		6 Burglary in the house[13][14]
2011 Minsk Metro bombing April 11, 2011 Minsk Dzmitry Kanavalau, Uladzislau Kavalyou 15 Including 204 injured
Stowbtsy School stabbing February 11, 2019 Stowbtsy Vadim Miloshevsky 2 2 wounded[15]

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