Holocaust in Belarus
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The Holocaust in Belarus was the systematic persecution and mass murder of the Jewish population and other targeted groups in German-occupied Belarus during World War II, carried out through ghettos, mass shootings, and extermination operations.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Holocaust in Belarus canonical | 11 |
| Holocaust in Babruysk | 1 |
| Holocaust in Brest Region | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Holocaust in Belarus Context triple: [Arthur Nebe, participatedIn, Holocaust in Belarus]
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Holocaust in Latvia
The Holocaust in Latvia was the systematic persecution and mass murder of Latvian Jews and other targeted groups by Nazi Germany and local collaborators during World War II, resulting in the near-total destruction of the country’s prewar Jewish community.
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Holocaust in Eastern Galicia
The Holocaust in Eastern Galicia was the systematic persecution and mass murder of the region’s Jewish population by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II, resulting in the near-total destruction of centuries-old Jewish communities.
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Holocaust in Belgium
The Holocaust in Belgium refers to the systematic persecution, deportation, and murder of Belgian Jews and Roma by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II.
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Birkenau cycle
The Birkenau cycle is a series of abstract paintings by Gerhard Richter that grapple with the memory and representation of the Holocaust, based on blurred and overpainted photographs from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
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E.
Holocaust in Poland
The Holocaust in Poland was the systematic persecution and mass murder of Polish Jews and other targeted groups by Nazi Germany during World War II, centered around ghettos, death camps, and widespread collaboration and resistance within occupied Poland.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Holocaust in Belarus Target entity description: The Holocaust in Belarus was the systematic persecution and mass murder of the Jewish population and other targeted groups in German-occupied Belarus during World War II, carried out through ghettos, mass shootings, and extermination operations.
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A.
Holocaust in Latvia
The Holocaust in Latvia was the systematic persecution and mass murder of Latvian Jews and other targeted groups by Nazi Germany and local collaborators during World War II, resulting in the near-total destruction of the country’s prewar Jewish community.
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B.
Holocaust in Eastern Galicia
The Holocaust in Eastern Galicia was the systematic persecution and mass murder of the region’s Jewish population by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II, resulting in the near-total destruction of centuries-old Jewish communities.
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C.
Holocaust in Belgium
The Holocaust in Belgium refers to the systematic persecution, deportation, and murder of Belgian Jews and Roma by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II.
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D.
Birkenau cycle
The Birkenau cycle is a series of abstract paintings by Gerhard Richter that grapple with the memory and representation of the Holocaust, based on blurred and overpainted photographs from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
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E.
Holocaust in Poland
The Holocaust in Poland was the systematic persecution and mass murder of Polish Jews and other targeted groups by Nazi Germany during World War II, centered around ghettos, death camps, and widespread collaboration and resistance within occupied Poland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust event
ⓘ
genocide ⓘ war crime ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
German-occupied Belarus
ⓘ
linked to:
Nazi-occupied Belarus
|
| country | Belarus ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum research
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Yad Vashem publications ⓘ
linked to:
YadVashem
|
| endTime | 1944 ⓘ |
| hasCause |
German invasion of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
linked to:
Operation Barbarossa
Nazi antisemitic ideology ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
long-term demographic loss in Belarus
ⓘ
near destruction of Jewish communities in Belarus ⓘ postwar trials of Nazi perpetrators ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
German occupation of Belarus
ⓘ
linked to:
Nazi-occupied Belarus
World War II ⓘ |
| location |
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
ⓘ
Generalbezirk Weißruthenien ⓘ Reichskommissariat Ostland ⓘ |
| method |
forced labor
ⓘ
gas vans in some areas ⓘ ghettos ⓘ mass shootings ⓘ starvation ⓘ |
| numberOfVictims |
about 600000 Jews
ⓘ
majority of prewar Jewish population ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Bielski partisans
ⓘ
Jewish partisans ⓘ
linked to:
Jewish resistance in Poland
Soviet partisans ⓘ |
| partOf |
Holocaust
ⓘ
Nazi crimes in Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Einsatzgruppen
ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ Order Police battalions ⓘ SS ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ local collaborationist forces ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
deportations to extermination sites
ⓘ
establishment of ghettos in Belarusian towns and cities ⓘ liquidation of ghettos ⓘ mass shootings near localities and in forests ⓘ |
| startTime | 1941-06-22 ⓘ |
| tookPlaceIn |
Baranovichi Ghetto
ⓘ
Blagovshchina forest killing site ⓘ Bobruisk Ghetto ⓘ Brest Ghetto ⓘ Grodno Ghetto ⓘ Lida Ghetto ⓘ Maly Trostenets extermination site ⓘ
linked to:
Minsk ghetto killing sites
Minsk Ghetto ⓘ Mogilev Ghetto ⓘ Novogrudok Ghetto ⓘ Pinsk Ghetto ⓘ Slonim Ghetto ⓘ Tuchinka killing site near Minsk ⓘ
linked to:
Minsk ghetto killing sites
Vitebsk Ghetto ⓘ |
| victim |
Belarusian Jews
ⓘ
Roma ⓘ Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ disabled persons ⓘ political opponents ⓘ |
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Subject: Holocaust in Belarus Description of subject: The Holocaust in Belarus was the systematic persecution and mass murder of the Jewish population and other targeted groups in German-occupied Belarus during World War II, carried out through ghettos, mass shootings, and extermination operations.
Referenced by (13)
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linked to: Holocaust in Belarus
linked to: Holocaust in Belarus