Building used as a ghetto during World War II. Photographer: Alexander Litin, 2008.
YVA, Photo Collection, 14615294
With the outbreak of the Soviet-German war on June 22, 1941 many Jews of Propoysk succeeded in being evacuated or in fleeing to the Soviet interior. On August 15, 1941 the town was occupied by the Germans, who set up a ghetto in October. The Jews of the town were murdered in several operations in November 1941.
Propoysk was liberated by the Red Army on November 25, 1943.