Sapezhinka

The Jewish agricultural colony of Sapezhinka was established in 1851. During the Soviet period, in 1930, approximately 30 Jewish families worked on the Sverdlov kolkhoz, that had a majority of Jewish members. There were also some Jewish craftsmen in the village.

The Germans occupied Sapezhinka in July 1941. The Jewish men were killed on the outskirts of the village, while the women, the elderly, and the children were herded into a building where they were confined for a week without food or water. They also endured other suffering, including the rape of many of the women. Afterwards those remaining in the building were taken to Bykhov, where they were killed, along with the Jews of that town. Children of mixed marriages from Sapezhinka were later also killed.