Vereshchaki

Vereshchaki was a Jewish agricultural settlement established in the second half of the 19th century. Most of the Jews in Vereshchaki worked in agriculture. There were also Jewish blacksmiths, who served both the agricultural workers and the peasants from the surrounding villages. In 1933 Vereshchaki, together with several other nearby villages, was united into a kolkhoz. On the eve of the war about 60 Jews lived in Vereshchaki. The Germans occupied the village in September 1941. On October 10, 1941 the Germans murdered all the Jews on a hill near the village. Vereshchaki was liberated by the Red Army at the end of June 1941. The village no longer exists.