Korop

Jews settled in Korop at the beginning of the 19th century. There was a pogrom in Korop in 1917, followed the next year by one carried out by retreating Austrian and German troops and another, in October-November 1919 by units of Denikin’s White Army. Since most Jews in the town were merchants or artisans, when the economic situation in Korop worsened, many Jews became impoverished. In 1939 Korop had 350 Jews, who comprised 5.7 percent of the town’s total population. Korop was occupied by German troops on August 28, 1941. Evacuation or flight from Korop was difficult due to the lack of a railway station and main roads. In November 1941 several Jews were shot in the Korop area. A mass shooting of Jews was carried out by Germans in February 1942. The last Jew of Korop was shot on April 11, 1942. Some Jews from the Korop County were murdered in Korop: documents report the killing of Jews from Budennovka and Karylskoye. Korop was liberated by the Red Army on September 5 (or on September 4), 1943.