Varva

It is not known when Jews first settled in Varva. In 1939 Varva’s 22 Jews comprised 0.6 percent of the village's total population. Varva was occupied by German troops on September 17, 1941. All the Jews who had not fled from the village were murdered by the Germans. Some Jews from the Varva Region were also murdered in Varva, including at least 4 Jews from Antonovka, on January 3, 1942. Varva was liberated by the Red Army on September 17 (or September 18) 1943.