Vyazovok

Jews lived in Vyazovok since the second half of the 18th century. At the beginning of the 20th century about 300 Jews lived in the village. Most of them were small-scale merchants or artisans. The majority of the local Jews left the village during the early Soviet period, seeking educational and vocational opportunities in larger towns and cities. In 1939 Vyazovok's 35 Jews comprised 0.5 percent of the total population. Apparently most of Vyazovok's Jews succeeded in leaving the village before it was occupied by German troops on July 30, 1941. The approximately one dozen Jews who remained were murdered in the spring of 1942 in the vicinity of Vyazovok. The Red Army liberated Vyazovok on February 6, 1944.