Vorobeynya

The Nepomnyashchiy family of Jews had lived in Vorobeynya village long before the war. Solomon Nepomnyashchiy, the head of the family, owned a small village shop, his wife Yevgeniya, nėe Kogan, was a housewife. There were four children in the family – Esfir', Mariya, Mikhael, and Iosif. Mariya studied in Smolensk and in te summer of 1941 came to Vorobeynya to spend the vacation with her family. The village was occupied by the Germans in August 1941. The Nepomnyashchiy family was murdered on August 24/25, 1941. The village was liberated by the Red Army on September 20, 1943.