Kalinkovichi

Jewish settlement in Kalinkovichi dates to the beginning of the 19th century. A significant proportion of the local Jews engaged in selling flour or worked as artisans. In March 1920 Kalinkovichi was occupied by the Polish army. Many Jews were robbed and suffered from violence. On November 10 of the same year a pogrom was carried out there by troops of Bulak Balachovich: 32 Jews were killed in the town and the surrounding area. A Yiddish school began operating in Kalinkovichi in 1923 and also a school for Jewish adults. On the eve of the outbreak of the war 3,386 Jews lived there, comprising 39.5 percent of the total population.

The Germans occupied Kalinkovichi on August 22, 1941. At the end of September all the local Jews, numbering about 700, were murdered there.

Kalinkovichi was liberated by the Red Army in November, 1943.