Budslaw

Jews began to settle in Budsław from the second half of the 18th Century. In 1921, Budsław became part of Poland. By September 1939, when World War II broke out, the Jewish population of the village had rebounded somewhat, numbering 150. That month, Budsław was annexed to the USSR, and in late June 1941 it was occupied by the Nazis, who proceeded to set up a Jewish council in the village. In September 1941, they singled out the "specialists" (tailors, cobblers, pharmacists, etc.) and shot the rest of the Jews near the Catholic cemetery, north of the village center. In October 1942, the "specialists", too, were shot. This massacre took place on Zielona Street, near the pharmacy. Budsław was liberated by the Red Army on July 4, 1944.