Vystupovichi

Vyspovichi appears to have been founded in the 16th century. The earliest reference to the presence of Jews in the settlement dates to 1765. By 1897, the local Jewish community had grown to 109 members, comprising 10.5 percent of the total population. Most of the Jews of Vyspovichi were petty traders and artisans. In 1910, the sole grocery store in the town was Jewish-owned. During the 1920s, a cell of the Hehalutz movement was active in the town. In 1926, Vystupovichi was home to 204 Jews, who made up more than thirteen percent of the total population. The number of Jews in the town appears to have declined by the time of the outbreak of the Soviet-German War in 1941. German troops occupied Vystopovichi on August 22, 1941. The town's remaining Jews were apparently liquidated in a single murder operation. Vystupovichi was liberated by the Red Army in mid-November 1943.