In 1941 several Jews from Staroselye, together with Jews from Khatkovo and Gvaltovnik, were murdered in the vicinity of the Staroselye-Khatkovo road, at the edge of the forest. Neither the exact date of the murder nor the number of victims is known.
Smolyany Forest
Murder Site
Belorussia (USSR)
54.190;30.042
Photos
Murder site in Smolyany Forest. Photographer: Alexander Litin, 2008.