• The ruthless efficiency in this kind of elimination was so staggering that when the Soviets liberated Brest in 1944, only nine Jewish citizens were there to greet them.
  • Under the Nazis, the Jewish community in Brest was decimated, with many sent to concentration camps, deported and executed.
  • The agreement being signed in Brest. Photo: The Together Plan. Around 26,000 Jews lived in Brest before the Holocaust. The Jewish cemetery was...
  • Museum of History of Brest Jews The museum was established in 2011 by the local Jewish community, deals with the history of Briskers, local Jews.
  • Jewish History, POI & Kosher Establishments in Brest. The Jews in Belarus were the third largest ethnic group in the country in the first half of the 20th century.
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  • A famous monument of ancient architecture is the Archeological Museum “Berestye”, which is located on the territory of the Brest Fortress.
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  • The only small exhibition about Jews in Brest and the Shoah is organised by a Jewish NGO (see below).
  • ...was not unknown, and in 1999 the local newspaper published an article on it according to Regina Simonenko, the head of the Holocaust Museum in Brest.
  • At the same time, the Brest Fortress is the leader of Belarus in terms of attendance in 2012, and the 2nd place after the Nesvizh Museum in 2013.