The following is a partial list of selected massacres that are known to have occurred in the territory of modern-day Belarus (some numbers may be approximated):
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinsk massacre | April 5, 1919 | Pinsk | 35 | Jewish men from illegal gathering of suspected Bolshevik cell executed by Polish troops during Polish–Soviet War.[1] |
| Kurapaty massacres | 1937–1941 | Kurapaty (Minsk) | 7,000–30,000 | NKVD summary executions |
| Massacre of Brzostowica Mała | September 1939 | Malaya Berestovitsa | 50 | Ethnic Poles massacred by Belarusian peasants on the second day of the Soviet invasion of Poland.[2] |
| Slutsk Affair | October 1941 | Slutsk | 4,000 | Part of the Holocaust in Belarus; non-Jewish residents also killed |
| Dzyatlava massacre | April 29 and August 10, 1942 | Diatłowo (Dzyatlava) | 1,500 | Carried out by the SS and Belarusian Auxiliary Police.[3] |
| Mirnaya massacre | December, 1942 | Mirnaya (Мірная), Belarus (be) | 147 | Nazi retribution for partisan attacks |
| Khatyn massacre | March 22, 1943 | Khatyn | 149 | Nazi troops from Ukrainian Auxiliary Police destroyed entire village (not to be confused with Katyn massacre).[4] |
| Operation Zauberflöte | 17−22 April 1943 | Minsk | unknown | |
| Naliboki massacre | May 8, 1943 | Naliboki | 128 | Polish civilians massacred by the Soviet partisans.[5] |
| Operation Cottbus | 20 May – 24 June 1943 | Vitebsk Oblast | 20,000 | Estimated at least 20,000 victims at the cost of 59 German troops KIA |
| 2011 Minsk Metro bombing | April 11, 2011 | Minsk | 15 | Including 204 injured |
| Stowbtsy School stabbing | February 11, 2019 | Stowbtsy | 2 | 2 Wounded[6] |
References
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{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Marek Wierzbicki (May 2014). "Czystki kresowe" [Soviet purges in the Polish Kresy region]. Tygodnik Wprost, No 1613. pages: 1, 2, and 3. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help)CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Christian Gerlach (1999). Kalkulierte Morde: Die deutsche Wirtschafts- und Vernichtungspolitik in Weißrußland 1941 bis 1944 [Calculated Murder: The German economic and annihilation policy in Belorussia 1941 to 1944] (in German). Hamburger Edition, Hamburg. pp. 206, 614, 702. ISBN 3930908549.
- ^ Leonid D. Grenkevich; David M. Glantz (1999). The Soviet Partisan Movement, 1941-1944: A Critical Historiographical Analysis. London: Routledge. pp. 133–134. ISBN 0-7146-4874-4.
- ^ Timothy Snyder (2010). Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin. Basic Books. p. 247. ISBN 978-0465002399.
- ^ "Belarusian Teenager Gets 13 Years In Prison For Deadly School Attack". www.rferl.org. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2023.