Starobin, Belarus

Starobin is known from the 16th century as a part of the Principality of Slutsk within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.^[3] Following its incorporation into the Russian Empire, Starobin had a population of 496 in 1886.^[3]

From 1924 to 1962, it served as the administrative center of Starobin District.^[3] In 1938, it received the status of urban-type settlement.^[3] It was part of Lyuban District from 1962 and then Salihorsk District from 1965.^[3]

During World War II, Starobin was under German occupation from 26 June 1941 until the summer of 1944.^[4] It was administered as part of Generalbezirk Weißruthenien within Reichskommissariat Ostland.^[5] Prior to the war, there were 1,210 Jews residing in Starobin, making up 35.43 percent of the population.^[5]

The first Aktion took place on 18–19 July 1941, according to Soviet sources, when a motorized detachment of the Wehrmacht shot 372 Jewish men.^[6] Numerous mass shootings occurred during the occupation, with the 150 to 200 Jews who survived the various shootings in August 1941 being placed in a ghetto.^[6] The ghetto was finally liquidated in the spring of 1943, with only one Jewish family surviving before they were murdered by the Germans in 1944 as they retreated.^[6]

• Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Dean, Martin (4 May 2012). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933 –1945: Volume II: Ghettos in German-Occupied Eastern Europe. Indiana University Press. pp. 1284–1286. ISBN 978-0-253-00202-0.
• Ramanovich, Z. V. (2002). "Старобін". Беларуская энцыклапедыя: У 18 т. Т. 15: Следавікі-Трыо (in Belarusian). Mìnsk: Беларуская энцыклапедыя. p. 161. ISBN 985-11-0251-2.