Iwye

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Iwye is a town and former shtetl in Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Iwye District. It is located 158 km east of Grodno. It is a station on the railway line between Lida and Maladzyechna. The population of Iwye was 8,900 in 1995. As of 2024, it has a population of 7,089. It was the site of a dangerous rescue mission by the Bielski Brothers in late 1942, as the Germans prepared to liquidate the ghetto, as the area was occupied during Operation Barbarossa.

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