Lakhva


Lakhva (or Lachva, Lachwa) (Belarusian and Russian: Лахва, Hebrew:לחווא, Polish:Łachwa, Yiddish:לאַכװע) is a small town in southern Belarus, with a population of approximately 2,100. Lakhva is considered to have been the location of one of the first, if not the first, Jewish ghetto uprisings of the Second World War.