On November 2, 1942, the German forces began liquidating the ghettos in Rozhny and Leskovo in the territory of Belarus. Before the war, about 3.5 thousand people lived in Rozhny. The Germans forced the residents to wear badges and perform forced labor. They were robbed of money, gold, clothes, furniture and other property. In the summer of 1941, the Germans shot the first residents of Rozhny. In August, people were led into the ghetto. On the morning of November 2, 1942, all the prisoners were ordered to gather on the outskirts of Rozhny with money and clothes. Then they were driven to Volkovisk. The camp was about 45 kilometers. The column went on for two days. The children and some of their belongings were transported on carts. Those who could not keep up, stopped for water or tried to get out, were shot by the Germans. During this crossing, 500 people were killed, among them children and old people. The rest were taken to Volkovisk, where about 20,000 people from the city and neighboring settlements were held in the so-called bunker camp. People were kept in overcrowded conditions, cold and hungry. On November 28, the residents of Rozjani were put on a train and sent to the Treblinka death camp. Almost all were killed. Only three people from the deported group survived. On the same day, the Germans liquidated the ghetto in Leskovo. After the beginning of the occupation, hundreds of refugees also arrived here from areas where massacres began earlier. The Germans took people's property, furniture, clothes and bedding. The first massacre of Liskovo residents took place on July 1, 1942. The dead were buried in a mass grave near the village of Boyars. On the night of November 2, German units arrived in Liskovo. All the Jews were ordered to report to the market square by seven o'clock in the morning. The Germans warned: if at least one person from the family did not come, they would shoot the whole family. Elderly people and children were put on carts. The rest were arranged in columns and driven to Volkovisk. The column consisted of 700-800 men, women and children from Liskovo and the neighboring settlements. Liskovo was surrounded by German soldiers and police to prevent escapes.