Located at 52°13' N, 27°06' E , 117.8 miles S of Minsk, 44 miles E of Pinsk, 13 miles NW of David-Gorodok, 13 miles E of Luninyets..Alternate names: Lakhva [Rus], Łachwa [Pol], Lachva [Yid], Łachva [Bel], Lakhwa, Russian/Belarusian: Лахва. לאכװע Yiddish: 1900 Jewish population: 1,057. Yizkor: Rishonim la-mered; Lachwa (Jerusalem, 1957). Belarus SIG Newsletter article

Cemetery: Lachwa has a memorial with the names of those that perished at the hands of the Nazis. Source: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

cemetery photos. [February 2010]