Information plaque near the monument to the Jewish ghetto in Druya

Druya was considered one of three Kagals (from the Hebrew word 'kahal/kagal' meaning congregation or group) in the Braslav region - the other two were in Braslav and Vidzy. At the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries the Jewish population dominated in most of the local settlements. In 1905 3500 out of 5500 residents of Druya were Jews. At the beginning of World War II, a …