Nowogrodek was the town in which Chaja Bielski, Asael's wife, lived before the establishment of a ghetto in this town. Once a ghetto was established in Nowogrodek, Chaja escaped to the Christian world where she was protected by friends. Later, she joined the Bielski otriad. Nowogrodek had a large ghetto established in which many Jews were kept. This ghetto, like the Lida ghetto, was the site of large, disastrous Atkions that resulted in a mass number of Jews murdered.
Today, Nowogrodek is called Navahrudek and it still has ruins of castles, burial mounds, monuments, and old cemeteries. Also, it is predominantly rural.