Obertyn

Obertyn (Ukrainian: Обертин, Polish: Obertyn, Hebrew: אוברטין‎, also Obertin) is an urban-type settlement in Tlumach Raion in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. Population: 3,129 (2016 est.)[1].

History

The Battle of Obertyn took place here on August 22, 1531, fought between Moldavian Prince Petru Rareş and Polish King Zygmunt Stary. The battle ended with a Polish victory and the reconquest of Pokutia. The town had an important Jewish community before World War II.[2] In June and September 1942 the Nazis transported Jews of the town to the extermination camp in Bełżec.[3] In 1943 the German occupiers killed nearly all the remaining Jews in Obertyn by shooting them or burning them alive in their houses. Only one child, Christina Carmi, survived the massacre.[4]

References
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  2. http://moreshet.pl/he/node/60
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-05-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. https://www.rbb-online.de/kontraste/archiv/kontraste-vom-16-01-2020/wunsch-nach-beisetzung-in-ehemaligen-konzentrationslagern.html, in German language, January 21st 2020


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