Hoshcha ( uk, Гоща; pl, Hoszcza) is an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

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(

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) in western

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. It serves as the

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of Hoshcha Raion (

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), housing the district's local administration buildings. Its population was 5,121 at the

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. Current population:

History

Hoshcha was first founded in 1152 and it acquired the status of an urban-type settlement in 1957. אדנטרת האשט

The jewish community

At the outbreak of

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, Jewish refugees from the area arrived in the town. On June 29, 1941, after

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, the town was bombed by German planes, killing 165 Jews. On July 4, the Germans entered the town, and began abducting Jews there for forced labor, and murdering other Jews. The town's Jews were soon ordered to wear an armband with a Star of David, and a Judenrat was appointed in the town. Later, the town's Jews were transferred to an open

ghetto A ghetto, often called ''the'' ghetto, is a part of a city in which members of a minority group live, especially as a result of political, social, legal, environmental or economic pressure. Ghettos are often known for being more impoverished t ...

. In the first collection carried out by Ukrainian police in the town, on May 20, 1942, about 400 Jews were murdered. In the second gathering, held on September 25, 1942, about 350 Jews were murdered. In the third gathering held on November 14, 1942, 123 Jews were murdered. And about twenty Jewish professionals left in the town were murdered on July 17, 1943. On January 18, 1944, the town was liberated by the Red Army. About twenty of the town's Jews survived hiding in the woods. Due to hostilities on the part of the local Ukrainians, these did not return to live in the town.The village of HOSZCZA at the "Jewish Heritage Center of Poland" website
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References

External links

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Hoshcha Ghetto on the Yad Vashem website
Urban-type settlements in Rivne Raion Populated places established in the 12th century Jewish communities destroyed in the Holocaust {{Rivne-geo-stub