Hrymailiv ( uk, Гримайлів; pl, Grzymałów; yi, רימאלאוו, ''Rimalov'') 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 ...

Chortkiv Raion Chortkiv Raion ( uk, Чортківський район) is a raion in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Chortkiv. It has a population of On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukrain ...

(

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) of

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(

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) in western

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. It hosts the administration of Hrymailiv settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:

History

Hrymailiv was founded in 1595, and it acquired the status of an urban-type settlement in 1956. It was occupied by the Germans during World War II from 1941–1944. In 1931, its population was approximately 4,074, and about 1,494 of them were Jewish. The first anti Jewish measures were carried out on July 05, 1941, about 450 Jews were shot and thrown in the lake. on October 12, 1941, 1,700 Jews were sent to the camp in

Skalat Skálat (; pl, Skałat, links=no, yi, סקאלאט, Skalat) is a town in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil, Ternopil Oblast (Oblast, province) of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Skalat urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Popula ...

and executed shortly after. On October 21, 1941 between 1,300 and 1,700 Jews were slaughtered. On November 25, 1941 about 300 Jews from the Hrymailiv camp were sent to other camps such as Lubochok, Kamenka, Velyki Borky, and others where they were most probably executed afterwards. The remaining 305 Jews were transferred to the

ghetto where they were shot in April, 1942. Overall, about 2,530 people were shot in the Hrymailiv executions. Until 18 July 2020, Hrymailiv belonged to Husiatyn Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast to three. The area of Husiatyn Raion was merged into Chortkiv Raion.

People from Hrymailiv

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(1845-1918), Ukrainian

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, inventor and

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who was an early developer of the use of

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s for medical imaging. * Jakob Altenberg (1875–1944), who moved to Vienna as a young man and eventually became a seller of

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's paintings (1909–13). * Juliusz Hibner (1912–1994), brigadier general in the Polish People's Army, recipient of the title of

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References

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* {{Authority control Urban-type settlements in Chortkiv Raion Populated places established in 1595 Holocaust locations in Ukraine