Pyriatyn (, ) is a city in
Poltava Oblast
Poltava Oblast ( uk, Полта́вська о́бласть, translit=Poltavska oblast; also referred to as Poltavshchyna – uk, Полта́вщина, literally 'Poltava Country') is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The administrative ...
,
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 is the administrative center of
Pyriatyn Raion
Pyriatyn Raion ( uk, Пирятинський район) was a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center was the town of Pyriatyn. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into Lubny Raio ...
. Population:
History
At the end of 1941 or beginning 1942, a
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 ...
guarded by policemen was established and numbered over 1,500 Jews by late March 1942.
There were two major executions of Jews carried out by SD units Sonderkommando Plath, accompanied by Ukrainian auxiliary police. The first one took place on April 6, 1942, about 1530 Jews were taken to the woods, 3 km away from the town, and murdered. The second mass execution took place on May 18, 1942, when several Jewish families were killed along with 380 communists and Soviet militants, and 25 Gypsy families.
Gallery
File:The house where he worked Komsomol district committee.jpg, Historical building
File:Україна. Автошлях М 03. Пирятин.jpg, M03 Highway in Pyriatyn
File:Udaj near Pyrjatyn.JPG, Udaj River
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Iran, officially t ...
near Pyriatyn
See also
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Piryatin Airport
References
External links
The murder of the Jews of Pyriatynduring
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, at
Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem ( he, יָד וַשֵׁם; literally, "a memorial and a name") is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Jews who were murdered; honoring Jews who fought against th ...
website.
Cities in Poltava Oblast
Piryatinsky Uyezd
Cities of district significance in Ukraine
Holocaust locations in Ukraine
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