Holovne ( uk, Головне; pl, Hołowno) 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 ...
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 is located in
Kovel Raion
Kovel Raion ( uk, Ковельський район) is a raion in Volyn Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Kovel. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Volyn ...
,
Volyn Oblast
Volyn Oblast ( uk, Воли́нська о́бласть, translit=Volýnsʹka óblastʹ; also referred to as Volyn or Lodomeria) is an oblast (province) in northwestern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is Lutsk. Kovel is the westernmost town ...
, but was formerly administered within
Liuboml Raion
Liuboml Raion ( uk, Любомльський район) was a raion in Volyn Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was the town of Liuboml
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until 2020. The population is
History
During
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 opposing ...
, in summer 1942, local Jews were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an
einsatzgruppen of gendarmes and Ukrainian police;
70 to 80 people were massacred.
References
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Ruthenian Voivodeship
Vladimir-Volynsky Uyezd
Wołyń Voivodeship (1921–1939)
Holocaust locations in Ukraine
Massacres in Ukraine
World War II massacres
Villages in Kovel Raion