Povorsk

Povorsk (Ukrainian: Поворськ) is a village in Volhyna region in Ukraine. The town is 25 kilometers east of Kovel. It has a population of 1875.

History

On June 26, 1941, the German army occupied the village. From August to September 1942, Jews of the village were kept in a ghetto. On September 1942, an Einsatzgruppen murdered 200 Jews in a mass execution.[1]

References

  1. "YAHAD - IN UNUM". yahadmap.org. Retrieved 2017-07-15.


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