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Novaya Ushytsya
נײַ־אושיצע
48°50′ N, 27°17′ E
Нова Ушиця

Alternative names Nova Ushytsya [Ukr]; Novaya Ushitsa [Rus]; Letnevtsy [Rus, until 1829]; Nei–Ushitz [Yid]; Oyshitz [Yid]; Uszyca [Pol]

Jewish Population 1765:   229 1897: 2,213 1939: 1,547

• Holocaust time line

  • 14 July 1941: Nazis occupy Nova Ushytsya

  • September 1941: Jews forced into ghetto

  • 20 August 1942: Selection – 3,222 Jews executed

  • 16 October 1942: Ghetto liquidated – 2,620 Jews executed

• Read Mikhael Eisen's A World War II Memoir

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