Belilovka (Белиловка),
Ukraine
Alternate
names: Belilovka (Yiddish), Bialolowka (German), Bilolowka, Beliivka,
Bilylivka, Білилівка, בלילובקה
(Latitude:
49º68, Longitude: 29º01)
Zhitomir
oblast, 134 km southwest of Kiev
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About
Belilovka:
Jews
were present in the early 18th cent. Three were killed in Cosack
attacks in 1735. The jewish population was 124 in 1765 and 2223 (4851
total) in 1897.
The Jews were attacked by the Petlura gangs in
1918 and by Anton Denikin's White Army troops in 1919-20. Consequently,
and also through internal migration, the Jewish Population dropped to
1897 in 1926 and to even less by 1941. The Germans captured the town on
15 July 1941, murdering the Jews there shortly afterwards.[1]
The name
'Belilovka'
is probably derived from white clay that can be found in that region.
Initially the name of the settlement (Before the 16th cent. ) was named
Rostovets or
Rostavysti, resembling the nearby river
Rostavytsa.[2]
Notes:
[1]
The Encyclopedia
of Jewish Life: Before and During the Holocaust. Volume I, A-J
[2]
Ukrainian Wikipedia: Belilovka
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Last Updated: 07/10/2013
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