Obertyn

Obertyn (Ukrainian: Обертин, Polish: Obertyn, Hebrew: אוברטין, also Obertin) is an urban-type settlement in Tlumach Raion in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. Population: 2,978(2020 est.)[1] .

History

The Battle of Obertyn took place here on August 22, 1531, fought between Moldavian Prince Petru Rareş and Polish King Zygmunt Stary. The battle ended with a Polish victory and the reconquest of Pokutia. The town had an important Jewish community before World War II.[2] In June and September 1942 the Nazis transported Jews of the town to the extermination camp in Bełżec.[3] In 1943 the German occupiers killed nearly all the remaining Jews in Obertyn by shooting them or burning them alive in their houses. Only one child, Christina Carmi, survived the massacre.[4]

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