Turiisk

Turiisk (Polish: Turzysk) is an urban settlement (town) in Volyn Oblast (province), located in the historic region of the Volhynia. It is an administrative seat of the Turiisk Raion. Population: 5,836 (2020 est.)[1]

WW2 memorial in Turiisk
Location in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine

History

During World War II, in 1942,[2] Jews of the village[3] were murdered by an Einsatzgruppen assisted by the local police in a mass execution.[4]

References
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=453#!prettyPhoto
  3. http://moreshet.pl/he/node/1060
  4. http://www.yahadmap.org/#village/turiysk-volyn-ukraine.308


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