Obj. ID: 53757
Memorials Holocaust memorial near Korets (former Szytnia), Ukraine, 1998
Memorial name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
Jews from Korets, who were murdered here
Description
The monument is located at the killing site in the former Szytnia, near Povchyne village in Zhytomyrska oblast and Korets in Rivnenska oblast. The site is surrounded by a metal fence, decorated by Menorot and stars of David and an arched gate. The mass grave is limited by low stone borders. A stone obelisk with Ukrainian and Hebrew inscriptions sits on a mass grave. A Magen David is carved at the top of the monument. A few steps lead to the obelisk.
Inscriptions
Hebrew:
קבר אחים
במקום זה
נרצחו
בשנת 1941
ע”י הנאצים,
מאות יהודים
מקהילת קוריץ.
יהיה זכרם ברוך
ועד יוצאי קוריץ בישראל
המשלחת - 1998
Translation: Mass grave / at this site in 1941, hundreds of Jews from the Korets community were murdered by the Nazis. May their memory be blessed. Community of immigrants of Korets in Israel. Delegation - 1998
Ukrainian:
Братська могила
на цьому місці в 1941р.
були застрілені і замор-
довані німцями сотні
євреїв жителів м. Корця
Рівенської області
Вічна їм пімʼять
Єврейська громада
корецьких жителів в Ізраїлю
1998р.
Translation: Mass grave / At this site in 1941, hundreds of Jews, residents of Korets, Rivenska oblast, city were shot and murdered by the Germans. Eternal memory to them. Jewish community of Korets residents in Israel. 1998
Commissioned by
Natives of Korets from Israel
sub-set tree:
| near Povchyne village (Former Szytnia), now in Zhytomyrska oblast
The first mass murder of Korets Jews took place on July 12, 1941. The Nazis killed 120 Jews of independent professions in Shytnia [Tsal Kaplun Foundation].
Holocaust Survivors erected a small memorial at the killing site in Shytnia after the war [Yad Vashem]. According to the inscriptions on the monument, Natives of Korets from Israel erected an obelisk on the mass grave in 1998.
"Execution of the Korets Jews in Povchyne,"
The Map of Holocaust by Bullets, Yahad-In Unum, https://www.yahadmap.org/en/#village/povchyne-korets-rivne-ukraine.778.
"Korets: Shytnia Hamlet,"
Shoah Atrocities Map - Ukraine (Tsal Kaplun Foundation), https://shoahatlas.org/u0958.html.
"Korzec,"
Untold Stories - Murder Sites of Jews in Occupied Territories of the USSR (Yad Vashem project), https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/untold-stories/community/14622533-Korzec.