Hnivan
| Hnivan Гнівань Gnivan | |
|---|---|
| City | |
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St. Joseph Cathedral in Hnivan | |
| Country |
 Ukraine |
| Oblast | Vinnytsia Oblast |
| Raion | Tyvriv Raion |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 12,570[1] |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Hnivan (Ukrainian: Гнівань, Russian: Гнивань) is a town in Tyvriv Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. Population: 12,570 (2015 est.)[1]
Histoire
There were 360 Jews living in the city before WWII, 11% of the total population. The city was under German occupation from 1941 to 1944.
Shortly after the start of the occupation, a group of Jewish men of Hnivan was shot in a military field. The rest of the Jews living in Hnivan were registered and forced to perform various kinds of hard labor. In the summer of 1942, about 90 Jews were murdered together with the Jews from neighbor villages in the same place. Today, the place of the shooting is on the grounds of a military base.[2]
Gallery
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Railway station
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Rail bridge in Hnivan
References
- 1 2 "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ↑ http://yahadmap.org/#village/gnivan-vinnytsia-ukraine.73
External links
- The murder of the Jews of Hnivan during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.
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Coordinates: 49°5′28″N 28°20′55″E / 49.09111°N 28.34861°E