Ivanopil, Berdychiv Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast Explained

Official Name:Ivanopil
Native Name:Іванопіль
Settlement Type:Urban-type settlement
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Zhytomyr Oblast#Ukraine
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Berdychiv Raion
Timezone1:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3

Ivanopil (Ukrainian: Іванопіль, translit. Ivanopil’—known as Ukrainian: Янушпіль or Yanushpol or Ianushpol before 1946) is an urban-type settlement in Berdychiv Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Population: In 2001, population was 3,993.

History

Holocaust

In May 1942, German units murdered more than 800 Jewish children, women, and men from Yanushpil (from 1946 — Ivanopil) and neighbouring localities in the outskirts of the village. Jewish life in Yanushpil was eradicated.[1]

Soviet prisoners of war as well as suspected and actual political opponents of National Socialism were also murdered in Yanushpil. The information stela was unveiled by the “Protecting Memory” in 2019 and it is dedicated to the victims of the German occupation in Yanushpil.

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Бурмістр . Світлана . Тяглий . Михайло . Місце пам’яті вбитим ромам у Дівошині . www.holocaust.kiev.ua . Київ: УЦВІГ, 2019 . 2023-10-20.