Drohobycz Ghetto

Drohobycz Ghetto or Drohobych Ghetto was a Nazi ghetto in the city of Drohobych in Western Ukraine during World War II. The ghetto was liquidated mainly between February and November 1942, when most Jews were deported to the Belzec extermination camp.

Drohobycz Ghetto
Commemorative plaque at the ghetto house
of Polish writer and artist Bruno Schulz
Drohobycz
Drohobycz location south of Belzec in World War II, with Nazi-Soviet demarcation line marked in red
Drohobycz Ghetto
Drohobych in modern-day Ukraine (compare with above)
Also known asDrohobych Ghetto
LocationDrohobycz, German-occupied Poland (now Ukraine)
49.21°N 23.30°E / 49.21; 23.30
DateJuly 1941 to November 1942
Incident typeImprisonment, starvation, mass shootings, deportations to Bełżec extermination camp
OrganizationsNazi German SS, Order Police battalions
Victims10,000 Jews
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