Povorsk (Ukrainian: Поворськ) is a village in Volhyna region in Ukraine, in Kovel Raion of Volyn Oblast. The town is 25 kilometers east of Kovel. It has a population of 1875.

History

On June 26, 1941, the German army occupied the village. From August to September 1942, Jews of the village were kept in a ghetto. In September 1942, an Einsatzgruppen murdered 200 Jews in a mass execution.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "YAHAD - IN UNUM". yahadmap.org. Retrieved 2017-07-15.

51°16′N 25°08′E / 51.267°N 25.133°E / 51.267; 25.133

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