Kortelisy

Kortelisy is a village in Ukraine which was destroyed on 22 to 23 September 1942, by Nazi German forces during the Great Patriotic War, with almost the entire population of the village being massacred. Around 2892 people were massacred by German forces (the ). The Nazis were assisted by local Ukrainian police.

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Vinony files it under 1942 mass murders, Kovelsky Uyezd and Massacres in Ukraine during World War II.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Kortelisy
Settlement.image_flag: Kortelisy prapor.png
Settlement.image_shield: Kortelisy gerb.png
Settlement.extinct_date: 22 and 23 September 1942
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Raion
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Ratne
Settlement.extinct_title: Destruction
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ukraine

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Кортеліси
Area: 4.145
Elevation: 150
Dialing code: 3366

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postal code: 44111
inception: 1786-00-00
Commons category: Kortelisy
P8168: Troy Polamalu
native label: Кортеліси

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The village was later rebuilt. Less well-known are reports that the German Army destroyed a total of 459 villages in Ukraine, killing many or all of their residents.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kortelisy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.