Kortelisy

Kortelisy
Flag of Kortelisy
Coat of arms of Kortelisy
Kortelisy is located in Ukraine
Kortelisy
Kortelisy
Coordinates: 51°51′9″N 24°25′49.08″E / 51.85250°N 24.4303000°E / 51.85250; 24.4303000
Country Ukraine
Oblast Volyn
RaionRatne
Destruction22 September 1941

Kortelisy is a village in Ukraine which was destroyed on September 23, 1942, by Germany during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. Almost the entire population of Kortelisy, then amounting to 2,892 people, were killed by the German forces.[1][2] The Nazis were assisted by local Ukrainian police.[3]

The village was later rebuilt.[4]

An artwork by Michael Antonyuk in honour of the massacre.

Less well-known are reports that the German Army destroyed a total of 459 villages in Ukraine, killing many or all of their residents.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ TLV-01, von (2012-09-22). "Nach dem Massaker weinte der Himmel". haGalil (in German). Retrieved 2021-11-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ TLV-01, von (2012-10-14). "Ganz normale Männer". haGalil (in German). Retrieved 2021-11-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Ivan Katchanovski (2015). "Terrorists or national heroes? Politics and perceptions of the OUN and the UPA in Ukraine". Communist and Post-Communist Studies. 48 (2–3): 217–228. doi:10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.06.006.
  4. ^ "Resurrected from flames" (February 1980). Ukraine (illustrated monthly). ISSN 0203-5898. "But the village stands to this day, a bright, noisy and flowering village resurrected from flames."
  5. ^ Vogels, Fred (2 September 1942). "Kortelisy its entire population of 2,892 men put to death". Back to Normandy. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  6. ^ "World War II in Ukraine: Kortelisy (Ukraine), Lidice (Czechoslovakia) & Oradour-sur-Glane (France): Razed Villages". 2012-02-04. Archived from the original on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
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  • World War II in Ukraine: Kortelisy (Ukraine), Lidice (Czechoslovakia) & Oradour-sur-Glane (France): Razed Villages.
  • [1]: The Kortelisy Massacre