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Lyakhovtsy

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Lyakhovtsy   Rovno oblast, Ukraine
Other names: Jews of the town knew it as Lechowitz or Lechevits. The Polish version was Lachowce. After the war, the town was renamed to Belogorye by the Russian government. Now part of the Ukraine, it is called Bilohirya. There are multiple spelling variations.
Location: latitude 50, longitude 26.25.  Nearby towns include Yampol, Kornitsa, and Kremenets.
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History

Destruction

Archives

Projects

History

• Website dedicated to the town of Lechowitz
• Jewishgen database for Bilohirya, Ukraine
• ​List of holocaust victims in the Yad Vashem database for Lyakhovtsy (you may have to try spelling variations)

Destruction

The Germans occupied Lyakhovtsy on July 5, 1941. In July 1941 a ghetto surrounded with a barbed-wire fence was established. In addition to local Jews, the Germans also concentrated in the ghetto hundreds of Jews from Yampol, Kornitsa, and other nearby towns. Overcrowding, starvation, the cold weather, and poor hygiene in the ghetto were prime factors in the spread of disease and the soaring mortality rate.
On June 27, 1942 the ghetto was liquidated... Learn more

Archives

Inventory of documents:
    Routes to Roots Foundation

Projects

Research of Lakhovtsy families indexed by researchers name

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Recollections about Lyakhovtsy

The Nebraska Jewish Historical Society newsletter contains the articles "It's Still Leehovitz To Me" about the town and its inhabitants.

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