Zlynka

Jews first settled in Zlynka in the mid-19th century. In 1897 the Jewish population of 812 people comprised 15 per cent of the total population. On October 21, 1905 the Jews of Zlynka suffered a pogrom during which much Jewish property was damaged. By 1939 the number of Zlynka Jews had declined 432 people or 5 per cent of the town's total population. Zlynka was occupied by German troops on August 25 1941. During the first week of the occupation 27 Jews (according to some sources only Jewish men) were arrested and shot in the vicinity of Zlynka, probably 10-15 kilometers from the town. The town's Jews were concentrated into a ghetto located at the local machine tractor station (MTS). The majority of Zlynka's Jews were murdered in February 1942. The town was liberated by the Red Army on September 26, 1943.