Wydranica

Prior to World War II, under Polish rule, several Jewish families lived in Wydranica. In September 1939, with the arrival of the Red Army in the village following the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, Wydranica became part of Soviet Ukraine. German troops captured the village in late June 1941. From the outset of the German occupation the Jews of Wydranica had to wear yellow patches on their clothes – on the chest and on the back. Apparently in September 1942, the Jews of the village, along with those from surrounding localities, were shot to death by a German unit in the forest outside the village. Wydranica was liberated by the Red Army in July 1944.