Viyunki

Vyunki is a small village near Dovbysh (the latter was earlier called Markhlevsk). Apparently before the Soviet era a brick factory and a glass factory in the village were owned by Jews. In the 1930s Jews of Vyunki worked on a local kolkhoz together with non-Jews. Several dozen Jews lived in Vyunki before the war. The village was occupied in early July 1941. Jews from Vyunki, including women and children were shot at the beginning of the fall of 1941 in the vicinity of the village. The last five male Jews of Vyunki village, including a ten-year-old boy, were taken to the county center, where they were shot to death. Vyunki was liberated by the Red Army in early January 1944.