Obertyn


Obertyn is an urban-type settlement in Tlumach Raion in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of western Ukraine. Population:.

History

The Battle of Obertyn took place here on August 22, 1531, fought between Moldavian Prince Petru Rareş and Polish King Zygmunt Stary. The battle ended with a Polish victory and the reconquest of Pokutia.
The town had an important Jewish community before World War II. In June and September 1942 the Nazis transported Jews of the town to the extermination camp in Bełżec. In 1943 the German occupiers killed nearly all the remaining Jews in Obertyn by shooting them or burning them alive in their houses. Only one child, Christina Carmi, survived the massacre.