Trochenbrod

For the landscape park in central Ukraine, see Sofiyivsky Park.
Trochinbrod
Shtetl (completely destroyed)

Zofiówka Post Office, Wołyń Voivodeship, Poland, before the Holocaust and Shtetl's meticulous eradication
Zofiówka
Zofiówka
Zofiówka location in World War II, east of Łuck
Trochinbrod is located in Ukraine
Trochinbrod
Trochinbrod
Location of eradicated town of Trochinbrod (Zofiówka) within present-day Ukraine
Coordinates: 50°55′15″N 25°41′50″E / 50.92083°N 25.69722°E / 50.92083; 25.69722
Country Ukraine (location)
Founded1835, Russian Empire
Destroyed1942, occupied Poland (now Ukraine)
Named forSofia of Württemberg
Area
 • Total6.99 km2 (2.70 sq mi)
WebsiteA Lost History

Trochenbrod or Trohinbrod, also in Polish: Zofiówka, or in Russian: Софиевка (Sofievka), in Ukrainian: Трохимбрід (Trokhymbrid), Hebrew: טרוכנברוד, was an exclusively Jewish shtetl – a small town, with an area of 1,728 acres (6.99 km2) – located in the gmina Silno, powiat Łuck of the Wołyń Voivodeship, in the Second Polish Republic and would now be located in (the abolished as an official administrative unit[1][2]) Kivertsi Raion of Volyn Oblast in Ukraine.[3] Following the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet invasion of Poland in September 1939, Zofiówka (official Polish name) was renamed in Russian and incorporated into the new Volyn Oblast of the UkSSR. Two years later, at the start of Operation Barbarossa in 1941, it was annexed by Nazi Germany into the Reichskommissariat Ukraine under a new Germanized name.[4] Trochenbrod (Zofiówka) was completely eradicated in the course of German occupation and the ensuing Holocaust.[5] The town used to be situated about 30 kilometres (19 mi) northeast of Lutsk.[5] The nearest villages of today are Yaromel (Яромель) and Klubochyn (Клубочин).[4]

The original settlement, inhabited entirely by Jews, was named after Sophie, a Württemberg princess (1759–1828) married to the Tsar of Russia Paul I (hence Sofievka or Zofiówka). She donated a parcel of land for the Jewish settlement in the Russian Partition after the conquest of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (see new Pale of Settlement district).[4]

  1. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  3. ^ Jagiellonian Digital Library (2016) [1936]. "Wołyński Dziennik Wojewódzki". 1, 96 pages. Łuck, Urząd Wojewódzki Wołyński. Pos. 345 at page 63 in DjVu reader. Digital copy identifier: NDIGCZAS003514 (public domain). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) See also: Strony o Wołyniu (2008). "Zofjówka". Town description in the Polish language, with location map, statistical data, and a short list of prominent individuals. Wolyn.ovh.org. Archived from the original on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
  4. ^ a b c Eleazar Barco (Bork); Samuel Sokolow (22 April 1999). "Trochinbrod - Zofiowka". Gary Sokolow website. Translated from Hebrew by Karen Engel. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Heavens was invoked but never defined (see the help page).