THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF MIZOCH IN 1939-1941.

Abstract

Abstract
 The purpose of the study is to analyze the situation of the Jewish community in Mizoch after the establishment of Soviet power in Western Ukraine in 1939-1941. On the basis of historiographical work and the source-based database, to reproduce the process of Sovietization of the Western regions of Ukraine and the example of the Volyn town of Mizoch, to show negative changes in the life of the Jewish community after establishment of Soviet order in 1939-1941. The methodology is based on the principles of historicism and objectivity. The research is based on general scientific and special historical methods. The methods of archival heuristics and scientific criticism are applied. Special attention is paid to the method of oral history. Scientific novelty. Based on the achievements of historiography and a wide range of sources, the changes in the status and position of the Jewish community of the town of Mizoch in the Rivne region after the Sovietization of the region in 1939-1941 were analyzed. Conclusions. The beginning of the Second World War and the occupation of the Western regions of Ukraine led to a radical change in the lives of local residents. The establishment of Soviet power was accompanied by the introduction of violent practices and totalitarian regimes. The Jewish community of Mizocha came under repression - the functioning of Zionist organizations was prohibited. Many Jewish refugees tried to escape the Holocaust from occupied Poland and arrived in Mizocz, where they encountered the arbitrariness and repression of the Soviet authorities. Many of them ended up in Siberia, at the same time this fate saved them from the Holocaust. Jews were forbidden to engage in entrepreneurship and business, they were forced to be hired workers. Their standard of living has dropped significantly.