Pryvitne
Pryvitne ( uk, Привітне) is a small village in western Ukraine, in the Volodymyr Raion of Volyn Oblast, but was formerly administered within Lokachi Raion. It is located approximately 75 miles northeast of the city of Lviv, Ukraine. In the past it was a town of Świniuchy ( uk, Свинюхи ''Svyniukhy'', yi, סווינעך ''Svinekh''). History Judaism in Swiniuchy Jews first settled here in the 16th century. By the year 1897, 629 Jews lived here out of a total of 1,780 people. During World War I, many Jews left the shtetl because of nearby fighting. In 1921, only 173 Jews were living here. Due to a high birth rate, as most of the Jewish citizens of Świniuchy belonged to the orthodox sects of Olyka and Tuczyn Hasidism, the Jewish population grew to 498 by 1936. In July 1941, the Ukrainian local government police persecuted the Jews of Świniuchy after being ordered to by the Nazi invaders. During October of that year, they were sent to the Lokachi ghetto where t ...
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