The Odessa massacre was the mass murder of the Jewish population of Odessa and surrounding towns in the Transnistria Governorate during the autumn of 1941 and the winter of 1942 while it was under Romanian control. It was one of the worst massacres in Ukrainian territory.
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OdesaCity and administrative center of Odesa Oblast, Ukraine
Kingdom of RomaniaKingdom in Europe between 1881 and 1947Transnistria GovernoratePortion of Ukraine during World War II
EinsatzgruppenNazi paramilitary death squads, part of the SS
GenocideIntentional destruction of a people
Ethnic cleansingSystematic removal of a certain ethnic or religious group
Nazi GermanyGerman state from 1933 to 1945
JewsEthnoreligious group
