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The Molin Forest
Molin (Serbian Cyrillic: Молин, German: Molidorf and Hungarian Mollyfalva) was a village in Banat, Serbia. The village was founded in 1833 and existed until 1961. It was located in the Nova Crnja municipality, Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village was abandoned because of groundwater. At the end of World War II, Molin (Molidorf) was the site of a liquidation or Concentration camp for ethnic Germans.[1] Today the location of the former village is Molin Forest, which is used as a hunting ground.
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Geography
Molin was located at 45°38'37N and 20°32'21E, between Aleksandrovo, Banatsko Karađorđevo, Torda, Bašaid, Banatska Topola, Toba, and Nova Crnja.
Liquidation camp
At the end of World War II, Molin (Molidorf) was the site of a liquidation camp for ethnic Germans. The camp operated from September 1945 through April 1947. The number of internees ranged from 5,000 to 7,000. During this period, it is estimated that between 3,000 and 4,800 people died in the camp (2,012 documented by name). The most common causes of death were starvation, typhus and malaria.[2]
Historical population of the village
- 1869: 794
- 1880: 783
- 1890: 936
- 1900: 1,202
- 1910: 1,060
- 1921: 1,272
- 1931: 1,203
- 1948: 423
- 1953: 1,121
See also
- List of places in Serbia
- List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
References
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
External links
- Molidorf.com
- Seven videos at You Tube on Molidorf Monument and the Forgotten Genocide
- Forgotten Genocide, final trailer
- Our Molidorf Community slide show
- Molin location map
- Banat village names
- Family Books of the Banat (English)/(Romanian)/(French)/(German)
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