Molin
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Molin (Молин) was a former 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. In modern days, at the location of former village is a Molin Forest, which is used as a hunting ground.
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[edit] Name
In Serbian, the village was known as Molin or Молин, in German as Molidorf, and in Hungarian as Mollyfalva.
[edit] Geography
Molin was located at 45°38'37N and 20°32'21E, between Aleksandrovo, Banatsko Karađorđevo, Torda, Bašaid, Banatska Topola, Toba, and Nova Crnja.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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
[edit] References
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
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