Svaliava (, , , Svalyave) is a city located on the Latorytsia River in Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Svaliava Raion (district). Population: . Names There are several alternative names used for this city: , , German: Schwalbach or Schwallbach, , . Demographics At the 2001 census, the population included: Ukrainians (94.5%) Russians (1.5%) Hungarians (0.7%) Slovaks (0.6%) History According to the census of 1910, 47.1% of the population was Greek Catholic, 26.2% Jewish and 22.9% Roman Catholic. The Jewish population was deported to Auschwitz after the German occupation of Hungary, in May 1944, and most of them was murdered there. After the Second World War a concentration camp was working near the town. Hungarian and German-born civilians (born between 1896 and 1926) were carried off by Soviet forces to the camp purely on the basis of their nationality. They were ordered to report for "malenkij robot" (a corrupted Russian for "small work"), but most of them – more than 10 thousands deportees were killed in the camp. The site of the camp is now a memorial park established in 1994. Gallery References External links Svaliava in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine Cities in Zakarpattia Oblast Spa towns in Ukraine Cities of district significance in Ukraine Holocaust locations in Ukraine