Berlinți


Berlinți is a commune in Briceni District, Moldova. It is composed of two villages, Berlinți and Caracușenii Noi.

History

On the entire Jewish population of the town was murdered in a massacre by Nazi Germany. A small memorial for the massacre was built in 1952.
In October 2021 a drunk driver rammed his car into a man inside the village, killing him. The incident was reportedly intentional.

Demography

According to the 2004 census, the ethnic make-up of the village goes as following:
Ethnic groupPopulation% Share of population
Ukrainian1.35686.98%
Moldovan / Români17511.23%
Russian271.73%
Gagauz10.06%
Total1.559100%