Pre-1939: Dolina, town, powiat center, Stanisławów województwo, Poland; 1939–1941: raion center, Stanislav oblast’, Ukrainian SSR; 1941–1944: Kreis Kalusz, Distrikt Galizien, Generalgouvernement; post-1991: Dolyna, raion center, Ivano-Frankivs’k oblast’, Ukraine Dolina is located 51 kilometers (32 miles) west of Stanisławów. According to the 1931 census, there were 2,488 Jews living in the town. Assuming a natural annual increase of 9 to 10 persons per 1,000, it is estimated that there would have been more than 2,700 Jews living there in 1941. Hungarian army detachments occupied the town on July 2, 1941. Initially the settlement was under the control of a Hungarian military commandant, but in August 1941 authority was transferred to a German civil administration. In 1941–1942, Dolina, which was the administrative center of Landkommissariat Dolina, was incorporated into Kreis Kalusz within Distrikt Galizien. The Kreishauptmann until March 1942 was Regierungsrat Dr. Friedrich Gercke. ...