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The Vanishing World of the Ukrainian Jewry

(a photo tour)

 


Kyiv
The main entrance to the Brodsky Synagogue (named after Lazar Brodsky, "the sugar king") in Kyiv, aka Kiev or Yehupets ("the big city"). Click on the image for a closer view (true for all pictures on this page). Click for a closer view
Click for a closer view Another view.

 

Galicia
 

The "Golden Rose" Synagogue (built in 1582) in Lviv (aka Lvov, Lwow or Lemberg) did not survive World War II, so one can see its interior only on old drawings like the one made by Rudolf Bernt some time in the 1890-ies.

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This archive photo of the interior of the "Golden Rose" was taken in 1941 and is the most recent of all known photos.
The Western facade and the courtyard of the "Golden Rose" Synagogue in Lviv. Archive photo. Click for a closer view
Click for a closer view Where the "Golden Rose" Synagogue used to be.
The former Jakob Glanzer Shul or the Chasidim Synagogue in Lviv now houses the Sholom Aleichem Jewish Culture Society. Click for a closer view
Click for a closer view Hasidic Synagogue on former Ulica Boznicza in Lviv. 1918 archive photo.
The reformed Temple Synagogue built in mid-1800-ies in Lviv was also destroyed during World War II. Archive photo (late 19th c.). Click for a closer view
Click for a closer look Ulica Owocowa in the Lviv's old Jewish quarter. Archive photo.
The Jacob Rappoport Jewish Hospital in Lviv. Click for a closer view
Click for a closer view Inside the ohel in the small town of Komarno not far from Lviv.

 

Podillia
The burial place of Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hassidism, in the small town of Medzhybizh is the most popular pilgrimage destination among Hassidim. This photo shows the local castle (pictures of the ohel coming soon).  Click for a closer view
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Dunaivtsi is another shtetl in Khmelnytskyi (former Proskurov) Province (a part of what used to be Podolia Gubernia). This is the Jewish cemetery in Dunaivtsi.
Some old tomb stones are still there. Like this... Click for a closer view
Click for a closer view ...or this.
Almost any city or town in Podillia (Podolia) has a Holocaust memorial reminding of the grim recent history. Dunaivtsi is no exception... Click for a closer view
Click for a closer view ...neither is Mohyliv-Podilskyi.
In the old Jewish quarter of Mohyliv-Podilskyi (Mogilev) one can still find authentic houses. Click for a closer view
Click for a closer view Kamianets-Podilskyi (Kamenz) is a huge open air museum with hundreds of priceless architectural monuments. Next to the medieval tower is the old synagogue.
Iziaslav. Another shtetl in Podillia (Podolia). Click for a closer view
Click for a closer view It also has an old Jewish cemetery.

 

Volyn
The synagogue in Zhytomyr (Zhytomir), the administrative center of the former Volynia Gubernia. Click for a closer view