A last Day of Discoveries

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Christian Herrmann under Eastern Galicia, Jewish Cemeteries, Synagogues

On December 11 we returned to Lviv from Zalishchyky and our four days trip through Ternopil oblast in Ukraine came to an end. But at that day there were still some places to visit and some discoveries to make. Korolivka and Ozeryany were along the road and at the very end we found a synagogue or beit midrash, which seems to be so far undocumented.

Zalishchyky – Great Synagogue

Zalishchyky – Jewish cemetery

Zalishchyky – Dniester canyon near the Jewish cemetery

Polish Catholic church between Zalishchyky and Korolivka

Korolivka – Jewish cemetery

Ozeryany – Jewish cemetery

Ozeryany – synagogue or beit midrash

Our travel team says good bye – from left to right: Vasyl, Anna, Jay, Iryna and Marla

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Walking on Memories

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Christian Herrmann under Eastern Galicia, Jewish Cemeteries, Synagogues

December 10 was the third day of our four days trip through Ternopil oblast in western Ukraine. Starting in Chortkiv we traveled further south until we reached Zalishchyky in the evening. In between we visited Jewish heritage sites in Probizhna, Skala-Podilska and Melnytsia-Podilska.

Chortkiv – cholera epidemic cemetery

Chortkiv – Jewish tombstone in the pavement of Roslyanka Street

Chortkiv – trace of a mezuzah

Chortkiv – new Jewish cemetery

Probizhna synagogue

Probizhna Jewish cemetery

Ruins of a Polish church

Skala-Podilska – Jewish neighbourhood

Skala-Podilska – trace of a mezuzah

Skala-Podilska – Jewish neighbourhood

Skala-Podilska – former synagogue

Skala-Podilska – Jewish cemetery

Melnytsia-Podilska – former synagogue

Melnytsia-Podilska – Jewish cemetery

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From Ternopil to Chortkiv

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Christian Herrmann under Eastern Galicia, Jewish Cemeteries, Synagogues

Our heritage trip through eastern Galicia continues. The rain stoped at night. Fog followed a sunny morning and turned the landscape into a mystic place while we traveled further south. En route were Skalat, Terebovlia, Strusiv and Yazlovets – all of these towns are located in Ternopil oblast of Ukraine.

Skalat synagogue

Skalat – Holocaust memorial next to the territory of the Jewish cemetery, now a football field

Skalat – Jewish cemetery, now a football field

Skalat – searching for a mass grave site in the mist

Skalat – returned Jewish tombstones at a mass grave site

Terebovlia – synagogue or not?

Terebovlia – former Beit Midrash

Terebovlia – former synagogue

Strusiv synagogue

Yazlovets – Jewish cemetery

Yazlovets – Catholic church

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Through the Rain

Posted on December 8, 2018 by Christian Herrmann under Eastern Galicia, Jewish Cemeteries, Synagogues, Volhynia (Volyn)

A new Jewish heritage trip through western Ukraine has begun. For four days my friends and I will explore towns and villages in Galicia and Volhynia. Today, through constantly falling rain, we traveled from Lviv to Ternopil and had stops in Toporiv, Lopatyn, Berestechko, Demydivka, Mlyniv and Dubno.