Category Archives: Eastern Ukraine

A World of Stones

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Our little group continued its trip through Galicia today. We have been to Hrymailiv, Sataniv, Husiatyn, Chabarivka and Probizhna. A long day on the road. Many things we experienced are connected to the destruction of Jewish life in the region – the Holocaust and the post-war erasure of remaining testimonies of Jewish presence. If stones could speak…

Hrymailiv synagogue
Hrymailiv – former Jewish cemetery
Hrymailiv – former Jewish cemetery
Sataniv
Sataniv synagogue
Sataniv synagogue
Sataniv Jewish cemetery
Sataniv Jewish cemetery
Sataniv Jewish cemetery
Sataniv Jewish cemetery
Sataniv Jewish cemetery
Husiatyn synagogue
Husiatyn – former Jewish cemetery
Chabarivka – former collective farm “Communist”
Chabarivka – former collective farm “Communist”
Chabarivka – former collective farm “Communist”
Chabarivka – former collective farm “Communist”
Chabarivka – former collective farm “Communist”
Probizhna synagogue
Probizhna Jewish cemetery
Probizhna Jewish cemetery

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Willing to Know the Truth

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Mariia Ginzburg is the founder of the “404 – Unknown Pages” project, a group of mostly young people in Kharkiv who explore hidden sites of Ukrainian history. By asking survivors they investigate an unknown chapter of the Holocaust: Jews who fled Ukraine when the German army was advancing. Mariia’s team consists of people of different age, nationality and profession. The future has begun. An interview.

404 – Unknown Pages meeting in Kharkiv. © 404 – Unknown Pages
404 – Unknown Pages meeting in Kharkiv. © 404 – Unknown Pages
404 – Unknown Pages meeting in Kharkiv. © 404 – Unknown Pages
404 – Unknown Pages meeting in Kharkiv. © 404 – Unknown Pages

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