From Kolomiya to Ivano-Frankivsk

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Christian Herrmann under Eastern Galicia, Jewish Cemeteries, Synagogues

May 2. We drive from Kolomiya to Ivano-Frankivsk (Stanisławów, Stanislau), the largest city between Chernivtsi (Czernowitz) and Lviv (Lwow, Lemberg). On the way we plan to stop in Nadvirna, Solotvyn and Lysech. It will be an eventful day with changing emotions, pleasant and unpleasant experiences.

Nadvirna – Jewish cemetery

Solotvyn – former Polish church

Solotvyn – former German church

Solotvyn – Holocaust memorial

Solotvyn – former Synagogue

Solotvyn – Jewish cemetery

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South of Kolomiya

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Christian Herrmann under Eastern Galicia, Jewish Cemeteries

May 1. Kolomiya turns out to be a pretty and lively town. We decide to stay a day longer than we originally planned, and to take a trip from here to southern Galicia. Yabloniv, Kosiv and Kuty are our destinations.

Kolomiya – synagogue

Kolomiya – market

Yabloniv – Jewish cemetery

Kosiv – Jewish cemetery

Kuty – Jewish cemetery

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From Chernivtsi to Kolomiya via Zabolotiv

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Christian Herrmann under Eastern Galicia, Jewish Cemeteries

April 30. Our time in Chernivtsi (Czernowitz) comes to an end. We have to say Goodbye to the city and to dear friends. The second part of our journey begins. On the way back through Galicia are Zabolotiv (Zablotow) and Kolomiya our first stops.

Galician roads

Zabolotiv – town’s center

Zabolotiv – Jewish cemetery

Zabolotiv – monument for Manes Sperber

Zabolotiv – Polish cemetery

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A trip through Bukovina

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Christian Herrmann under Jewish Cemeteries, Northern Bukovina

April 28. We drive through Bukovina: Storozhynets, Davidivka, Vyzhnytsia and Vashkivtsi. We are in search of the traces of a Bukovinian celebrity – Joseph Schmidt. And of course, there is a lot along the way to see.

Storozhynets – Jewish cemetery

Davidivska

Vyzhnytsia – Jewish cemetery

Vashkivtsi – Jewish cemetery

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From Brody to Berezhani

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Christian Herrmann under Eastern Galicia, Jewish Cemeteries, Synagogues

April 24. Zigzag through Galicia: From Brody via Zolochiv, Pidhirzhi and Rohatyn to Berezhani. On the way are spectacular monuments – but also very sad places.

Brody – Joseph Roth’s Gymnasium

Pidhirzhi

Zolochiv

Rohatyn – old cemetery

Rohatyn – new cemetery

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From Lviv to Brody via Busk

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Christian Herrmann under Eastern Galicia, Jewish Cemeteries

Our first day of travel on the roads of Galicia. We want to start things slowly. From Lviv to Brody is 80 kilometers. In between, we will make a stop in Busk. In both places we are mainly interested in the Jewish cemeteries.

Busk – Jewish cemetery

Brody – synagogue

Brody – Jewish cemetery

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Action Reconciliation Service for Peace announces summer camp to clear the Jewish cemetery of Chernivtsi

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Christian Herrmann under Jewish Cemeteries, Northern Bukovina

Action Reconciliation Service for Peace (ARSP) expects 13 to 15 volunteers for a summer camp from September 26 to October 8 in Chernivtsi (former Czernowitz). Participants in the age of 40+ will not only work but also explore the history of the city.

Czernowitz Jewish cemetery

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The Kosiv Coincidence

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Christian Herrmann under Eastern Galicia, Jewish Cemeteries

In October 2012, I visited Kosiv with a friend, a former shtetl in Galicia – a popular craft market had lured us there. We found no Ukrainian kilim, but we discovered the Jewish cemetery. Back in Germany, Kosiv crosses my way unexpectedly again. Locations can follow you.

Kosiv – Jewish cemetery

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Work-camp by SVIT Ukraine to clear the Jewish cemetery of Chernivtsi announced

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Christian Herrmann under Jewish Cemeteries, Northern Bukovina

We can complain or we can take action. SVIT Ukraine helps since 5 years to rescue one of the most important spots of Jewish heritage in Eastern Europe: The Jewish cemetery of Chernivtsi – former Czernowitz. You can be part of it!

Work-camp in Chernivtsi 2008

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There is no Jewish cemetery in Vyzhnytsia

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Christian Herrmann under Jewish Cemeteries, Northern Bukovina

August 2012. I’ve been wanting for a long time to visit Vizhnitz – Vyzhnytsia in Ukrainian. Maybe because it was the equivalent of the middle-class and assimilated Chernivtsi (Czernowitz) Jewery once. Vizhnitz was a stronghold of Hasidism, of Jewish mysticism and Judaism for the poor. Can you still feel some of it today? Yes, if you manage to find the Jewish cemetery.