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On Galician Roads again

Posted on by under Eastern Galicia, Jewish Cemeteries, Synagogues

A new Jewish heritage trip to Galicia and Bukovina has begun. It was a long day for my friends Marla, Jay, Vasyl, my cousin Nana and me when we went from Lviv to Ivano-Frankivsk. In between were the towns of Zhydachiv, Stryi, Bolekhiv, Dolyna and Kalush with its synagogues and Jewish cemeteries. Some of them are beautifully preserved, others are fully gone.

Zhydachiv Jewish cemetery
Stryi Jewish cemetery
Stryi synagogue
Stryi – former Jewish quarter
Stryi – trace of a mezuzah in the former Jewish quarter
Stryi Jewish cemetery
Stryi Jewish cemetery
Stryi Jewish cemetery
Stryi – mass grave site
Bolekhiv synagogue
Bolekhiv Jewish cemetery
Bolekhiv Jewish cemetery
Bolekhiv Jewish cemetery
Bolekhiv Jewish cemetery
Bolekhiv Jewish cemetery
Dolyna synagogue – now a church
Dolyna Jewish cemetery
Dolyna Jewish cemetery
Kalush Jewish cemetery
Kalush Jewish cemetery

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Galicia and Bukovina in Black and White (1)

Posted on by under Eastern Galicia, Jewish Cemeteries, Northern Bukovina, Synagogues

Analog photography is not for the impatient. Through digital cameras we are used to check a picture directly. Images on film are different. Two weeks after the trip through Galicia and Bukovina I got the developed black and white films and the scans of the negatives. A first impression and a first selection.

Busk – Jewish cemetery
Busk – Jewish cemetery
Busk – Jewish cemetery
Busk – Jewish cemetery
Busk – Jewish cemetery
Brody – Jewish cemetery
Brody – Jewish cemetery
Brody – Jewish cemetery
Brody – Jewish cemetery
Bolekhiv – Jewish cemetery
Bolekhiv – Jewish cemetery
Bolekhiv – synagogue
Berezhani – Jewish cemetery
Berezhani – Jewish cemetery
Berezhani – synagogue

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From Ivano-Frankivsk to Stryi

Posted on by under Eastern Galicia, Jewish Cemeteries, Synagogues

May 3. From Ivano-Frankivsk our travel route continues north. Halych, Kalush and Bolekhiv are on our way. No place will leave us untouched.

Ivano-Frankivsk – Temple Synagogue and Jewish hotel
Ivano-Frankivsk – Temple Synagogue
Ivano-Frankivsk – Temple Synagogue
Ivano-Frankivsk – Jewish cemetery
Ivano-Frankivsk – Jewish cemetery
Ivano-Frankivsk – Jewish cemetery
Ivano-Frankivsk – Jewish cemetery
Halych – Karaite cemetery
Halych – Karaite cemetery
Halych – Karaite cemetery
Kalush – Jewish cemetery
Kalush – Jewish cemetery
Kalush – Jewish cemetery
Bolechiv – synagogue
Bolechiv – Jewish cemetery
Bolechiv – Jewish cemetery
Bolechiv – Jewish cemetery
Bolechiv – Jewish cemetery
Bolechiv – Jewish cemetery
Bolechiv – Jewish cemetery

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