In the north of Moldova

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Christian Herrmann under Bessarabia, Jewish Cemeteries

After our Transnistria trip the day before, our group moved further north. We stayed over night in Bălţi and visited the local Jewish cemetery in the morning of 3 March. It is the biggest in the north of Moldova. After a detour to Alexandreni – east of Bălţi – we headed further to Lipcani and Briceni to visit the Jewish cemeteries there.

Bălţi Jewish cemetery

Alexandreni Jewish cemetery

Briceni Jewish cemetery

Lipcani Jewish cemetery

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From Bukovina to Bessarabia

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Christian Herrmann under Bessarabia, Eastern Galicia, Jewish Cemeteries, Northern Bukovina

Yesterday, we followed the traces of the Hasidic courts in Bukovina and neighbouring Galicia. We have been to the towns of Sadgora, Kuty and Vyzhnytsia – and the day before we saw how the renovation of the magnificent mortuary of Chernivtsi cemetery makes progress. Today, we went on to Bessarabia in the Republic of Moldova. Lipcani and Briceni were on our way to Bălţi, where we are right now. Now, in spring the Jewish cemeteries are beautiful enchanted gardens. Here are some photo impressions.

Mortuary at Chernivtsi Jewish cemetery

Monument for psychoanalyst and writer Manes Sperber in Zabolotiv

Kuty Jewish cemetery

Vyzhnytsia Jewish cemetery

Lipcani Jewish cemetery

Briceni Jewish cemetery

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Bessarabia in Black and White (Vol. 4)

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Christian Herrmann under Bessarabia, Jewish Cemeteries

The work of the past few weeks has come to a temporary end. Here are the last of the analog black and white photos of the trip to Bessarabia/Moldova in March and April. Among them are images of Jewish cemeteries in Briceni, Lipcani and Vadul-Raşcov (Vadul Rashkov). While it is the quality of stone carvings that is impressing in Lipcani, it is the unique combination of the cemetery and the environment at river Dniester in Vadul-Raşcov.
Now I have to decide which images I want to rework and print for future exhibitions. Not an easy decision. What are your favorites?

Vadul-Raşcov (Vadul Rashkov) Jewish cemetery

Lipcani Jewish cemetery

Briceni Jewish cemetery

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In the Moldovan Borderlands

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Christian Herrmann under Bessarabia, Jewish Cemeteries

Today we have been in the outer northwest of Moldova, in Briceni and Lipcani. Here you find yourself in a triangle between Moldova, Romania and Ukraine. In both places there are remarkable old Jewish cemeteries.