From Ivano-Frankivsk to Lviv

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Christian Herrmann under Eastern Galicia, Jewish Cemeteries, Synagogues

May 25 was the last day of our 12-day journey through Galicia, Bukovina and Bessarabia in Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova. Our itinerary took us on the way back to Lviv to Tysmenytsia, Halych, Burshtyn, Rohatyn and Bibrka.

Ivano-Frankivsk – kloyz and court of Rebbe Haim Leifer from Nadvirna

Ivano-Frankivsk – Jewish cemetery

Halych – Karaite cemetery

Burshtyn – synagogue and beit midrash

Burshtyn – Jewish cemetery

Rohatyn – eastern mass grave site

Rohatyn – Heike reading out

Rohatyn – the group listening

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It’s all gone, it’s still there

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

Galicia and Bukovina are covered with partially or totally destroyed Jewish cemeteries. The grave stones were abused as building material during the German occupation and the years of Soviet rule. However, history does not just disappear. During construction works fragments of Jewish grave stones come to light. These stones raise questions – first of all the question of how we want to deal with the past.

Lviv – fragments of Jewish grave stones, April 2013

Lviv – fragments of Jewish grave stones, October 2012

Lviv – fragments of Jewish grave stones, misused as cobblestones, October 2012

Ivano-Frankivsk – fragments of Jewish grave stones, May 2013

Rohatyn – fragments of Jewish grave stones, April 2013

Ivano-Frankivsk – fragments of Jewish grave stones, May 2013

Rohatyn – fragments of Jewish grave stones, April 2013

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Galicia and Bukovina in Black and White (2)

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Christian Herrmann under Eastern Galicia, Jewish Cemeteries, Northern Bukovina, Synagogues

Here it is, the second half of the selection of black and white photos from the trip through Galicia and Bukovina in April and May 2013. The journey finally comes to an end and something new starts.