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Galicia and Bukovina in Black and White (2)

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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.

Ivano-Frankivsk – Jewish cemetery
Ivano-Frankivsk – Jewish cemetery
Ivano-Frankivsk – Jewish cemetery
Ivano-Frankivsk – Jewish cemetery
Kalush – Jewish cemetery
Kalush – Jewish cemetery
Kuty – Jewish cemetery
Lysynychi – mass grave site
Lysynychi – mass grave site
Nadvirna – Jewish cemetery
Pidhaitsi – synagogue
Pidhaitsi – synagogue
Pidhaitsi – Jewish cemetery
Pidhaitsi – Jewish cemetery
Pidhaitsi – Jewish cemetery
Pidhaitsi – Jewish cemetery
Rohatyn – old Jewish cemetery
Rohatyn – old Jewish cemetery
Rohatyn – new Jewish cemetery

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Journey through Galicia and Bukovina in May and April 2013 – Some Thoughts

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

Two weeks I traveled with my friends Petra and Achim through Eastern Galicia and Northern Bukovina. It was a very intense and emotional journey to the heritage of a vanished Jewish world. We  visited 27 towns and villages, many spots made a deep impression. With some distance I would like to summarize some experiences and reflect them. What did we see? Who commemorates what and how? And I want to thank all those people who enabled the journey in many different ways and observed it with passion.

Conservation problems at the well maintained cemetery of Busk
Conservation works in Brody
Destructions in Rohatyn
Destructions in Berezhani
Remains of the residence of the Sadagora Rebbe
Well maintained cemetery in Vyzhnytsia
Destructions and renewal works in Kuty
Destructions in Ivano-Frankivsk
Well maintained cemetery in Kalush
Remains of the synagogue in Bolekhiv

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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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From Kolomiya to Ivano-Frankivsk

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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
Nadvirna – Jewish cemetery
Nadvirna – Jewish cemetery
Nadvirna – Jewish cemetery
Solotvyn – former Polish church
Solotvyn – former Polish church
Solotvyn – former German church
Solotvyn – Holocaust memorial
Solotvyn – former Synagogue
Solotvyn – Jewish cemetery
Solotvyn – Jewish cemetery
Solotvyn – Jewish cemetery
Solotvyn – Jewish cemetery

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South of Kolomiya

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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
Kolomiya – market
Yabloniv – Jewish cemetery
Yabloniv – Jewish cemetery
Yabloniv – Jewish cemetery
Yabloniv – Jewish cemetery
Yabloniv – Jewish cemetery
Kosiv – Jewish cemetery
Kosiv – Jewish cemetery
Kuty – Jewish cemetery
Kuty – Jewish cemetery
Kuty – Jewish cemetery
Kuty – Jewish cemetery
Kuty – Jewish cemetery

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From Chernivtsi to Kolomiya via Zabolotiv

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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 – Jewish cemetery
Zabolotiv – Jewish cemetery
Zabolotiv – Jewish cemetery
Zabolotiv – monument for Manes Sperber
Zabolotiv – Polish cemetery

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A trip through Bukovina

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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
Davidivska
Vyzhnytsia – Jewish cemetery
Vyzhnytsia – Jewish cemetery
Vashkivtsi – Jewish cemetery
Vashkivtsi – Jewish cemetery
Vashkivtsi – Jewish cemetery
Vashkivtsi – Jewish cemetery

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From Berezhani to Chortkiv

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April 25. We travel further through Eastern Galicia. Berezhani, Pidhaitsi, Buchach, Chortkiv – remains of synagogues, cemeteries and rabbinical courts.

Berezhani – market square
Berezhani – Jewish cemetery
Berezhani – Jewish cemetery
Berezhani – Jewish cemetery
Berezhani – Jewish cemetery
Berezhani – Jewish cemetery
Berezhani – tour with the students from the local orphanage
Berezhani – Great Synagogue
Berezhani – Great Synagogue
Pidhaitsi – Jewish cemetery
Pidhaitsi – Jewish cemetery
Pidhaitsi – Jewish cemetery, mass grave
Pidhaitsi – Jewish cemetery
Pidhaitsi – Jewish cemetery
Pidhaitsi – synagogue
Pidhaitsi – synagogue

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From Lviv to Brody via Busk

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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
Busk – Jewish cemetery
Busk – Jewish cemetery
Busk – Jewish cemetery
Busk – Jewish cemetery
Busk – Jewish cemetery
Busk – Jewish cemetery
Brody – synagogue
Brody – Jewish cemetery
Brody – Jewish cemetery
Brody – Jewish cemetery

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

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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
Czernowitz Jewish cemetery
Czernowitz Jewish cemetery
Czernowitz Jewish cemetery
Czernowitz Jewish cemetery

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