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A Day of Miracles

Posted on by under Bessarabia, Jewish Cemeteries, Podolia, Synagogues

We returned from Moldova to Ukraine on March 4. It was truly a day of miracles. We saw the stunning Jewish cemeteries of Edineț, Otaci, Chernivtsi (Podolia, not Bukovina) and Mohyliv-Podilsky. We found the synagogue in Chernivtsi, left behind by Jews leaving the former Soviet Union after 1991. In Sharhorod we talked to Hryhoriy Saulko, who wants to restaurate the magnificent synagogue of his hometown and already started to do.

Edineț Jewish cemetery
Edineț Jewish cemetery
Edineț Jewish cemetery
Edineț Jewish cemetery
Edineț Jewish cemetery
Edineț Jewish cemetery
Otaci Jewish cemetery
Otaci Jewish cemetery
Otaci Jewish cemetery
Otaci Jewish cemetery
Otaci Jewish cemetery
Otaci Jewish cemetery
Otaci Jewish cemetery
Otaci Jewish cemetery
Otaci Jewish cemetery
Otaci Jewish cemetery
Otaci Jewish cemetery
Otaci Jewish cemetery
Otaci Jewish cemetery
Otaci Jewish cemetery
Otaci Jewish cemetery
Mohyliv-Podilsky Jewish cemetery
Mohyliv-Podilsky Jewish cemetery
Mohyliv-Podilsky Jewish cemetery
Chernivtsi (Podolia) Jewish cemetery
Chernivtsi (Podolia) Jewish cemetery
Chernivtsi (Podolia) Jewish cemetery
Chernivtsi (Podolia) Jewish cemetery
Chernivtsi (Podolia), former Jewish neighbourhood
Chernivtsi (Podolia), former Jewish neighbourhood
Chernivtsi (Podolia), former Jewish neighbourhood
Chernivtsi (Podolia), former Jewish neighbourhood
Chernivtsi (Podolia), synagogue in the former Jewish neighbourhood
Chernivtsi (Podolia), synagogue in the former Jewish neighbourhood
Sharhorod Great Synagogue
Sharhorod Great Synagogue
Sharhorod Great Synagogue
Sharhorod Great Synagogue
Sharhorod Great Synagogue
Sharhorod Great Synagogue

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From Mohyliv-Podilskyi to Ivano-Frankivsk

Posted on by under Eastern Galicia, Jewish Cemeteries, Podolia

May 24 was the longest day of our journey. 400 kilometers on Ukrainian roads can be challenging for drivers and passengers but we were glad to find the roads in much better condition than expected. Our route included the impressive Jewish cemetery of Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Khotyn fortress and Jewish heritage sites in Buchach and Chortkiv. Originally not planned was a stop in Kamianets-Podilskyi – one of the largest mass killing sites from the time of the German occupation.

Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Jewish cemetery
Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Jewish cemetery
Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Jewish cemetery
Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Jewish cemetery
Khotyn Fortress
Kamianets-Podilskyi – mass killing site – Uwe talking about “Sonderaktion 1005”
Kamianets-Podilskyi – memorial at mass killing site
Chortkiv – trace of a mezuzah
Chortkiv – trace of a mezuzah
Buchach – Jewish cemetery
Buchach – Jewish cemetery
Buchach – Jewish cemetery
Buchach – Jewish cemetery

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First black and whites from the recent trip to Bessarabia

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About two weeks ago I received the scans of the films I shot during the trip to Bessarabia/Moldova in March and April. Since then I spend most of my evenings with going through the images, select those of which I think they are worth to work on, and to correct them. A quite time consuming but also satisfying work. Here is now a very first selection of images from Chişinău, Făleşti, Tirgul Vertiujeni, Mărculeşti, Călăraşi in Moldova and Mohyliv-Podilskyi in Ukraine. More is going to come during the next weeks.

Chişinău Jewish cemetery – wall made of tombstones
Chişinău Jewish cemetery – mortuary
Făleşti Jewish cemetery
Călăraşi Jewish cemetery
Mărculeşti Jewish cemetery
Mohyliv-Podilskyi Jewish cemetery
Mohyliv-Podilskyi Jewish cemetery
Tirgul Vertiujeni – former Jewish home
Tirgul Vertiujeni – former Jewish shop
Tirgul Vertiujeni – former Jewish shop
Tirgul Vertiujeni – remains of the Jewish cemetery

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A short trip to Ukraine

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Soroca is located in the border area with Ukraine. This has given us the opportunity to make a trip from Otaci to Mohyliv-Podilskyi today. The local Jewish cemetery is one of the most important witnesses of the past.

Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Jewish cemetery
Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Jewish cemetery
Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Jewish cemetery
Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Jewish cemetery
Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Jewish cemetery
Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Jewish cemetery
Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Jewish cemetery
Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Jewish cemetery
Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Jewish cemetery
Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Jewish cemetery

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A Summer in Black and White

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

I was traveling twice to Ukraine during this year’s summer – once in June with my friend Sylvia de Swaan, once in July to support the volunteers of SVIT Ukraine in their work in the Jewish cemetery of Chernivtsi (Czernowitz). It took an unusually long time to develop the black and white films of these two months, to scan them, make a selection and finally work them over. Now this has been completed, and here is a first selection.

Chernivtsi (Czernowitz) – former synagogue
Zolotyi Potik (Galicia) – Jewish cemetery
Zolotyi Potik (Galicia) – Jewish cemetery
Chernivtsi in Podolia – abandoned Jewish home
Chernivtsi in Podolia – Jewish cemetery
Kuty (Galicia) – Jewish cemetery
Mohyliv-Podilskyi (Podolia) – Jewish cemetery
Lviv (Lwow, Lemberg) – Jakob Glanzer Shul, former Hasidic synagogue
Cariera de Piatra – former territory of Romanian and Soviet concentration camp

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From Chernivtsi to Chernivtsi

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Chernivtsi exists twice in Ukraine: in Podolia and Bukovina. There is the mundane Bukovinian provincial capital and the traditional Podolian town. Both are worth to visit.

Mohyliv-Podilskyi – synagogue
Mohyliv-Podilskyi – market
Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Jewish cemetery
Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Jewish cemetery
Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Jewish cemetery
Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Jewish cemetery
Sylvia de Swaan
Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Jewish cemetery
Chernivtsi (Podolia) – Jewish cemetery
Chernivtsi (Podolia) – Jewish cemetery
Chernivtsi (Podolia) – Jewish cemetery
Chernivtsi (Podolia) – abandoned house
Chernivtsi (Podolia) – abandoned house
Chernivtsi (Podolia) – abandoned house

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Plans For June

Posted on by under Podolia

From June 5 to 15 I will travel in Ukraine again. Together with my friend Sylvia de Swaan I will thereby explore an area that is unknown to most people. However, those who have heard of Transnistria, think of the place with horror.

Travel locations in Transnistria

Travel locations in Transnistria

1. Bratslav, 2. Tulchyn, 3. Cariera de Piatra, 4. Mykhailivka, 5. Chernivtsi, 6. Mohyliv-Podilskyi

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