Further East

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Christian Herrmann under Jewish Cemeteries, Synagogues, Volhynia (Volyn)

My friends Marla, Jay, Vasyl and I continued our journey through Volhynia. Today, Jewish heritage sites in Rivne, Ostroh, Slavuta and Shepetivka were on our itinerary. It also was a day with exceptional people we met.

Rivne – Great Synagogue

Rivne – Old Kloyz

Rivne – Herzberg’s Beit Midrash

Rivne – Talmud Torah

Rivne – former Mikvah

Ostroh – Jewish cemetery

Ostroh – Great Synagogue

Ostroh – memorial at mass killing site

Slavuta – synagogue

Slavuta – memorial for 300 murdered Jewish children

Slavuta – Jewish cemetery

Slavuta – mass killing site

Slavuta – Großlazaret 301

Shepetivka – Great Synagogue

Shepetivka – Jewish cemetery

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From Lviv to Rivne

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Christian Herrmann under Eastern Galicia, Jewish Cemeteries, Synagogues, Volhynia (Volyn)

Marla, Jay, Vasyl and I are on the road again – the beginning of a four days trip to Jewish heritage sites, mainly in Volhynia. Today, we have been to Radekhiv, Lutsk, Klevan and Rivne.

Saved Jewish tombstones at Radekhiv Christian cemetery

Soviet memorial at Radekhiv Christian cemetery

Tetyana talking with Marla

Radekhiv – territory of the old Jewish cemetery

Radekhiv – old people remember

Radekhiv market

Trace of a mezuzah at Radekhiv market square

Radekhiv synagogue

Lutsk – Great Synagogue

Lutsk – Talmud Torah

Lutsk – remains of Beit Midrash of Olyka Hasidim with adjacent bus station

Klevan Jewish cemetery

Klevan – Great Synagogue

Rivne – Holocaust memorial

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A few words about Rivne

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Christian Herrmann under Synagogues, Volhynia (Volyn)

What can I say about Rivne, the city where I stayed for my trips to Ostroh and Dubno? Very little is left from old Rivne. The city was rebuilt after the war in Stalin style. The suburbs consist mainly of Soviet apartment blocks from the Brezhnev era. In the center is a huge theater – sculptures dance on its roof into a bright future that never took place.