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Bessarabia in Black and White (Vol. 2)

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I continued to work on the analog black and white images of the trip to Bessarabia/Moldova in March/April. Here is the result, including photos of Jewish heritage sites in Orhei, Otaci (Ataki), Prodănești (Prodaneshty), Raşcov (Rashkov), Rezina, Soroca and Zguriţa (Zguritsa). More is coming.

Rezina Jewish cemetery
Raşcov (Rashkov) synagogue
Raşcov (Rashkov) synagogue
Orhei Jewish cemetery
Otaci (Ataki) Jewish cemetery
Otaci (Ataki) Jewish cemetery
Otaci (Ataki) Jewish cemetery
Prodănești (Prodaneshty) Jewish cemetery
Soroca Jewish cemetery
Zguriţa (Zguritsa) synagogue
Zguriţa (Zguritsa) synagogue
Zguriţa (Zguritsa) Jewish cemetery

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Soroca

Posted on by under Bessarabia, Jewish Cemeteries, Synagogues

Our journey takes us further into the north of Bessarabia – now up to Soroca. We visited the Jewish cemetery, were welcomed in the synagogue and saw the famous “Gypsy palaces”.

Soroca – Jewish cemetery
Soroca – Jewish cemetery
Soroca – Jewish cemetery – mass grave site
Soroca – Jewish cemetery
Soroca – Jewish cemetery
Soroca – Jewish cemetery
Soroca – Jewish cemetery
Soroca – Jewish cemetery
Soroca – “Gypsy palace”
Soroca – “Gypsy palace”
Soroca – “Gypsy palace”
Soroca – synagogue
Soroca – synagogue
Soroca – synagogue
Semen Veksler
Soroca – street view
Soroca – street view
Soroca – street view
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