Tag Archives: Transnistria

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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In Transnistria

Posted on by under Jewish Cemeteries, Podolia, Synagogues

Transnistria was a Romanian deportation zone for Jews and Gypsies during the war. Thousands died of typhus, inhuman working conditions, of hunger or were shot. My fellow traveler Sylvia was here more than 70 years ago when she was a little girl. Today we explored some places in Transnistria – now part of Podolia in Ukraine.

Nemiriv – mass grave
Bratslav synagogue
Bratslav synagogue
Bratslav Jewish cemetery
Bratslav Jewish cemetery
Bratslav Jewish cemetery
Tulchyn Jewish cemetery
Tulchyn Jewish cemetery
Tulchyn Jewish cemetery
Tulchyn – former ghetto
Tulchyn – former ghetto
Tulchyn – former ghetto
Tulchyn – former ghetto
Cariera de Piatra
Cariera de Piatra
Cariera de Piatra
Cariera de Piatra
Mykhailivka – site of former concentration camp
Mykhailivka – site of former concentration camp
Mykhailivka – site of former concentration camp

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Plans For June

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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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