The damages to Jewish life are visible in the Transcarpathian towns of Uzhhorod and Mukachevo: synagogues used for other purposes than worship, a destroyed cemetery and the missing Jewish presence in public life due to mass deportation and extermination under Hungarian and German rule and later Sovietization. Nevertheless, there are rays of hope. In both towns we found functioning synagogues, active communities and well maintained cemeteries.

Uzhhorod – former Orthodox synagogue

Uzhhorod – former yeshiva

Uzhhorod – former Neolog synagogue

Uzhhorod – former Hasidic synagogue

Uzhhorod – active synagogue

Uzhhorod – Pesach preparations in the active synagogue

Uzhhorod – Radvanka synagogue

Mukachevo – Spinker Rebbe Kloyz

Mukachevo – Munkach Rebbe Kloyz, its former function unrecognizable today

Mukachevo – Munkach Rebbe Kloyz, present active synagogue

Mukachevo – old Jewish cemetery

Mukachevo – new Jewish cemetery

Mukachevo – new Jewish cemetery

Uzhhorod – old Jewish cemetery

Uzhhorod – old Jewish cemetery

Uzhhorod – old Jewish cemetery

Uzhhorod – old Jewish cemetery

Uzhhorod – old Jewish cemetery

Uzhhorod – old Jewish cemetery

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