The Vanishing World of the Ukrainian Jewry
The main entrance to the Brodsky Synagogue (named after Lazar Brodsky, "the sugar king") in Kyiv, aka Kiev or Yehupets ("the big city").
The "Golden Rose" Synagogue (built in 1582) in Lviv (aka Lvov, Lwow or Lemberg) did not survive World War II, so one can see its interior only on old drawings like the one made by Rudolf Bernt some time in the 1890-ies.
This archive photo of the interior of the "Golden Rose" was taken in 1941 and is the most recent of all known photos.
The Western facade and the courtyard of the "Golden Rose" Synagogue in Lviv. Archive photo.
Where the "Golden Rose" Synagogue used to be.
The former Jakob Glanzer Shul or the Chasidim Synagogue in Lviv now houses the Sholom Aleichem Jewish Culture Society.
Hasidic Synagogue on former Ulica Boznicza in Lviv. 1918 archive photo. (זעהט אויס ווי בעלזאר שול).
The reformed Temple Synagogue built in mid-1800-ies in Lviv was also destroyed during World War II. Archive photo (late 19th c.).
Ulica Owocowa in the Lviv's old Jewish quarter. Archive photo
The Jacob Rappoport Jewish Hospital in Lviv.
Inside the ohel in the small town of Komarno not far from Lviv.
The burial place of Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hassidism, in the small town of Medzhybizh is the most popular pilgrimage destination among Hassidim. This photo shows the local castle
Dunaivtsi is another shtetl in Khmelnytskyi (former Proskurov) Province (a part of what used to be Podolia
Gubernia). This is the Jewish cemetery in Dunaivtsi.
Some old tomb stones are still there. Like this...
Almost any city or town in Podillia (Podolia) has a Holocaust memorial reminding of the grim recent history. Dunaivtsi is no exception...
...neither is Mohyliv-Podilskyi
In the old Jewish quarter of Mohyliv-Podilskyi (Mogilev) one can still find authentic houses.
Kamianets-Podilskyi (Kamenz) is a huge open air museum with hundreds of priceless architectural monuments. Next to the medieval tower is the old synagogue.
Iziaslav. Another shtetl in Podillia (Podolia).
It also has an old Jewish cemetery.
The synagogue in Zhytomyr (Zhytomir), the administrative center of the former Volynia Gubernia.
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