On Galician Roads again

A new Jewish heritage trip to Galicia and Bukovina has begun. It was a long day for my friends Marla, Jay, Vasyl, my cousin Nana and me when we went from Lviv to Ivano-Frankivsk. In between were the towns of Zhydachiv, Stryi, Bolekhiv, Dolyna and Kalush with its synagogues and Jewish cemeteries. Some of them are beautifully preserved, others are fully gone.

Zhydachiv Jewish cemetery

Stryi Jewish cemetery

Stryi synagogue

Stryi – former Jewish quarter

Stryi – trace of a mezuzah in the former Jewish quarter

Stryi Jewish cemetery

Stryi Jewish cemetery

Stryi Jewish cemetery

Stryi – mass grave site

Bolekhiv synagogue

Bolekhiv Jewish cemetery

Bolekhiv Jewish cemetery

Bolekhiv Jewish cemetery

Bolekhiv Jewish cemetery

Bolekhiv Jewish cemetery

Dolyna synagogue – now a church

Dolyna Jewish cemetery

Dolyna Jewish cemetery

Kalush Jewish cemetery

Kalush Jewish cemetery

Galicia and Bukovina in Black and White (2)

Here it is, the second half of the selection of black and white photos from the trip through Galicia and Bukovina in April and May 2013. The journey finally comes to an end and something new starts.

Ivano-Frankivsk – Jewish cemetery

Ivano-Frankivsk – Jewish cemetery

Ivano-Frankivsk – Jewish cemetery

Ivano-Frankivsk – Jewish cemetery

Kalush – Jewish cemetery

Kalush – Jewish cemetery

Kuty – Jewish cemetery

Lysynychi – mass grave site

Lysynychi – mass grave site

Nadvirna – Jewish cemetery

Pidhaitsi – synagogue

Pidhaitsi – synagogue

Pidhaitsi – Jewish cemetery

Pidhaitsi – Jewish cemetery

Pidhaitsi – Jewish cemetery

Pidhaitsi – Jewish cemetery

Rohatyn – old Jewish cemetery

Rohatyn – old Jewish cemetery

Rohatyn – new Jewish cemetery

Closing the Circle: From Stryi to Lviv via Drohobych

May 4. A last day on the streets of Galicia. We visit the old synagogue of Stryi. But above all, we are in the footsteps of Polish-Jewish writer Bruno Schulz in Drohobych. Then we return to Lviv. Our trip is close to its end.

Stryi – Great Synagogue

Stryi – Great Synagogue

Drohobych

Drohobych – plaque for Bruno Schulz

Drohobych – Bruno Schulz’ house

Drohobych – Villa Landau

Drohobych – ghetto memorial

Drohobych – Great Synagogue

Drohobych – Great Synagogue

Drohobych – synagogue

Drohobych – Austro-Hungarian canalization

From Ivano-Frankivsk to Stryi

May 3. From Ivano-Frankivsk our travel route continues north. Halych, Kalush and Bolekhiv are on our way. No place will leave us untouched.

Ivano-Frankivsk – Temple Synagogue and Jewish hotel

Ivano-Frankivsk – Temple Synagogue

Ivano-Frankivsk – Temple Synagogue

Ivano-Frankivsk – Jewish cemetery

Ivano-Frankivsk – Jewish cemetery

Ivano-Frankivsk – Jewish cemetery

Ivano-Frankivsk – Jewish cemetery

Halych – Karaite cemetery

Halych – Karaite cemetery

Halych – Karaite cemetery

Kalush – Jewish cemetery

Kalush – Jewish cemetery

Kalush – Jewish cemetery

Bolechiv – synagogue

Bolechiv – Jewish cemetery

Bolechiv – Jewish cemetery

Bolechiv – Jewish cemetery

Bolechiv – Jewish cemetery

Bolechiv – Jewish cemetery

Bolechiv – Jewish cemetery