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| nuthatch | profile | all galleries >> Ukraine >> Rohatyn 2011 | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 early April, at the new Jewish cemetery at the north end of town |
 Marla with Alex D. at the cemetery memorial erected long after the war |
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 few gravestones are still standing like this one |
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 many pieces of headstones cover one corner of the cemetery |
 at the old cemetery, near the town center |
 which also has a recent memorial |
 things look similar to 2008 |
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 broken, but still cared for |
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 at the northern Shoah memorial, for victims of the 1943 ghetto liquidation |
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 the memorial is behind a construction materials site |
 at the southern memorial, for Rohatyn victims of the 1942 aktion |
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 a passing resident... |
 ...recalls what he saw and heard as a child in the war |
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 at the library to meet Ihor, a great friend and guide in town... |
 ...and Mr. Vorobets, town historian and a key resource for links to Rohatyn's Jewish past |
 in the library's computer room... |
 ...and on the streets with Mr. Vorobets |
 a garden which Mr. Vorobets has identified as having buried Jewish gravestones |
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 on a street south of Roxelana square... |
 in an area where Marla's Horn relatives once lived |
 walking the old path between the houses |
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 the town museum, which has a small historical display |
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 walking by the former Judenrat building with Ihor and the museum docent... |
 ...past a site of the former city wall... |
 ...to the Holy Spirit church, a 16th c. wooden church in excellent condition |
 on the bank of the river |
 walking around town; one of the former synagogues, now a private building |
 a lovely old house in the "new town" area southwest of the main square |
 on Halytska street, an important block for Marla's Horn relatives and other friends' families |
 the former Sokol building |
 returning mid-May with Alex F., and meeting Rohatyn's mayor |
 reviewing a set of Jewish gravestones outside the cemeteries, found by Mr. Vorobets and Ihor |
 others are discovered as we walk the streets; this man alerted us to one in his garden |
 behind the state adminsitration building, two stones found by city workers when doing street work |
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 west of the river, this woman has a link to the pre-war Jewish past |
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 and she knows about other gravestones stolen by Nazis for paving during the war |
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 there are half a dozen here by the riverside |
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 and while working on these stones, a neighbor tells about another |
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 the next day, back on Valova street near the main square... |
 ...where there were once four synagogues |
 Marla's family lived in two houses on this street, one for several generations |
 current residents want to help, but we struggle with the language |
 sometimes a combination of gestures and language fragments is enough |
 back in the old cemetery, documenting the existing stones |
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 we return a few days later with Mitchell and Dori |
 Alex F. and Marla are interviewed by Rohatyn TV news! |
 out west of the river again, meeting more residents |
 getting additional details of the pre-war and wartime history |
 then out on the roads again, to review gravestones found since our last visit |
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 again the residents want to help |
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 just walking back to the van, Alex F. finds another gravestone in a yard |
 and another resident points us to this one, far from the bridge |
 this stone is small enough we can lift it into the van |
 with Mr. Vorobets at the southern memorial |
 two mass graves are side by side under this field |
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 in town again, the Alexes compare notes on street names and former Jewish community buildings |
 Marla and Dori discussing Mitchell's family history |
 we stop to pick up the stones behind the state admin building |
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 now these few stones join others at the new cemetery |
 things are much overgrown now compared to April |
 a late dinner in town to discuss the day's events |
 and a final look over the old cemetery as night falls |
 we are back in June with Renaud from AFP |
 Ihor introduces us to the area's head priest, who will help get the word out about the gravestone project |
 meeting at the library with Mr. Vorobets again |
 the director of a local school shows us papers found in the former Jewish community buildings on the school site |
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 a Liebling business form; Marla is a relative! |
 in the former synagogue on this site |
 and in the mikveh |
 heading into the cellar of the former Judenrat building |
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 and now across town in the cellar of a building on Halytska |
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 with Renaud at the southern memorial |
 Mr. Vorobets has been maintaining the site, with new flowers and paint |
 at the old Jewish cemetery, after a light rain |
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 the next day, we visit the northern memorial again; it, too, has been maintained by volunteer effort |
 now at the new cemetery, to see the gravestones from around town moved here |
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 we also separated and turned some others moved earlier... |
 ...so we can photograph them for our research group |
 wild strawberries are in season |
 we tour the sites where stones were found... |
 ...and see that nearly all are moved now |
 but a few new ones are discovered |
 one is too large to move by hand... |
 ...but we take the rest to join the others at the new cemetery |
 we are back for our sixth (!) visit this year, in October |
 starting with another review of the WWII-era papers found at the Internat |
 then a meeting with Abe, Alex, and the city's Deputy Mayor |
 ...who helps us gain access into the former synagogue near Valova street |
 the building, a ruin after WWII, was converted to a bakery but now is in disuse |
 there are some faint marks on an interior wall |
 Mr. Vorobets leads us all on a tour of headstones yet to be moved to the new cemetery |
 two sets of stones were recently found on Yuri Rohatynsiv street |
 Mr. Vorobets and the Deputy Mayor guess there may be more under the road surface |
 more road work is expected in 2012; more stones may surface |
 now in the courtyard of the former Gestapo office |
 this retaining wall has been of interest to us for months |
 some of the stones look just like cut headstones... |
 ...and in fact are |
 we take what we can to the cemetery, but more work is needed here |
 we tour the local high schools with Mr. Vorobets |
 this building dates from 1912; Marla has two relatives who studied here |
 here's the famous and historic 'Red School'... |
 ...where Mr. Vorobets still teaches two days a week |
 we continue the group's building image project... |
 ...this time on north Halytska street |
 we visit the new cemetery to transfer stones... |
 ...and review the status again |
 a quick visit to the souther memorial; things look good here |
 the old cemetery is also in good condition.... |
 but we are surprised to see a newly-built ohel here |
 we'll need to learn more about this soon |
 finally, we pay a quick visit to the village of Perenivka, just north of Rohatyn, before heading home to Lviv |