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See the '''[[Ukraine Jewish Records]]''' page for more information and resources for accessing genealogical records in Ukraine. | See the '''[[Ukraine Jewish Records]]''' page for more information and resources for accessing genealogical records in Ukraine. | ||
==Historical Photos== | ==Historical Photos== | ||
The [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/newwebsite/imagesearch.php Image Database] on Miriam Weiner's website contains photographs and postcard views of many towns and cities throughout Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Lithuania, Poland, and other select countries dating back to the early 1900s. These include pre-WWI and current town views, photos of synagogues, Jewish cemeteries, and Holocaust memorials. It's a great way to see what your ancestor's shtetl may have looked like at the time they lived there. | The [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/newwebsite/imagesearch.php Image Database] on Miriam Weiner's website contains photographs and postcard views of many towns and cities throughout Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Lithuania, Poland, and other select countries dating back to the early 1900s. These include pre-WWI and current town views, photos of synagogues, Jewish cemeteries, and Holocaust memorials. It's a great way to see what your ancestor's shtetl may have looked like at the time they lived there. | ||
[[File:Shepetovka, Ukraine.png|left|thumb|500x500px|'''Shepetovka, Ukraine.''' Synagogue closed down by the authorities in the early 1960s; used as a sports center until 1991 when one room was returned to the Jewish community. '''Source:''' Miriam Weiner Archives. ]] | |||
[[File:Sudilkov, Ukraine.png|thumb|500x500px|'''Sudilkov, Ukraine.''' Synagogue destroyed, c. 1942 (rendering 1948). '''Source:''' Miriam Weiner Archives. ]] | |||
[[File:Mogilev Podolsky Cemetery.png|center|thumb|500x500px|'''Mogilev Podolsky, Ukraine.''' Jewish cemetery where thousands of tombstones remain, 1992. ]] | |||
[[File:Smozhe, Ukraine.png|thumb|500x500px|'''Smozhe, Ukraine.''' A village in Western Ukraine (formerly Galicia), 1997. ]] | |||
[[File:Kiev, Ukraine Holocaust.png|left|thumb|500x500px|'''Kiev, Ukraine.''' Memorial in the Babi Yar Ravine situated in NW Kiev where 33,000+ Jews from Kiev & surrounding towns were shot & buried on September 29-30, 1941. ]] | |||
[[File:Drogobych, Ukraine.png|center|thumb|500x500px|'''Drogobych, Ukraine.''' Pharmacy located on Stryska Street, c. 1917. '''Source:''' Miriam Weiner Archives. ]] | |||
[[Category:Ukraine]] | [[Category:Ukraine]] | ||