Ukraine – Page 3 – Bukovina Jewish Heritage Sites

Davidivka/Dawideny – NO CEMETERY – 13 July 2016 – by Baruch Eylon

On 11-15 July 2016 a delegation of the World Organization of Bukovina Jews traveled to North Bukovina for a pilot project to survey Jewish Heritage Sites in the area around Storozhynetz. The team members were Sara Sweiry, Nathan Kinsbrunner and Baruch Eylon.

During this trip the team surveyed 12 heritage sites, met with local officials, filled the questionnaire (using a mobile application that allows capturing text and pictures, including GPS coordinates) and posted the information on the web, to make it available to all interested people around the world.

The team also prepared recommendations what to do in each site.
The filled survey about this site can be seen at

http://gazpacho.netalizer.co.il/gazpachoNG/#/public-report/5566836/17992/N8K71WF7LF?l=he-il

This post provides pictures taken by the team in Dawideny. Our information was that there is no cemetery in this village and we were able to confirm it. The Jews were buried in Banila. The information was provided by the head of the village and an old woman we met.

The family of Sara Sweiry, a team member of our delegation, comes from this village. It was very exciting for Sara to speak with the old lady, that remembered her family and the Jews that lived in the village until WWII.

The pictures of the village, municipality and head of village are shown below.

Czerecz- mass grave – 13 July 2016 – by Baruch Eylon

The team also prepared recommendations what to do in each site.
The filled survey about this site can be seen at

http://gazpacho.netalizer.co.il/gazpachoNG/#/public-report/5567020/17992/J5JX5ECXR9?l=he-il

This post provides pictures taken by the team in Czerecz: A mass grave supposedly exists in the forest behind the lake, across from the village church. We didn’t find it.

The pictures of the village and area (Close to the village church, in the forest across the lake) where it may be is shown below.

Banilov (Banyliv-Pidhirnyi) – Alper/Gertler house – 13 July 2016 – by Baruch Eylon

On 11-15 July 2016 a delegation of the World Organization of Bukovina Jews traveled to North Bukovina for a pilot project to survey Jewish Heritage Sites in the area around Storozhynetz.
The team members were Sara Sweiry, Nathan Kinsbrunner and Baruch Eylon.

I used the visit of Banila to try and locate the house of my grandmother and my parents in the village. I used the instructions Mr. Dov Shai gave me (He was a neighbor that lived near them, and a relative of our family) to try and find the house. I was lucky enough and was able to find it as well as a gravestone of Ruchel Gertler – from my mother’s family.

3 years ago when I was there I didn’t know where to search and the cemetery was so overgrown that it was impossible to read inscriptions on the tombstones…

This post provides pictures taken by the team in the Banilov/Banila pe Siret village and the house of our family.

The pictures of the village and house, taken on 13 July 2016, are shown below.

Banilov (Banyliv-Pidhirnyi) Jewish Cemetery – 13 July 2016 – by Baruch Eylon

On 11-15 July 2016 a delegation of the World Organization of Bukovina Jews traveled to North Bukovina for a pilot project to survey Jewish Heritage Sites in the area around Storozhynetz.
The team members were Sara Sweiry, Nathan Kinsbrunner and Baruch Eylon.

The team also prepared recommendations what to do in each site.
The filled survey about this site can be seen at

http://gazpacho.netalizer.co.il/gazpachoNG/#/public-report/5566968/17992/UTTN6U7F41?l=he-il

This post provides pictures taken by the team in the Banilov/Banila pe Siret Jewish Cemetery. To get to the cemetery you need to take the road near the municipality building towards the church, going to the forest.
I was there 3 years ago and it was impossible to get into the cemetery – it was so overgrown. This time the vegetation was cut and we could easily get around! What a nice surprise.

We were very well received by people of the municipality!

Moreover – bot Sara Sweiry and myself found gravestones of our family members!

The pictures of the cemetery are shown below.

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The following picture is the gravestone of my mother’s family member.

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The following picture is with ladies of the municipality.

Sadegura Jewish Cemetery – 12 July 2016 – by Baruch Eylon

In 11-15 July 2016 a delegation of the World Organization of Bukovina Jews traveled to North Bukovina for a pilot project to survey Jewish Heritage Sites in the area around Storozhynetz and Czernowitz.
The team members were Sara Sweiry, Nathan Kinsbrunner and Baruch Eylon.

The team also prepared recommendations what to do in each site.
The Jewish Cemetery in Sadegura is located in Sadegura, not far from the Rabbi’s synagogue. Although it was cleaned not long ago it is overgrown again and there is a plan to clean it again. The gate was locked but entrance was anyhow impossible because of the vegetation.

This post provides pictures taken by the team in the Sadegura Cemetery.
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Sadegura Jewish Synagogue / Rabbi’s house – 12 July 2016 – by Baruch Eylon

The team also prepared recommendations what to do in each site.
The Jewish synagogue in Sadegura (Rabbi’s house) is located in Sadegura and at this time it is being overhauled and entrance is not allowed. Completion is planned soon.

This post provides pictures taken by the team in the Sadegura Synagogue.

Storozhynetz Jewish Synagogue – 12 July 2016 – by Baruch Eylon

In 11-15 July 2016 a delegation of the World Organization of Bukovina Jews traveled to North Bukovina for a pilot project to survey Jewish Heritage Sites in the area around Storozhynetz.
The team members were Sara Sweiry, Nathan Kinsbrunner and Baruch Eylon.

The team also prepared recommendations what to do in each site.
The Jewish synagogue is located in an ally not far from the village center and serves now as a (flee?) market and was not fully surveyed.

This post provides pictures taken by the team in the Storozhynetz Jewish Synagogue.