Mikulin, Belogrodka, Isyaslav, Shepetovka & Gritsev, Ukraine, July 1997

Photos from Tauna Abel

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Workhorses.jpg
Work horses in Mikulin
Farmmachinery.jpg
Modern? farm machinery in Mikulin
Belogorodka.jpg
Sign to Belogordka
Izyaslav.jpg
Sign to Izyaslav
Shepetovkahotel.jpg
Hotel where we stayed in Shepetovka. It was below Western standards.
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Sign to Gritsev
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Our driver Anatoly Pzonik and his mother Ludmilla, a resident of Gritsev
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Lunch that Ludmilla prepared for us.
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Gate at the entrance to Jewish cemetery in Gritsev
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Typical gravestone at Gritsev Jewish cemetery. Only a few of the stones remain.
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At the Gritsev Jewish cemetery. Many gravestones were toppled.
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Post WWII gravesite in Gritsev Jewish cemetery.
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Typical Gritsev home
Taxi.jpg
Taxi anyone?
Well.jpg
Well in Gritsev
Pump.jpg
Our guide Yan at a pump
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Postoffice bldg in Gritsev. Probably post WWII. This is the site where the Jews were rounded up in Aug 1941, kept for 3 days without food or water, then marched 6 km to a mass killing site.
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Gritsev business center. Design on buildings is done with brickwork.
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Man with carriage in city center of Gritsev
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Private enterprise in Gritsev
Lady.jpg
Distraught lady recounting the terror of August 1941 when the Jews were rounded up in Gritsev. Our ancestors perished in this massacre.
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Lovely children to whom we had given American crayons.
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Peaceful unpaved path leading to the Mass grave outside of Gritsev. This path was closed off at the highway.
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Mass grave, 6 km from Gritsev. Only 33 Jews escaped death in Aug 1941. Ultimately, about 4,500 were killed here, including our ancestors

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