Today Jay and I visited Rohatyn with friends from Ternopil, Zbarazh, Lviv, and Rohatyn to commemorate together 83 years since the final liquidation of the wartime Jewish ghetto. Ця стаття також доступна українською. Standing before the memorial monument at the north mass grave site – the final resting place of more than 3000 Jewish victims from Rohatyn and the surrounding…
In our annual report at the end of last year, we described our ongoing project to document the few standing headstones and the hundreds of recovered headstones in the Jewish cemeteries of Rohatyn. By that time we had finished documentation of Jewish headstones for four other cities in western Ukraine, but we had completed only one part of the Rohatyn…
For the second year in a row, Jay and I were unable to be present in Rohatyn on March 20th to bear witness in person at the mass grave south of city center where on March 20, 1942, more than 3000 Jewish Rohatyners were executed and buried – young and old, men, women, and small children – under circumstances impossible…
This is a descriptive annual report for Rohatyn Jewish Heritage (RJH) covering the calendar year 2025, representing our ninth consecutive year of operation as a volunteer-led non-profit NGO in Ukraine. As in past years, this report summarizes our project progress and events together with an outline of our NGO finances. Ця стаття також доступна українською. This was the first year…
Last week, Marla and I heard through our colleague Vasyl Yuzyshyn that the two men who manage the clearing and maintenance for us at the Jewish burial sites in Rohatyn have finished their work for 2025. It is much cooler in Rohatyn and the region now, and sunlight hours are diminishing fast, so vegetation growth has significantly slowed as it…
For the first time since the Covid 19 pandemic, Jay and I could not be in Rohatyn to mark the anniversary of the wartime killings at the “vodokanal” north mass grave. Ця сторінка також доступна українською. In our place and on behalf of Rohatyn Jewish Heritage and Rohatyn Jewish descendants worldwide, Lviv friends Wito Nadaszkiewicz, Sasha Nazar, and Denis “Benya”…
On March 20, 1942, more than 3000 Jewish Rohatyners were murdered and buried at the mass grave south of Rohatyn’s city center. Ця стаття також доступна українською. Marking this sad anniversary in our absence and on behalf of all Jewish Rohatyn descendants was one of our dearest Ukrainian friends: Iryna Nebesna, a journalist from Ternopil whom Jay and I have…
This is a descriptive annual report for Rohatyn Jewish Heritage (RJH) covering the calendar year 2024, representing our eighth consecutive year of operation as a volunteer-led non-profit NGO in Ukraine. As in past years, this report summarizes our project progress and events together with an outline of our NGO finances. This year our organization struggled even more in an irregular…
With the cooler temperatures and fewer hours of sunshine in western Ukraine now, the seasonal clearing of wild vegetation at the four Jewish burial sites in Rohatyn has now come to an end. When Marla, Wito, and I visited the city to review the Jewish sites during the first week of this month, already the grasses which grow so swiftly…
Last Thursday, Marla and I made another trip to Rohatyn to check the status of the Jewish burial sites, both cemeteries and both mass graves. We are pleased with how all of the sites look now; all are being cared for very well this year, with cutting and maintenance when the grass becomes tall. We are grateful to our workers…