|
Holocaust in Bukachevtsy |
The German Army entered Bukachevtsy on July 3, 1941. Many Jewish residents were sent to the ghetto in nearby Rohatyn. From there many were killed and buried in a mass grave in Rohatyn, while the majority were sent to the Belzec death camp. There were three separate "Aktions," September 21, 1942 (Yom Kippur), October 26, 1942, and January 19, 1943. |
|
Belzec
Memorial
|
|
Memorial to those who were murdered in Rohatyn |
 |
 |
|
The Rohatyn Holocaust memorial is in the middle of a field, on the outskirts of town. There is one marker, in Cyrillic, which commemorates the Soviet citizens who died during World War II, with no mention of Jews. The more recent monument, put up by Israelis, commemorates the 3500 Jews from Rohatyn and surrounding communities who were killed by the Germans in March 1942.
Monument to those who perished in the Holocaust, Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, N.Y. |
 |
 |
| Above photographs taken by Linda Cantor |
|
Memorial to those from Bukachevtsy who were murdered, Mt. Zion, Jerusalem |
|
Photograph contributed by Rosalie Lawrence and Ruth Holler Smith |
The inscription, translated by Beverly Shulster Beiman, reads
In Eternal Memory: This stone will be a monument to the memories of our blessed parents, brothers, sisters, wives and children (may God avenge their deaths) from the city of BUKASHEVITZ and the vicinity (Galicia, Eastern Poland) who were murdered and slaughtered by the Nazis and their henchmen (may their names be wiped from memory) in the years of the Shoa, 5701-5704 [1940-1943] May their souls be bound up in the bond of life. Bukashevitz Organization in Israel and the Diaspora |
