Bukachevtsy, Ukraine
(Bukaczowce, Bukotchovitz, Bukashevitz, Bukashivtsi)
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| This small town, near Ivano-Frankivsk (Stanislow), is my maternal grandmother's ancestral shtetl . With this page, I wish to pay my respects to her and her family, to those I knew and those I did not, to those who came to America and to those who remained behind and perished in the Holocaust. | 
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There is a new sign for Bukachevtsy, certainly an improvement. |
| I visited Bukachevtsy in May 2001 and again in June 2007. There's not much left to tell you that Bukachevtsy once had a sizable Jewish population. There are no Jews and practically no Jewish buildings. Even the cemetery was largely destroyed. The Jews of Bukachevtsy exist only in our memories. If you have memories to share or ties to Bukachevtsy, please contact me. |
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(photographs by Linda Cantor) |
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Where Once We Walked by Gary Mokotoff and Sallyann Sack, Avotaynu, Inc., 1991. Bukachevtsy, Ukr. (Bukaczowce. Bukotchovitz, Bukashevitz); pop. 733; 82 km SE of Lvov' 49° 15’ 24° 30’; COH, EGRS, GUM3, JGFF, LDL, PHP2, SF, YB
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Bukachevtsy's Place in History - Click here for more information |
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Bukachevtsy before the Second World War |
Photos courtesy of Tomasz Kizny |
Yiskor Book - Click here to see a translation of the "Bukaczowce" chapter from Pinkas Hakehillot Polin. |
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| Houses in Bukachevtsy, May 2001 | Houses in Bukachevtsy, May 2001 |
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Main Street in Bukachevsty, June 2007 |
Main Street in Bukachevsty, June 2007 |
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(photographs by Linda Cantor) |
Cemetery in BukachevtsyThe cemetery, which still stood relatively intact at the end of World War II (by eyewitness account of survivors), was destroyed by the Soviet Union. The ground is mostly empty and there are a few remnants of tombstones left. But the undergrowth is so heavy that it is all but impossible to know exactly what remains. We recently arranged to complete a fence around the cemetery and hope to have a dedication ceremony in the next year or two. Please contact the webmaster if you are interested in more information and in contributing to this effort. |
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| Bukachevtsy Cemetery | Remains of a tombstone |
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Cemetery Wall |
(photographs by Linda Cantor)
Holocaust in
Bukachevtsy
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Immigrants to the U.S. from Bukachevtsy The Ellis Island Foundation will not allow us to post this list. You can do your own search at Stephen Morse's Searching the Ellis Island Database in One Step (Jewish Passengers) |
Cemeteries in metropolitan New York CityThere are several burial plots in the New York City area for the Chevra Ohev Shalom Anshei Bukaczowce. (Mt. Zion, Maspeth, NY, Mt. Hebron, Flushing, NY, and Beth Israel Cemetery, Woodbridge, NJ. ) Click here for more information. |
Chevra Kaddisha RecordsLearn more about the Pinkas of the Chevra Kadisha of Bukachevtsy |
| Landsmanshaftn in New York Look at the original incorporation papers for 3 Bukachevtsy organizations |
My experiences in Ukraine
Read the article which appeared in The Galitzianer, August 2001. The Galitzianer is a publication of Gesher Galicia, Special Interest Group for Galicia. |
| Read "Return to Galicia" from The Galitizianer, November 2007 |
| Stories from Bukachevtsy- Share in the stories that people have sent us about Bukachevtsy |
| Bukachevtsy Memorials - The descendants of Bukachevtsy remember and memorialize their families. |
Bukachevtsy Documents
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Links to related genealogical sites
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| Site last updated: March 27, 2009 |