This site is dedicated to the memory of the Reznik family and all the other Jewish families
who considered Kalinovka their home.

Where is KALINOVKA ? Latitude 49°28´ N, Longitude 28°32´ E ,

"Not to know what happened before we were born is to remain perpetually a child. For what is the worth of a human life unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?" --- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 B.C.

Background Information

• Time Line - the History of Kalinovka vs Jewish and European History
  
• Pogrom in Kalinovka - March & July 1919
  
• Western Ukraine, 1772-1914 (Map)
  
• Ukrainian lands, 1914-1919 (Map)
  
• Ukrainian lands during the interwar years (Map)
  

Documents

In every generation each person must regard himself as if he himself had come out of Egypt, as it is said: "And thou shalt relate it to thy son on that day, saying, this is done on account of that which the Lord did unto me, when I came forth out of Egypt."(Exodus 13:8, Passover Hagadah)

• Cemeteries in Kalinovka
• Bits & Pieces of Information from the Ukraine Database
• List of Voters for "Govermental" Rabbi - 1905
• Holocaust Memorial Name List Catalog - Links to documents available through the Yad Vashem's "Shoah-Related Lists Database". The link is to the search engine, where you type KALINOVKA in the the field labeled "place". The documents are in Russian/Ukrainian. There are documents that might include people from Kalilnovka within the document though it is for another town or village.
  • A list of Jews from Kalinovka who were murdered in 06/1942
  • A list of Jews from Lemeshovka and the nearby villages who were murdered in 1942
  • List of Jews from from Gushchintsy who were murdered in the years of 1941-1944
  • List of people from Popovka who were murdered in the years of 1941-1944
  • List of people from Novy Pikov who were murdered in 05/1942
  • List of people from Khomutintsy who were murdered in the years of 1942-1944
  • List of persecuted people from Khomutintsy in the years of 1942-1944
  • List of people from Cherepashentsy who were murdered in 1944
• Necrology of Kalinovka from Yad Vashem Testimonies and other sources
  If there are names that look like they are listed twice, that is because there are may be two testimonies in the Yad Vashem Database, given by different people.
• Families that Immigrated to America
• Families that Immigrated to Eretz Israel
• Families that Immigrated to Other Countries in Europe
• Income Taxes for Podolia - 1883 - "Box Taxes and Candle Taxes"
• Testimonies of Ghetto Kalinovka

Memoirs, Family Stories and Pictures
Some of the stories are PDF files, in order to read the stories you will need the Arcobat Reader which you can download free from the following site.

• Holocaust Memorial Yad Vashem Israel
• Kalinovka Holocaust Massacre May 30, 1942
  
• Life in Kalinovka in the Early 20th Century:
  Memories of Pinchas Gitner-Lulkin & Chanah Fega Reznik-Lulkin & family.
  
• Kalinovka Jewish Farmers on Russian Fields by Brynne Licthman (PDF file)
  
• Pictures from a Visit to Kalinovka - 2004

Books & Articles - Bibliography

• Arad, Yitzhak, Plunder of Jewish Property in the Nazi-Occupied Areas of the Soviet Union. Yad Vashem Studies, vol 29
  
• Heifetz, Elias, J.U.D., (1921) The Slaughter of the Jews in the Ukraine 1919. New York, NY, Thomas Seltzer - contains testimonies of witnesses.
  
• Hoffman, David B. & Gircyte, Vitalija, (2001) Collection of Box Taxes in 19th-Century Lithuania. AVOTAYNU XVII No.3
  
• Luckin, B., Sokolova, A., & Khaimovich, B., (2000) One Hundred Shtetls of Uraine: Jewish Communities of Podolia (russian) Vol. 2, St. Petersburg
  704 pages, 380 illustrations, 50 maps. The second volume is devoted to the shtetls of Southern Podolia. It contains three large introductory articles, 15 articles of important Jewish center of the area and historical information about 16 smaller places (see table of contents). Contains pictures of furniture and artifacts from Jewish homes.
  
• Jewish Farmers on Russian Fields Sifrat Poalim, Ltd., 1965
  
• The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaustt
  

Archives

• The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People Sprinzak Building, Hebrew University, Givat Ram Campus, Jerusalem, Israel
  They have a collection of microfilms & microfische in Russian. They do not accept requests by mail. The material can be viewed at their location and copies of relevant material can be made. Their collection does not include genealogical materials but good back information. You need to bring along someone who reads russian handwriting.
  Material available on Kalinovka as of May 2002.
  

Additional Sites of Information

• Anti-Semitism Worldwide 1999/2000: UKRAINE
  
• Jewish Community Council of Vinnitsa Ukraine 1925 - picture and explanation
  
• JewishGen Holocaust Database
• Join the Research Trip to the Ukraine
• Search the JewishGen Website
• Ukraine Jewish History & Culture
  
• Ukraine SIG
  
• Vinnitsa Community House / Vinnitsa Synagogue
  
• Yad Vashem, Israel The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names
  

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