Mel Werbach at the entrance to the town, 2007

The following images of buildings in the old section of Shumsk were taken in 2007 by Mel Werbach:

The former synagogue above is now an evangelical church.

The following images of buildings in the old section of Shumsk were taken in May 2009 by Ann Roman (for more of her pictures, go to shumsk.shutterfly.com):

Both sides of a former flour mill

Both sides of the above building (with Magen David) can be seen below:





The above house has been decorated recently with traditional Ukrainian patterns.


















The above building, once a Jewish bakery, now houses Shumsk's museum of town history. There is little mention of Jews in the museum's exhibit.





The area above was once the old market square.

The Sosna Flour Mill (photo courtesy of Mel Werbach)

Horse-drawn carts are still a common sight on the streets of Shumsk in 2007. (photo courtesy of Mel Werbach)

Mel and Gail Werbach with Albert Shafir, 2007.  Mr. Shafir's late father, having survived the Holocaust by joining the Soviet Army prior to the Nazi occupation of the town, was the sole Jew to settle permanently in Shumsk after World War II.  Mr. Shafir, born in 1946, still resides there. (photo courtesy of Mel Werbach)

These following images are of typical older houses and streets that remain in the old Jewish district of Shumsk as taken by Howard Freedman in 1999:

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