Drohobycz

Jacob Feuerstein Street in Drohobycz

History of Drohobycz

For a history of the town until 1939, please see the History of Drohobycz.
For events in the town during World War II and to the present day, please see World War II and After.

General Historical Information

A great number of the Jews who lived in the Drohobycz area were involved in the petroleum industry. With the exploitation of the oil and natural wax (ozokerite) resources, the population of the district exploded. Drohobycz prospered as the administrative centre of these industries. For more information on this industry, see Petroleum.

Map of the Drohobycz Administrative District

Maps

This section contains a number of maps that relate to the period before 1939. For Drohobycz please see the Map section, specifically two maps of the Drohobycz area and a streetmap of the town with the names of the streets before 1939 and after 1991.

For a modern map of the Drohobycz area see JewishGen's Shtetl Seeker.

View of Borysław

The Drohobycz Administrative District

To see if your ancestors came from one of the smaller towns in the district, see Other Shtetls where you will find lists of the businessmen from the years 1891 and 1929.

See also a History of Galicia for a general history of hte province and of the Jews in this region.

The people of the region come alive in photographs and memoirs in the section, the People.

Drohobycz was closely allied with the neighbouring town of Borysław the centre of the petroleum industry. For more information on the town, see Borysław.

The Drohobycz Landsmanshaft in New York

For information on Drohobyczers who formed a benevolent association in New York, please see The Independent Drohobycz Young Men's Sick and Benevolent Association.

This page includes a list of members of the Association which may be useful for those searching relatives from the town.

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