Novoselytsia
Novoselitsya , 2016
The oldest written mention of Novoselitsya dates back to 1456.
Until 1918, Novoselitsya had a triple junction of the borders of the Russian Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Rumunia. The town was divided into 2 parts - Russian and Austrian.
Until 1918, Novoselitsya had a triple junction of the borders of the Russian Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Rumunia. The town was divided into 2 parts - Russian and Austrian.
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| Modern street with preserved old houses | |||
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| A few old villas that are no longer there |
"... On July 5, 1941, Romanian soldiers broke into Novoselitsa and their commanders arranged a provocation: the Romanian machine-gunners fired upon their own advancing troops, who were declared to be killed by" Jews and Communists ", so we should take revenge ... A pogrom started in the town.
Armed to the teeth, drunken assassins broke into the houses, shooting indiscriminately everyone who came to their attention: defenseless women, children, old people ... About 900 villagers were killed ...
From the Romanian soldiers, many local residents from the surrounding villages did not lag. They knew well the people with whom they grew up and worked together. They knew who could take anything valuable in the house. Many, without losing time, rushed on their carts and began to load them with stolen goods ...
After the pogrom that lasted 24 hours, the command of the Romanians ordered that all the surviving Jews gathered in the courtyard of the Kraus distillery. They set up a temporary camp. Some of the people were forced to clean the bodies of the dead from the streets and from the surviving houses. The policemen selected a group of 39 young men and women who were accused of belonging to the Communists. They were shot at night. Of this group, only two girls survived by miracle.
In July 1941, the survivors of the pogrom, the Jews of Novoselitsa, who were driven into the yard of the Kraus distillery, were transferred to the houses that remained after the fire. There they were in nightmarish conditions - for 40-50 people in one little room - for 3 weeks. Then came the order to move to Transnistria. Many died while on the road ... "
Nisan Peisah, "Alef" magazine, 1991.
http://novoselitsa.com
Armed to the teeth, drunken assassins broke into the houses, shooting indiscriminately everyone who came to their attention: defenseless women, children, old people ... About 900 villagers were killed ...
From the Romanian soldiers, many local residents from the surrounding villages did not lag. They knew well the people with whom they grew up and worked together. They knew who could take anything valuable in the house. Many, without losing time, rushed on their carts and began to load them with stolen goods ...
After the pogrom that lasted 24 hours, the command of the Romanians ordered that all the surviving Jews gathered in the courtyard of the Kraus distillery. They set up a temporary camp. Some of the people were forced to clean the bodies of the dead from the streets and from the surviving houses. The policemen selected a group of 39 young men and women who were accused of belonging to the Communists. They were shot at night. Of this group, only two girls survived by miracle.
In July 1941, the survivors of the pogrom, the Jews of Novoselitsa, who were driven into the yard of the Kraus distillery, were transferred to the houses that remained after the fire. There they were in nightmarish conditions - for 40-50 people in one little room - for 3 weeks. Then came the order to move to Transnistria. Many died while on the road ... "
Nisan Peisah, "Alef" magazine, 1991.
http://novoselitsa.com
Chernivtsi region
Most importantly, for what it is worth to go to Novoselitsu - miraculously preserved and miraculously discovered under the layers of plaster frescoes of the old synagogue. Such in Ukraine you will not see anywhere else.
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| The Russian-Austrian border | Border point | The Austrians, the Russian and the Rumanians on the border | |
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| Railway station in the Austrian Novoselytsia | Railway station in the Russian Novoselytsia | Street of the Austrian Novoselуtsia |
According to the census of 1847, the "Novoselytsia Jewish Society" consisted of 81 families.
In 1870, a distillery, a steam mill, two tanneries owned by Moishe Adelman and Ancel Goldenberg, the creamery of merchant Mordko Kleitman, the soap factory of Sura Shapiro, worked in the town.
In 1870, a distillery, a steam mill, two tanneries owned by Moishe Adelman and Ancel Goldenberg, the creamery of merchant Mordko Kleitman, the soap factory of Sura Shapiro, worked in the town.
In the Austrian Novoselytsia in 1886 a four-year school was founded. The school was attended by 108 children: Orthodox - 60, Jews - 41, Roman Catholics - 7.
According to the census of 1897, 3898 Jews from 5,891 inhabitants lived in Novoselytsia, a synagogue and several clooses operated. In 1910 there was a Jewish private school for men in the town.
According to the census of 1897, 3898 Jews from 5,891 inhabitants lived in Novoselytsia, a synagogue and several clooses operated. In 1910 there was a Jewish private school for men in the town.
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| Joint Russian-Austrian celebration of the birthday of Emperor Franz Josef, 1908. Well, what a holiday without Weisberg)) |
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| Lenin - a classic biblical story) In Soviet times there was a club here | |||
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Even in Novoselytsia there is a fenced and well-preserved Jewish cemetery.
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| The mass grave, 1938 |
Photos: Eugene Shnaider
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Jewish towns of Ukraine
Jewish towns of Ukraine