Vashkivtsi

Vashkivtsi, 2016


Documentary references of Vashkivtsi begin in 1431. In 1433 the village was handed over by the Polish king to the Moldovan state. As part of the Austro-Hungarian Vashkivtsi were in 1775, and from 1918 to 1940 belonged to Romania. In parallel with the present name, until the second half of the nineteenth century, the name Vaskovtsi was used.

In 1890 there were 790 Jews in Vashkivtsi (16.5%),
in 1930, there were 820 Jews (13%),
after 1945 - 5 Jewish families.
Old Jewish cemetery Plate near the entrance
Old Jewish cemetery Plate near the entrance
Chernivtsi region
The Jewish community existed in Vashkivtsi from the middle of the 15th century. There was a synagogue and a cemetery. From the beginning of the 19th century there was a Jewish school and a hospital.
The Jewish population of Vashkivtsi in the 19th century were mostly immigrants from Moldova and Galicia. Most of the local Jews were Hasidim. The main occupations are agriculture and crafts. Since the early 1930's - trade and financial operations, jurisprudence, medicine, teaching and other activities. By 1940 about 60% of the teachers in Vashkivtsi were Jews.

On July 7, 1941, a Jewish camp was established in Vashkivtsi (about 1500 people).
July 26, 1941 began the deportation of Jews to Transnistria, where most of them died.
After 1945 several Jewish families returned to Vashkivtsi.
Today (2016), Jews do not live here.
Evening streets of the town
Evening streets of the town
 Monastery of St. Anna. Photo http://photogoroda.com
Monastery of St. Anna. Photo http://photogoroda.com
Photos: Eugene Shnaider
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