Wyzhenka

Wyzhenka, 2016


Village Wyzhenka, is very close to his almost namesake - Wyzhnytsia. In the 19 - beginning 20 cent. - in the province of Bukovina as part of Austria-Hungary. In 1918-40 years - in the composition of Romania, in 1940-91 - Ukrainian SSR.

In the year 1880, 339 Jews (25%) lived in Wyzhenka,
in 1930 - 227 (14%),
in the late 1930's - 400 Jews (30% of the total population).

Since the 18th century in Wyzhenka was a community founded by immigrants from Galicia. There was a Jewish cemetery. All the Jews of Wyzhenka were Vizhnits Hasidim.
The main occupation is timber trade. In the 1920-30's many Jews opened hotels and restaurants in the holiday season, engaged in trade in forests and livestock, handicrafts, small trade.
In Wyzhenka were 3 synagogues, 3 heders, mikvah. There were branches of almost all Zionist parties.

During the Second World War, synagogues and a cemetery were destroyed. Part of the Jews escaped, hiding in the Carpathians, the rest were killed in the camps of Transnistria. The survivors of several Jews after 1945 moved to Chernivtsi and other cities of Ukraine.

Today the main Jewish sight of Vizhenka is the mikvah, which was visited by the founder of Hasidism Isroel Baal Shem Tov during his stay in these parts. It is a place of pilgrimage for Hasidim from all over the world.

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The fact that Wyzhenka was once an extraordinary place, says a large number of printing products with its kinds.
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