Budaniv

Sources:
- Jewish encyclopedia of Brockhaus & Efron
- Russian Jewish encyclopedia
- Pinkas Hakehillot Polin: Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities, Poland, Volume II, published by Yad Vashem, Jerusalem. Translated by JewishGen, Inc.

Photo:
- Vitaliy Kamozin;
- Bohdan Havryshok;
- Hryhoriy Arshynov, European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative. Budaniv Old Jewish Cemetery;
- Boris Khaimovich, The Center for Jewish Art. Budaniv

Ternopil region - list of settlements and location of objects

Budaniv, 2023

Budaniv (Budzanow, ukr. Буданів), the village in Ternopil region. In the 19th - early 20th centuries - in the province of Galicia in Austria-Hungary. In 1919–39 - as part of Poland, in 1939–91 - the Ukrainian SSR.

In 1921 in Budaniv lived approx. 1200 Jews.

At the end 19 - beginning 20th century some Jews left Budaniv for the USA and other countries.
In 1895, in the United States, community was created by Jews from Budaniv.

In 1900, the Zionist movement activated.
In the 1920-30s in Budaniv there were branches of various Jewish parties and organizations.


Synagogue in Budaniv, 1995	Synagogue in Budaniv, 2021	Synagogue in Budaniv, 2023

Rabbi's house in Budaniv, 1995	Street near the Great Synagogue in Budaniv, 1995


Lower Jewish cemetery in Budaniv, 1995

Lower Jewish cemetery in Budaniv, 2019

New Jewish cemetery in Budaniv, 2019

Chortkiv district, Ternopil region


Jewish Farmers from Verbivtsi, near Budzanow, 1930s

In November 1942 all the Jews of Budzanow, Janow, Stursow, Mikulinic and other towns were gathered into a ghetto at Trembowla and murdered in cold blood. After being forced to dig giant trenches, the Jews were driven through the streets naked and shot to dead. Their common grave is the network of trenches they themselves were forced to dig. This common grave is in the village of Plibanowka, not far from Trembowla.

Only a handful managed to escape. And many of these Jews were caught in the forests by Ukrainians and murdered. A few managed to return to Budzanow and hid in the homes of their Polish friends, or in the Klashtor (monastery).

Of a total Jewish population exceeding 1,500 before the war, only 18 survived by the time the town was liberated by the Russians on March 23, 1944.


Jewish cemetery in Budaniv, 1937	Lower Jewish cemetery in Budaniv, 1995