Kryvche

Sources:
- Jewish encyclopedia of Brockhaus & Efron
- Russian Jewish encyclopedia

Photo:
- Eugene Shnaider
- Hryhoriy Arshynov, European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative. Kryvche Jewish Cemetery
- The Center for Jewish Art. Jewish cemetery in Kryvche

Ternopil region - list of settlements and location of objects

Kryvche, 2009, 2023

Krivche (ukr. Кривче), 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.

The village of Krivche has been known since the 17th century. The place was first mentioned in documents in 1650 under the name of Oplakana.

The castle was built by the Kontsky magnates in 1639. In 1672 the place was captured by the Turks, led by Sultan Mohammed IV, who settled in the castle. After that, they (the town, and not the sultan) were owned by the gentry Goleevsky. In the 19th century the ruins of the castle were bought by Jewish merchant L. Zeidman, and dismantled most of them for building materials.


	Jewish cemetery in Kryvche, 2019

Chortkiv district, Ternopil region


Castle in Kryvche

In 1880, 719 Jews (35%) lived in Kryvche,
in 1900 - 483 (26%),
in 1921 - 362 Jews (20%).

Jews lived in Kryvche since 1st part 17th century. During the Khmelnitsky period, the Jewish community of Kryvche was destroyed. In 1661, a certain number of Jews still lived here.

In the middle of the 18th century Francists acted in Kryvche. In 1759, most of them converted to Catholicism.

In the 18th century the main source of income for the Jews was trade, agriculture, and various crafts (the Jews included tailors, furriers, and hatters).

Rabbi of Kryvche at the beginning 19th century was Arie-Leib Broide, in the beginning 20th century - Shimon-Hirsh Weiner.

In the 1920s - 30s branches of various Jewish parties and organizations operated in Kryvche.
In 1928, with the money of one of the people from Krivche, the Public Club was built, which became the center of the cultural life of the Jews of the town.

July 3, 1941 Wehrmacht troops occupied Kryvche. The Judenrat was created. In the autumn of 1941, able-bodied Jews were sent to work camps.
In October 1942, the entire Jewish population of Kryvche was exterminated near Borshchev.

The main attraction of the village today is the Crystal Cave. This is one of the few tourist caves, not sports caves in this region, equipped for civilian visits. Those who suffer from claustrophobia are better not to climb, those who do not suffer - after visiting the cave, claustrophobia is guaranteed :-) But the cave is beautiful ...


Родничок	Пещера	Because of these crystals, the cave got its name

	The low...	And tight...

Buffalo	Owl	Elephant	Caveman's ass)