Research

CENTROPA 

Centropa was founded in Vienna and Budapest in 2000 to preserve Jewish memory in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Baltics and the former Soviet Union in order to disseminate the information to a wide audience. They interviewed over a thousand elderly Jews still living in those areas who told stories of their experiences in the 20th century. The archive was acquired by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC in 2023.

• Kopaygorod: 18 items - testimonies, photos - all content has been translated to English even if source material is in other languages

YAD VASHEM 

Israel's official World Holocaust Remembrance Center, Yad Vashem is located in Jerusalem, established in 1953, it acts as a premier center for documentation, research, education and commemoration of the Jews murdered by Nazis and their collaborators during WWII. It includes museums, monuments, archives and the Hall of Names. The following are specific searches within Yad Vashem for information about Kopaihorod. The materials are often not in English.

Selected searches include:

• Kopaigorod: ~3000 results: testimonies, photos and more

• Kopaygorod: Over 6000 items: memoirs, testimonies, documents, mostly about the Kopaygorod ghetto

• Photo Collections for Kopaygorod: ~300 photos

• Photo Collections for Kopaigorod: ~100 photos

• Memoirs of Anyuta Koyfman, born in Kopaygorod in 1921.

  • Although written in Ukrainian, parts are translated to English and are available in the book above.

MY SHTETL: Jewish Settlements in Ukraine

The My Shtetl website was started by Evgeny Schneider, who writes:

During the Holocaust, the unique culture of Jewish shtetls, which had developed over centuries in Poland and Ukraine, was destroyed. The goal of our project is to prevent this culture and its bearers from being forever erased from the history of the country that became their homeland and from the memory of the world.

All content is available in English by setting your browser to translate.

• Kopaigorod: Photos of buildings, gravestones and historical information 

• Vinnitsa region: links to many small towns in the Vinnitsa area, some very near Kopaihorod.

• Bar: photos of the synagogue, houses and some history. Also, see the KehilaLinks site for Bar.

GENEALOGY INDEXER

A free genealogy search engine - searches yizkor books, historical directories, military lists, community and personal histories, and school sources. Created in 2008 by Logan Kleinwaks, as a service to the genealogy community. The site received the 2012 IAJGS Award for Outstanding Contribution to Jewish Genealogy via the Internet, Print of Electronic Product and one of Family Tree Magazine's 101 Best Websites for 2015-2025.

• Genealogy Indexer