Ancestral Town Visits

My hosts explained that most of the younger Jews had emigrated to Israel or the United States, and some of these former residents sent relatives who remained in Starokostyantyniv their original artwork, proudly displayed in the community center, depicting their memories of the town. Here is a sample of the artwork, photographed during my visit. 

Testimonial lists of Jewish Holocaust victims from Starokonstantinov, Ukraine 

The leaders of the small, remaining Jewish community that I met in Starokostynatyniv shared with me handwritten lists of their family members, friends, and former neighbors who were Holocaust victims. They developed the names listings to honor and remember Starokostyantyniv Jews. 

I donated the lists to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, which maintains them in the Holocaust Survivor and Victim Database research collection. 

There are four lists, in Ukrainian, with a total of approximately 5,250 names:

• Two lists of Jewish soldiers who died in World War II. Includes last name, first name, year of birth and military rank. Dated 1941-1945. Contains 471 names.

• Two lists of Jewish victims which include last name, first name, middle name and year of birth. One list has 568 names, and one has approximately 4,210 names.

Jewish Soldiers from Starokonstantinov Who Perished in WWII Fighting Nazis 

This is the translation of the names on the first page of one of the testimonial lists of Jewish soldiers: