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Our trip included Poland & Ukraine. We had a car & driver for the whole trip. We started in Warsaw, went south to Lublin and Majdanek, then to Belzec. Most of the jewish people in Lwow and the surroundings including Boryslaw were deported to Belzec death camp. The camp was destroyed by the nazis but there is a very impressive memorial located where the camp was. There is also a small museum
After Belzec, we drove to Przemysl and to the Ukrainian border. The border passing took us about 4 hours, but luckily in june there is daylight till 10pm. This part of Ukraine is very rural and it looked like a mid 20th century scene. The roads were pretty bumpy. After about one an a half hours we arrived to Boryslaw passing Sambor in the way. In Boryslaw, first we went to meet Tanya, our guide, who patiently waited for us till the evening. Our trip included the following places :
Stolarska Street - Where my grandfather used to live
Post Office building - One of the more distinct buildings which was built before the war. We just passed it on the way.
(Post office today)
(During the german invasion)
Ukrainian Police - I'm not sure if its the original building but there is a building located where it used to be.
Mraznica Forced Labor Camp - The building is still standing there. There is a hebrew plate there with a verse frome the bible and some text in ukrainian.
(Mraznica Labor Camp)
(old photo)
Memorial of the jewish cemetary - The cemetary was destroyed by the russians after the war.
Memorial of the mass grave of 1000 jewish people murdered there by the Nazis at 28/11/1941 .
Memorial of the mass grave of thousands of jewish people murdered near the slaughterhouse.
Memorial of the mass grave of thousands of jewish people murdered in Bronica Forest.
Location of the coliseum cinema where jewish people were kept for weeks without minimal conditions till the "action quota" was reached
Old Drohobycz synagogue. You can check also this site
House of Bruno Shultz.
Location of where Bruno Shultz was murdered.
Museum in Drohobycz - We didnt have time to visit but it may be interesting
We also visited Alfred Shreier who is the last survivor from the war who still lives in Drohobycz.
In Drohobycz there may be additional places to visit, but it was not our focus on the trip.
The highlight of the trip was finding my grandmother's house which amazingly is still standing and people still live in it. The residents allowed us to get in and it was amazing to see where and how my grandmother's family was living. We found the two bunkers
that were originally built for storing food but during the actions were used to hiding. We also climbed to the attic
where the family was hiding as well, peeking out the windows to see if the action was over.
The toilets which were located outside the house are still there and were also used for hiding.
Unfortunately almost all houses from the period were destroyed so its a matter of luck being able to track down a particular house.
After finishing the trip, we drove to the border, and again spent 4 useless hours. Our trip continued to Lancut and Graphpototski castle. We continued to Zakopane which is a beautiful place in the Karpathian mountains. Then drove to Krakow where we stayed two days for site seeing and visiting jewish related sites. Especially impressive is the new museum just opened on June 2010 located in Oscar Schindler's factory. Its an excellent museum with visual experience you wont get at other museums.
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