Pischonke Synagogue around WW I
Photo taken by soldier in Austro-Hungarian Army
Pischonke Synagogue around WW I
Photo taken by soldier in Austro-Hungarian Army
The Vatnick family of Pischonke
Photo taken in 1905 in Pischonke, Podolia Gubernia. Sitting in the centre: Ratse and Zacharia VATNICK. At their right, daughter Ruchl. One of the girls was Golda. The others, names are not yet known. In 1922, Ratse, Ruchl and Golda fled to Toronto, Canada, where they changed their surname to WHITE (or variations). This photo was supplied by the generosity of Eliana Aizim who is also looking for the families of Ratse, Ruchl, and Golda.
Burach and Esther Vatnick
Burach VATNICK, the son of Ratse and Zacharia VATNICK, was born in 1890 in Pischonke, Podolia Gubernia; Esther (née AVERBUCH) VATNICK, the daughter of Zlata (née SCHENKER) and Fischel AVERBUCH, was born in 1895 in Zhabokrich, Podolia Gubernia. After their marriage they lived in Kryzhopol, Podolia Gubernia. Burach died in a pogrom in 1919. In 1920 Esther fled to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with her two children
Chaie and Luba. She died in 1991.This photo was supplied by the generosity of Eliana Aizim
Eliana Aizim has given us a good start in this town. Those of you whose family comes from here, add more pictures and biographies. Those of you who have found passports, travel documents of all types, census records, vital records, etc. where a party is identified as having come from Pischonke, please share them.
The Pinkas - the Jewish Community Register of Pischonka has been preserved and is on microfilm in The Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts which is part of the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem. If someone was able to purchase a microfilmed copy or even individual page photocopies for the Ukraine SIG, we could digitize the images and post them here for collaborative translation.
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Page created by Deborah Glassman September 2005