Kopaihorod, Ukraine

The Jewish Town of My Life
(Kopaihorod, Ukraine)
48°52' / 27°47'

Translation of
ЄВРЕЙСЬКЕ МІСТЕЧКО МОГО ЖИТТЯ

Written by Mikhail Kupershtyn

Acknowledgments
Project Coordinators

Deborah Friedman and Stefani Elkort Twyford

Translator: Anna Royzner

Translation Editor: Karen Leon

This is a translation from: ЄВРЕЙСЬКЕ МІСТЕЧКО МОГО ЖИТТЯ
(The Jewish Town of My Life),
Written by Mikhail Kupershtyn (373 pages, Ukr)

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Chapter

Introduction - Dedicated to the Memory of Relatives

1. Sataniv – Jewish Past Without Future

2. Murovani Kurylivtsi - A Childhood Town

3. Kopaigorod is My Shtetl

4. About the History of Kopaigorod

5. History of the School in the Town

6. The Jewish Community of Kopaigorod

7. Revolutionary Events

8. Development of the Town in the 1920's - 1940's

9. Occupation of the Town and Creation of the Ghetto

10. The Righteous Nations of the World

11. The Liberation of Kopaigrod

12. Spiritual Centers of Kopaigorod

13. Peculiarities of Jewish Life

14. Post-War Jewish Kopaigorod

15. Lifestyle and Traditions

16. The Jewish House

17. About Pesach and Not Only

18. Winter in Kopaigorod

19. Parents

20. Kopaigorod Fairs

21. Jewish Cuisine

22. About Bread and Famine

23. Our Street is Central

24. A Schematic Plan of the Center of Town

25. Significant Places and Events

26. Unforgettable School Years

27. Book World

28. Our Farewell Meetings

29. Holiday Parades and Cultural Life

30. Citizens of Kopayrod in Israel

31. Family Ties

32. Where Do the Ways and Byways Lead?

33. Epilogue

Appendix

1. Concentration Camp and Ghetto Prisoners

2. List of the Dead and Missing

3. Kopaigorod in the Lights

4. The Story of Kopaigorod Was Written at Different Times

5. Nostalgia For the Shtetl. People From Kopaigorod.

6. From the Memories of My Mother, Anyuta Koifman

7. Materials From the Interrogation of Witnesses Concerning the Hospital
in the Kopaigorod Ghetto and the Murder of Its Prisoners, By Johann Maitert

8. Interesting Things About Kopaigorod In Brief

9. Recipe For Jewish Bakery Strudel (Fluden)

10. Materials on The Massacres of Jews in Kopaygorod During the Ukrainian Revolution

References

Yizkor Book Project JewishGen Home Page Kopaigorod, at Kehilalinks

Yizkor Book Director, Lance Ackerfeld
Emerita Yizkor Book Project Manager, Joyce Field
Contact persons for this translation Deborah Friedman and Stefani Elkort Twyford
This web page created by Lance Ackerfeld

Chapter
	Introduction - Dedicated to the Memory of Relatives

1.	Sataniv – Jewish Past Without Future
2.	Murovani Kurylivtsi - A Childhood Town
3.	Kopaigorod is My Shtetl
4.	About the History of Kopaigorod
5.	History of the School in the Town
6.	The Jewish Community of Kopaigorod
7.	Revolutionary Events
8.	Development of the Town in the 1920's - 1940's
9.	Occupation of the Town and Creation of the Ghetto
10.	The Righteous Nations of the World
11.	The Liberation of Kopaigrod
12.	Spiritual Centers of Kopaigorod
13.	Peculiarities of Jewish Life
14.	Post-War Jewish Kopaigorod
15.	Lifestyle and Traditions
16.	The Jewish House
17.	About Pesach and Not Only
18.	Winter in Kopaigorod
19.	Parents
20.	Kopaigorod Fairs
21.	Jewish Cuisine
22.	About Bread and Famine
23.	Our Street is Central
24.	A Schematic Plan of the Center of Town
25.	Significant Places and Events
26.	Unforgettable School Years
27.	Book World
28.	Our Farewell Meetings
29.	Holiday Parades and Cultural Life
30.	Citizens of Kopayrod in Israel
31.	Family Ties
32.	Where Do the Ways and Byways Lead?
33.	Epilogue

Appendix
1.	Concentration Camp and Ghetto Prisoners
2.	List of the Dead and Missing
3.	Kopaigorod in the Lights
4.	The Story of Kopaigorod Was Written at Different Times
5.	Nostalgia For the Shtetl. People From Kopaigorod.
6.	From the Memories of My Mother, Anyuta Koifman
7.	Materials From the Interrogation of Witnesses Concerning the Hospital in the Kopaigorod Ghetto and the Murder of Its Prisoners, By Johann Maitert
8.	Interesting Things About Kopaigorod In Brief
9.	Recipe For Jewish Bakery Strudel (Fluden)
10.	Materials on The Massacres of Jews in Kopaygorod During the Ukrainian Revolution
	References