Volochisk

Town Leader: Sharon Zane

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1900s Name: Volochisk
1900s District: Starokonstantinov
1900s Province: Volhynia
1900s Country: Russian Empire

Modern: Volochisk, Ukraine
Modern Ukrainian: Волочиськ
Modern Russian: Волочиск

1930s: Volochisk, Kamenets-Podolski, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union
1950s: Volochisk, Soviet Union

Other names: Volochisk [Rus], Volochysk [Ukr], Volotchisk [Yid], Wolotschysk [Ger], Woloczyska [Pol], Woloczysk, Volochyska, Wolochisk, Wolocyska

Coordinates: 49°32'N 26°10'E Mapquest Google Maps

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CAHJP Novograd Volinskiy and Volyn Province Public School Information, 1849

Michael Levin

In progress

259 images for 1849 Volyn Province Directorate of public schools, Volyn Province Jewish Schools"Committee. Lists of pupils in kheders and their sponsors in towns and shtetls: Rovno, Dubno, Mizoch, Alexandriya, Goringorod, Torgovitsa, Olesk, Klevan, Novograd-Volynskiy, Bazaliya, Starokonstatinov, Teofiopol, Tartak, Lyubar, Krasnostav, Polonnoye, Volochisk, Kuzmin, Romanov, Korets, Gorodnitsa, Kulchiny, Baranovka, Ostropol, Miropol, Rogachev, Berezdov, Varkovichi, Olyka, Mlinov, Muravitsa, Berestechko, Derazhne, Stepan, Visotsk, Dombrovitsa, Berezno

HM2/9343.1

Originally from GAZhO, Zhitomir State Archives, Fond 1, Opis 1, Delo 774

Volhyinia directorate of educational facilities

Not assigned

Not Yet Started

Information about private Jewish educational facilities of Volhynia as well as about submission of lists of melameds by local rabbis of Volhynia area incl. by official rabbi of Starokonstantin area in towns and villages: Bazalia, Volochinsk, Krasilov, Kuzmin, Kulchini, Kupel, Starokonstantinov, Teofipol. In response to a complaint of the director of Zhitomir rabbi educational facility directed at the overseer of Starokonstantin Jewish educational facility that harassed melameds.

Case contains: documentation of melameds of Starokonstantin area related to their rights to teach Jewish children, lists of rabbi names, melameds, schoolchildren. 1868-1869; CAHJP HM2/9532.2.

Jewish population of selected towns in the Kremenets area, February 2001

Ellen Garshick

Finished

Jewish Population
of selected towns in the Kremenets area, February 2001

from http://www.besht.org.ua/russian/region/regioneng.htm

This is a portion of the table that is on the website. This
portion shows only Kremenets and nearby towns.

Kremenets is line 62:
29            11      10      11

Vishnevets is line 64:       1
1          1           1

Lanovtsy is line 65:
2                 2          2           2

The demographic data on Khmelnitskiy and Ternopol regions,
as of 27.02.2001

№

Settlement

The Jewish population

Pensioners

Quantity
adequate to Claims Conference criteria

Quantity
of clients

1

Vinkovtsy

10

6

4

6

2

Zinkov

1

1

1

1

3

Petroschevka

2

2

1

2

4

Volochysk

20

12

12

13

5

Gorodok

37

10

7

9

6

Vishnevchyk

4

2

2

2

7

Dibrova

1

1

1

1

8

Kuzmin

2

2

1

2

9

Jurintsy

2

2

1

2

10

Derazhnia

15

10

7

10

11

Ziankovtsy

3

2

2

2

12

Volkovyntsy

7

6

5

6

13

Kalnaya.

1

1

1

1

14

Dunajevtsy

101

54

32

54

15

Blyschanovka

1

1

1

1

16

Brailovka

9

5

3

5

17

Golozubintsy

2

2

1

2

18

Novaja Ushytsa

9

6

4

7

19

Kosikovtsy

1

1

1

1

20

Rachnovka

5

5

4

5

21

Dunajevtsy

14

2

2

5

22

Rudka

2

1

1

1

23

Solobkovtsy

2

1

1

1

24

Jarmolintsy

8

5

6

6

25

Iziaslav

75

31

24

31

26

Kamianets-Podolski

559

232

215

231

27

Demshyn

1

1

1

1

28

Dolzhok

12

4

4

4

29

Zinkovtsy.

1

1

1

1

30

Kamianka

1

1

1

1

31

Milevtsy

2

1

2

2

32

Staraja
Ushytsa

4

3

3

3

33

Smotrych (Kam.-Pod. reg)

11

5

4

5

34

Krasilov

19

11

8

11

35

Antoniny

1

1

1

1

36

Zasluchnoje

2

2

1

2

37

Letychev

15

5

5

6

38

Medzhybozh

2

2

2

2

39

Polonnoje

105

58

39

58

40

Poninka,town

33

11

10

12

41

Slavuta

234

115

98

120

42

Netishyn

22

5

3

5

43

Tsvetoha.

2

2

1

2

44

Starokonstantinov

144

74

62

77

45

Volitse-Kerekeshyno.

1

1

1

1

46

Samczyky

2

1

1

1

47

Staryj
Ostropol

3

3

2

3

48

Skovorodky

4

4

2

4

49

Teofipol

27

6

3

6

50

Bazalija

8

8

7

8

51

Khmelnitskiy

1759

658

554

662

52

Staraja
Syniava

1

1

1

1

53

Mikhajlovka (Jarmolinetsky
reg.)

4

2

1

2

54

Shepetovka

259

112

92

112

55

Grytsev, town

1

1

1

1

56

Ternopol

345

149

144

149

57

Chertkov

51

22

19

22

58

Jagelnitsa,
town

2

2

2

2

59

Nagorianka

2

2

2

2

60

Borschev

10

6

6

6

61

Zaleschyky

2

2

2

2

62

Kremenets

29

11

10

11

63

Zbarazh

7

5

5

5

64

Vishnivets

1

1

1

1

65

Lanovtsy

2

2

2

2

66

Podvolochysk

5

1

1

1

67

Berezhany

20

14

13

14

68

Podhajtsy

1

1

1

1

69

Kozova

1

1

1

1

70

Buchach

23

8

8

8

71

Strysov

6

4

4

4

72

Velyka Berezovytsia

2

2

2

2

73

Goroshova

12

1

1

1

74

Gusiatyn

1

1

1

1

75

Kolosovaja

2

2

2

2

76

Kolchyntsy

1

1

1

1

77

Novyj Kokorev

2

2

2

2

78

Terebovlia

3

1

1

1

79

Porychyn

2

2

2

2

80

Tovste (Zaleschytsky reg.)

1

1

1

1

81

Zborov

1

1

1

1

82

Khorostkov

1

1

1

1

TOTAL

4108

1748

1487

1767

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Yahad-in Unum execution site for Volochysk/Volochisk

1941-1945

Yahad - In Unum ("together" in Hebrew and Latin) is a Paris-based organization established in 2004 by Father Patrick Desbois and dedicated to systematically identifying and documenting the sites of Jewish mass executions by Nazi mobile-killing units in Eastern Europe during World War II.

In Yahad - In Unum archives you can find the following resources concerning the Jewish victims of this town/village:

- Video testimonies of eyewitnesses of the mass shootings
- Contemporary photos of executions sites of Jewish victims
- Archival pictures of the town/village and their Jewish inhabitants
- German archives about the executions of Jewish victims
- Soviet archives about the executions of Jewish victims

Video testimonies can be available online upon request on Yahad Interactive Map page

Photos and short video clips of testimonies are available online on Yahad - In Unum interactive map

Others archives are available for consultation in Yahad Research Center in Paris. For more information, please contact Patrice Bensimon

Yahad-in Unum execution site for Volochisk

1941-1945

Slownik Geograficzny, Volochisk

Slownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), XIII, pp. 882-883: "Woloczyska".

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Master Name Index for Volochisk

AJZENBARG / AYZINBARG, BALMELUKHA / BA'ALMELAKHE, BARSHAP, BEJRINSHTEJN / BEYRINSHTEYN, BELER, BERENSHTEJN / BERENSHTEYN, BRIL, DAJEN / DAYAN, EJRENKRANTS / HERINKRANTS, ERINKRANTS / HERINKRANTS, FAJNBERG / FAYNBERG, FLEJSHMAN / FLEYSHMAN, GEJER / GEYER, GEJLBURD, GEJLBURD / GELBORD, GELBURD / HELBURD, GERSHFELD / HIRSHFELD, GINZBERG, GIRSHFELD / HERSHFELD, GIRSHFELD / HIRSHFELD, GLUZGOLD / GLOZGOLD, GRIM, GRINSHTEJN / GRINSHTEYN, GROJSER / GROYSER, GUN / HON, INGBER, KALIK, KELNER, KIPERVASER, KITAJ / KITAY, KOYEN / KOHEN, KRIVIN, KUTYS / KUTIS, LEKHT / LECHT, MARKIR, MELAMED, RABIN, RABINOVICH / RABINAVITSH, RAJTBERG, RAVIN, ROJKH / ROYKH, ROJZENBOJM / ROYZENBOYM, RUDOY / RODOY, SHEHVITS, SHEKHVITS / SHECHVITS, SHERVITS, SHOJKHET / SHOCHET, SHPIGEL, SHPIRT, SHPITUS / SHPITOS
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