(Radyvyliv, Ukraine)
Translation of
Radzivilov: Sefer Zikaron
Published by the JewishGen Press
Originally in Hebrew and Yiddish Edited by Ya'acov Adini
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(546 pages, in Hebrew, Yiddish and English)
Translated by Elizabeth Kessin Berman, Danielle Charak, Judith Fixler, Tina Lunson,
Ros Romem, Rivka Schiller, Mary Jane Shubow, and Yaacov David Shulman
Translation edited by Ellen Garshick
Cover Design: Nina Schwartz, Impulse Graphics LLC
Hard Cover, 11” by 8.5”,
546 pages with all illustrations of the original Yizkor Book
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Details:
Radzivilov was once a prosperous Russian frontier town connecting the Russian and Austrian Empires. Because of its location, it was a center for trade, and had a thriving Jewish community. During the first World War it became a front line for different warring armies, and was nearly destroyed. Later it became an arena for the war between Ukrainian Nationalists and Bolsheviks, until a new Polish government was established. With it came a rebirth of Jewish life, including a robust Zionist movement.
By 1935, the town was home to 12,000, more than half of whom were Jews. The community supported three Jewish schools, a Talmud Torah, several private cheders, two synagogues, 14 houses of prayer, a Jewish hospital, and a home for invalids. Most of the Jews worked in commerce. They also owned several factories, a Jewish printing press, a brewery, a lime furnace, and a flour mill.
After the Germans occupied the town in July 1941, the Nazis and their Ukrainian helpers began a program of repression and murder, culminating in the 1942 massacre of an estimated 4,000 Jews. When Radzivilov was liberated in March 1944, only about 50 Jews had survived. During the 1960s, a group of survivors and former residents met in Israel, determined to re-create in book form, their town that had been destroyed.
This book, newly translated from Hebrew and Yiddish, is their tribute to the Jewish Radzivilov that was.
Alternate names: Radyvyliv (Ukrainian), Chernoarmeysk (Ukrainian), Chervonoarmeisk (Russian), Radziwiłłów (Polish), Rodvil (Yiddish), Radevil, Radvil, Radivil, Radzhivilov, Radzivilluv, and Radywyliw. Nearby Jewish Communities:
Leshniv 10 miles NW Pochayev 13 miles SE Shchurovychi 13 miles NW Kozin 13 miles NE Pidkamin 14 miles SSE Stanislavchyk 16 miles W Berestechko 16 miles NNW Stremil'che 16 miles NNW Velikiye Berezhtsy 16 miles E Zavidche 18 miles NW Lopatyn 19 miles WNW Sokolivka 19 miles WSW Mikolayuv 19 miles NW Verba 19 miles ENE Demydivka 20 miles N Olesko 20 miles SW |
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