Novy Yarychiv | Lviv

© Guillaume Ribot - Yahad-In Unum Les Kasyanov - Yahad-In Unum Maria, born in 1928: ” I heard screaming and went outside to see what was happening. All the locals were being forced out of their houses in whatever they were wearing — some without shoes. The column was very big." © Les Kasyanov /Yahad - In Unum © Guillaume Ribot - Yahad-In Unum Les Kasyanov - Yahad-In Unum Orest ZH., born in 1929: "On a winter night, around 4 or 5 a.m., shots were heard coming from the forest. The gunfire continued throughout the day." © Guillaume Ribot /Yahad - In Unum © Guillaume Ribot - Yahad-In Unum Les Kasyanov - Yahad-In Unum Olga K., born in 1924 : "The night after the shooting, Dr. Naiman’s son knocked on our door. He was naked and covered in blood — he had managed to escape from the pit. My father gave him some clothes, and hid him in the attic."©???/Yahad - In Unum © Guillaume Ribot - Yahad-In Unum Les Kasyanov - Yahad-In Unum The former location of the Jewish synagogue, burned down during the pogrom carried out the first days of the occupation. Today, another building exists at the site.©Les Kasyanov/Yahad - In Unum © Guillaume Ribot - Yahad-In Unum Les Kasyanov - Yahad-In Unum The former location of the Jewish cemetery of Novy Yarychiv, where nearly 1,000 Jews were reportedly shot in January 1942. The cemetery no longer exists.© Yahad - In Unum © Guillaume Ribot - Yahad-In Unum Les Kasyanov - Yahad-In Unum The location of the ghetto, created in December 1942 and liquidated in mid-January 1943. ©Les Kasyanov/Yahad - In Unum © Guillaume Ribot - Yahad-In Unum Les Kasyanov - Yahad-In Unum The location of the ghetto, created in December 1942 and liquidated in mid-January 1943. ©Les Kasyanov/Yahad - In Unum © Guillaume Ribot - Yahad-In Unum Les Kasyanov - Yahad-In Unum The killing site in the woods where at least 1,570 Jews were murdered in mid-January 1943.©Les Kasyanov/Yahad - In Unum © Guillaume Ribot - Yahad-In Unum Les Kasyanov - Yahad-In Unum Wooden Synagogue (between 1916-1922). The synagogue was burned down during the pogrom a few days after the town was occupied. ©Photo archive, taken from Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie.https://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/pl/zbiory/667

Execution of Jews in Novy Yarychiv

1 Killing site(s)

Investigated by Yahad:
2005
Kind of place before:
Woods
Memorials:
Yes
Period of occupation:
1941-1944
Number of victims:
1570 - 2600
Witnesses interviewed:
3

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