Chernelytsya


Destroyed synagogue in Chernelytsya, 2010	Castle, 2012	Catholic church, built in 1659

New Jewish cemetery, 2019

Old Jewish cemetery, 2019

Sources:
- Czernelica z Chmielową, Andruchуwką, Kosуwką. Słownik geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego, t. I: Aa Dereneczna, Warszawa 1880;
- Холокост на территории СССР: Энциклопедия / Гл. ред. И. А. Альтман. - М.: Российская политическая энциклопедия (РОССПЭН): Научно-просветительный Центр «Холокост», 2009

Photo:
- Vladimir Levin, Jewish Galicia and Bukovina N.P.O. Published by Center for Jewish art
- Jewish Cemeteries Initiative. Chernelytsya Old Jewish Cemetery; New Jewish Cemetery
- Wikipedia. Чернелиця

Kolomyya district, Ivano-Frankivsk region

Ivano-Frankivsk region - list of settlements and location of objects

Chernelytsya, 2023

Between 1772 and 1918 the township Chernelytsya was part of Austrian Galicia. After the end of World War I it became part of Horodenka Powiat in Stanisławуw Voivodeship, part of Poland. In 1939 it was annexed by the Soviet Union. In 1940 it became an urban-type settlement.

In 1870, 239 Jews lived in Chernelytsya (8,4% of total population),
in 1921 - 700 Jews,
in 1939 - app. 500 Jews.

After the outbreak of World War II, the Jewish population increased at the expense of refugees.

The settlement was occupied by German troops in July 1941.
In August 1942, about 550 Jews were relocated to Horodenka.
About 40 hiding Jews were killed in Chernelytsya itself.