Lysets






Ohel of Rabbi Mordekhai, disciple of "the Seer of Lublin"

Sources:
- Russian Jewish encyclopedia
- 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. Lysets Jewish Cemetery

Ivano-Frankivsk district, Ivano-Frankivsk region

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

Lysets, 2023

Lysets, urban-type settlement (since 1940) in the Ivano-Frankivsk region.
Known since 1491. In the 16-18 centuries - as part of the Commonwealth. In the 19th - beginning of the 20th century - in the Stanislav powiat of the provinces of Galicia as part of Austria-Hungary. In 1919–39 - in the Stanislav Voivodeship as part of Poland, in 1939–91 - as part of the Ukrainian SSR.

In 1765, in Lysets lived 126 Jews,
in 1880 - 983 (41.6%),
in 1900 - 1095 (43.8%),
in 1921 - 275 Jews (17.6%)
in 1939 - 300 Jews.

From 1870, the rabbi was Jehuda-Hershon Pickgolz, in the 1910s - Nakhman Gurevich, then -Efraim-Fishl Gurevich.

In the 1920-30s in Lysets acted departments of various Jewish parties and organizations.

In the settlement in 1941-1942, the Nazis killed several dozen Jews.
In 1942, 680 Jews were stolen from the Lysets and the surrounding villages to shoot in Stanislav.

Jewish cemetery in Lysets, 2009

Jewish cemetery in Lysets, 2019