Voynyliv

Sources:
- Russian Jewish encyclopedia
- Jewish encyclopedia of Brockhaus & Efron
- Холокост на территории СССР: Энциклопедия / Гл. ред. И. А. Альтман. - М.: Российская политическая энциклопедия (РОССПЭН): Научно-просветительный Центр «Холокост», 2009

Photo:
- Jewish Cemeteries Initiative. Voynyliv Jewish Cemetery
- Biblioteka Narodowa Polona. Wojnilow
- Bruce Drake. JewishGen

Kalush district, Ivano-Frankivsk region

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

Voynyliv, 2023

Voynyliv (Ukr: Войнилів), urban-type village (since 1960) in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. Known since 1443. In the 16-18 centuries - in the Galician land of the Russian governorship as part of the Commonwealth. In the 19th - beginning of the 20th century - in the Kalush powiat of the province of Galicia as part of Austria-Hungary. In 1919–39 - as part of Poland, in 1939–91 - the Ukrainian SSR.

In 1765, 495 Jews lived in the kahal's district of Voynyliv,
in 1880 in Voynyliv - 1075 Jews,
in 1900 - 1115 (40.9%) in Voynyliv, and total 1785 Jews in towns constituting the judicial district (Gerichtsbezirk),
in 1921 - 944 Jews (29.8%)
in 1939 - approx. 1000 Jews (35.1%).

Jews lived in Voynyliv since the 17th century.
In the 1670s, the rabbi in Voynyliv was Aron Segal, in the 1830s - Shmuel-Nokhum Hesinboyer, then his son Menachem-Isroel (? –1894), in 1894-1940 - the son of the last Itshok-Zvi (? –1940).

In 1920, a school with teaching in Hebrew was opened in Voynyliv.
In the 1920-30s, departments of various Jewish parties and organizations operated.

Occupied by German troops July 2, 1941.
In August 1941, 150 Jews were taken out to Zhuravo.
In May 1942 approx. 800 Jews of Voynyliv were taken to Stanislav (now Ivano-Frankivsk), where they were shot.
In the Voynyliv itself, 147 Jews were shot.


Voynyliv, 1903	Voynyliv, 1927. Postcard of Jewish publisher Isroel Greenberg	The back of the postcard. Publisher Isroel Greenberg, Voynyliv

Voynyliv, 1938. Postcard of Jewish publisher Chaim Herschberg	The back of the postcard. Publisher Chaim Herschberg, Voynyliv


At the top - 2 synagogues of Voynyliv, stone and wooden. Austrian postcard, 1905	Stone synagogue of Voynyliv, postcard fragment	Wooden synagogue, 1900. Both buildings were destroyed during the 2nd World War

Jewish cemetery in Voynyliv, 2019