In July 2001, Sue and I traveled to the Western Ukraiane to the area where my Schattner and Schmerler ancestors lived. A detailed description of our trip can be found in my Ukraine travel journal. On this page are some photographs to accompany that report.
Sign upon entering the village of Kuty - ancestral home of the
Schattner
Family.
View of the Carpathian foothills from outside Kuty
Searching for gravestones in Solotvin cemetery - state of disrepair is
typical of the Jewish cemeteries we saw.
Tombstone of Chaim Schattner in Kuty cemetery
Gravestone of Sara Schmerler in Solotvin cemetery.
Gravestone of Menachim Chaim Schmerler in Solotvin cemetery.
(More
details on family gravestones located can be found in the trip
report.)
Buildings
that originally housed the Stanislav Yeshiva. The principal of
the
Yeshiva was Jacob Schattner (photo on Schattner
genealogy page).
Stanislav Synagogue
Official Czernowitz "Addressbook" of 1913 showing listings of 4
Schattners
including my grandfather Schulim Schattner. Complete listings of
Schattners and Schmerlers found in the 1913 and 1915 Czernowitz
Addressbooks
is given in the appendix to the trip
report.
Site of Vishnitz Mikvah said to have been used by the Baal Shem Tov.
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