Yerusalimka or Ierusalimka, the name derived from
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
, was a Jewish quarter of the town of
Vinnytsia
Vinnytsia ( ; uk, Вінниця, ; yi, װיניצע) is a city in west-central Ukraine, located on the banks of the Southern Bug.
It is the administrative center of Vinnytsia Oblast and the largest city in the historic region of Podillia. ...
in west-central
Ukraine
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. In the beginning of the 20th century Vinnytsia, the chief town of
Podolia Governorate
The Podolia Governorate or Podillia Governorate (), set up after the Second Partition of Poland, was a governorate (''gubernia'', ''province'', or ''government'') of the Russian Empire from 1793 to 1917, of the Ukrainian People's Republic from 1 ...
, was inhabited by 4,000 people, half of which were Jewish. Ierusalimka started to build up as handicraft suburb of the town of Vinnytsia at the end of the 18th century and became famous for its distinctive architectural style, the so-called Jewish
Baroque.
In 1942, a large part of the quarter was destroyed by German occupation troops. One infamous photo, ''
The Last Jew of Vinnytsia'', shows a member of Einsatzgruppe D about to execute a Jewish man kneeling before a mass grave. The text ''The Last Jew of Vinnytsia'' was written on the back of the photograph, which was found in a photo album belonging to a German soldier. It was captured by the
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army ( Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, afte ...
on 20 March 1944.
Today, some Jewish buildings are still in the quarter, particularly the
synagogue, which was erected, as is written on its wall, in 1903.
Yerusalymka
() is now one of the central quarters of the town of Vinnytsia.
References
External links
* http://www.judaica.kiev.ua/Conference/Conf47.htm
* http://www.jewpostcard.spb.ru/object/index.php?id=21
History of Vinnytsia
Jewish Ukrainian history
Holocaust locations in Ukraine
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