Pidvolochysk

History

Around 1910, Pidvolochysk, the town - like the rest of the then Austrian Galicia - was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Before World War II, a majority of the inhabitants were Jewish.

In July 1941, Germans created a labor camp for the Jews. In 1942 part of the prisoners were transported to Zbaraż and Kamionka. In October 1942, the transport was sent to Bełżec extermination camp. The final annihilation, of those who were left, took place during the liquidation of the camp on 29 June 1943.

The Podwolocyska Organization was headed by Bernard Lerner (died 1988), later headed by Borekh Goldshteyn.) who published an account of WWII era

Until 18 July 2020, Pidvolochysk was the administrative center of Pidvolochysk Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast to three. The area of Pidvolochysk Raion was merged into Ternopil Raion.

Until 26 January 2024, Pidvolochysk was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Pidvolochysk became a rural settlement.

It was also the birthplace (1910) of fringe Israel Scheib (later Eldad), radical nationalist Israeli politician and a leader of the anti-British Lehi underground organization.

Notable people

• Efim Alexandrov, a Yiddish singer of Russia
• Israel Eldad, Jewish philosopher and member of the pre-state underground group Lehi
• Hermann Kesten, writer
• Walter Krivitsky, a defected Chekist
• Ignace Reiss, a defected Chekist
• Lidia Winniczuk, a Polish philologist and historian, a member of the Warsaw Scientific Society and a professor of the Warsaw University
• Pawlo Humeniuk, a Ukrainian American fiddler

Gallery

File:Pidvolochysk-Halytskoho-37-villa-Hromnytskoho-11067877.jpg|Hromnytsky villa File:Підволочиськ Муніципалітет.jpg|Craft School File:Підволочиськ Церква Св.Трійці.jpg|Greek-catholic Trinity Church in Pidvolochysk

References

References

1. "Подволочиская громада". Портал об'єднаних громад України.
2. "Yad Vashem. (Podwołoczyska)".
3. "moreshet.pl".
4. (28 May 2008). "The Shoah in Ukraine: History, Testimony, Memorialization". Indiana University Press.
5. "History - Jewish community before 1989 - Podwołoczyska - Virtual Shtetl".
6. "Podvolochisk, Ukraine".
7. "Podvolochisk, Ukraine".
8. "Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum".
9. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43729298 The story of Podwolocyska: a Ukarainian town on the Russian border..], WorldCat.org. Accessed 15 October 2022.
10. (2020-07-18). "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.".
11. "Нові райони: карти + склад". Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
12. (1 January 2024). "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua.