The Great Synagogue in Toporiv is an Ashkenazi synagogue from the 19th century. In use until the 1930s, this Baroque Survival synagogue is now a storage space.
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Bus’k Jewish Cemetery is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Ukraine. The oldest preserved Jewish tombstone in mainland Ukraine, dated to 1520, is located in this cemetery, as well as around ten 16th-century tombstones. The cemetery was operating until WWII.
The Great Synagogue in Busk is an Ashkenazi synagogue built in the second half of the 19th century. The synagogue has been restored after 1944. This Baroque Survival building now serves as a church.
The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. First, it appears on the 3rd military survey of the Austro-Hungarian Empire of the 1880s.
On June 25, 1941, the Wehrmacht troops occupied Novyy Vytkiv. In June 1942, 1,125 Jews remained. On October 22, 1942, 160 Jews were deported to Belzec death camp. The remnants were expelled in March 1943.
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