LWOW, LVIV ( Lovov, Lemburg, LEOPOL , Lemberi, k):

ALTERNATE NAMES: L'VIV [UKR], L'VOV and Львов [RUS], LWÓW [POL], LEMBERG [GER], LEMBERIK and לעמבערג [YID], LEOPOL [LAT] . Russian name (L'vov) changed to Ukrainian Львів (L'viv) 1991. 1900 Jewish population: 44,000. 49°50' N, 24°00' E

Between WWI and WWII: Lwów, Poland. Before WWI: Lemberg, Galicia, Austria.

ShtetLink.

Wikipedia for history. [Mar 2014]

Yizkors:

• • Anshei shem (Lvov, 1900)
  • Lwow (Jerusalem, 1956)
  • Zagłada Ż̇ydów lwowskich (Łódź, 1945)
  • Arim ve-imahot be-yisrael; matsevet kodesh le-kehilot yisrael she-nehrevu bi-yedei aritsim u-tmeim be-milhemet ha-olam ha-aharona, vol. 1(Jerusalem, 1945-1960)
  • Anshei Lwow, kehilla shene-elma (Jerusalem, June 1997)
  • List of Lwow Holocaust victims (, )
  • Pinkas HaKehilot, Poland, Vol. 2 (1980), p. 1-47: "Lwow"

• JOWBR Landsmanshaft: (11):
• • Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Queens, USA
  • New Montefiore Cemetery, Pinelawn, USA
  • New Montefiore Cemetery, Pinelawn, USA
  • New Montefiore Cemetery, Pinelawn, USA
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery, Queens, USA
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery, Queens, USA
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery, Queens, USA
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery, Queens, USA
  • Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Queens, USA
  • Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, USA
  • Beth David Cemetery, Elmont, USA

There is consensus that the market in Lviv, which is now on the site of large Jewish cemetery, be moved to another location and that the Jewish cemetery be planted, fenced and maintained. Discussions are being held to assist the city of Lviv in re-locating the market. Then, non-governmental funds from Jewish communities outside Ukraine could contribute to the rehabilitation and maintenance of the cemetery. Source: Samuel Gruber; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [6/9/?]

Jewish history. Virtual Jewish World history and pictures. [Mar 2014]

Book sources from Mathilde Tagger, Israel:

• BOOK: Matsevet kodesh (Holy graves), by G. Hirtz. Lemberg, Lviv, 1863-1879. 5 parts, Hebrew. S38A847. Notes: part 1: 124 tombstones (Rabbis), 1582-1801, family names index; part 2: list of 45 killed in 1664 + 1 killed in earthquake in 1700 + 19 killed in 1703 + 57 tombstones (Rabbis), 1560-ca.1740, chronology; part 3: 35 tombstones, 1503-1797 (some no date), biographies, no index; part 4: 47 tombstones, 1503-1724 + 18 tombstones, 1703, register + 36 tombstones (Rabbis), 1620-1650; part 5: 13 tombstones (including one woman) biographies, commentaries, 1857-1877 + list of 46 who probably died in a fire in 1664.
• BOOK: Zikhron kedoshim. Lvov (Martyrs memorial. Lviv), by G. Hirtz. Lemberg Lviv, G. Suchestov, 1871. 2,60 pages, Hebrew title and Yiddish text. R8-96A236. Notes: 45 inscriptions-men + 1 inscription-woman +19 inscriptions, 1684, 1710 and 1803, victims of pogroms, added long list of Rabbis and of profoundly religious women, 1638-1719.
• BOOK: Zikhron tsadikim (Memorial to the Just), by G. Hirtz. [Lemberg] Lviv, 1857. 18 pages, Hebrew. R70A5484. Notes: 57 persons, 1600-1841 (some no date), Rabbis, sometimes names of sons or brothers mentioned.
• BOOK: Matsevot kodesh vezikhron tsadikim (Holy graves and memorials to the Just), by G. Suchestov. New York, 1993. 4 volumes in 1 volume (Reprint of G. Hirtz books, Lvov 1863-1897. Hebrew. S88A2184. Notes: see G. Hirtz books S38A847 and R70A5484.
• BOOK: Sefer matsevet kodesh. po ba'ir L'vov (Book of holy graves in the city of L'vov), by G. Suchestov. Ashdod, 1996. 1 volume, Hebrew. S2 96A5718. Notes: Facsimile reproduction of G. Hirtz book S38A847.

CEMETERIES:

LVOV I:     US Commission No. UA13010101

Alternate name: Lemberg (Yiddish), Lemberg (German), Lwow (Polish), Lviv (Ukraine) and Leopol, Leopolis (others). Lvov is located in Lvovskaya at 49º50 24º_, 182 km from Rovno. Present town population is over 100,000 with 1,001-10,000" Jews.

• Town officials: no. Others: Unknown.
  

The earliest known Jewish community was 1280. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 76854. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1414 with last known Hasidic, Conservative or Neolog Jewish burial 1855. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road and other, access is open to all. A continuous masonry wall with non-locking gate. surrounds the cemetery. 101 to 500 common tombstones, none in original location and more than 75% toppled or broken, date from 1348 to 19th century. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. Municipality owns the property now used for industrial-commercial use and other. Adjacent properties are commercial-industrial and other. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Frequently, private visitors (Jewish or non-Jewish) and local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and frequently in the last ten years. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of the cemetery is a pre-burial house. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access, vandalism, existing nearby development and proposed nearby development. Moderate threat: pollution.
Gelston Iosif of 290049, Lvov, Antonicha St. 32, Apt. 6. [Phone (0322) 227490] visited site on 5/15/94. No interviews were conducted for this survey. Gelston completed survey on 05/20/1994. Documentation: Dzelnica Zidovska, M. Balaban. 1909. Lvov. Other documentation exists but was too old.

"The old Jewish cemetery in Lvov is located on a plot confined by Rappaporta, Kleparowska, Browarna and Szpitalna Streets. In his work entitled "Zabytki historyczne Żydów w Polsce" [Historic Jewish monuments in Poland], published in 1929, the prominent historian Majer Bałaban desribed the cemetery as follows: "Until the war, it had looked like a wood, thick and shady. The treetops made a thick canopy already in the 17th century. (...) The Lvov cemetery is a true pantheon of distinguished figures: Dawid Halewi (died 1667), Jozue Falk (died 1614), Jakób Orenstein (died 1839), Abraham Kohn (died 1848)". Izaak and Róża Nachmanowicz, the founders of the Golden Rose Synagogue, are buried in the central part of the cemetery.  In 1855 the cemetery was closed for further burials, and a Jewish hospital was built on part of it. The cemetery was devastated by the Nazis. Several years later the communist authorities cleared the area to build the Krakowski Market there." Source: Virtual Shtetl [Mar 2014]

LVOV II:     US Commission No. UA13010102
The Hasidic, Conservative and Neolog Jewish cemetery was established near 1890 with last known Jewish burial was 1930s. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by "other," access is open to all. No walls, fence, or gate surround site. No stones are visible. Location of any removed stones is unknown. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. Municipality owns the property now used for industrial or commercial use and storage. Adjacent properties are commercial or industrial. Rarely, organized individual tours visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II but not in the last ten years. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access, vandalism, existing nearby development and proposed nearby development. Serious threat: pollution. Slight threat: weather erosion.
Gelston Iosif of 290049, Lvov, Antonicha St. 32, apt. 6. [Phone (0322) 227490] vihttps://vanishedworld.blog/2017/11/24/the-end-of-silence/sited site on 5/18/94. Interviewed was Mariya Murin on 5/19/94. Gelston completed survey on 05/20/1994. Documentation: Dzelnica Zidovska M. Balaban. 1909. Lvov.

LVOV III:     US Commission No. UA13010103
The Hasidic, Conservative and Progressive/Reform Jewish cemetery was established around 1900 with last known Jewish burial in 1930's. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. "other" reaches it. Access is open with permission. A continuous masonry wall with locking gate surrounds the cemetery. No stones are visible. Location of any removed stones is unknown. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. Municipality owns the property used for industrial or commercial use and other. Adjacent properties are commercial or industrial, residential, and other. Rarely do local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access, vandalism, existing nearby development and proposed nearby development. Serious threat: pollution.
Gelston Iosif of 290049, Lvov, Antonicha St. 32, apt. 6. [Phone (0322) 227490] visited on 5/15/94. Interviewed were not listed. He completed survey on 05/20/1994.

LVOV IV: US Commission No. UA13010104
The Hasidic, Conservative and Progressive/Reform Jewish cemetery was established in 1855 with last known Jewish burial 1994. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The urban flat land, part of a municipal cemetery, has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road and other, access is open to all. A continuous fence with non-locking gate surrounds site. More than 5000 stones, most in original location with less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 19th to 20th century. The cemetery has no special sections. Some tombstones have bronze decorations or lettering, other metallic elements, portraits on stones and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. Municipality owns the property now used for "other." Adjacent properties are residential. Frequently, organized Jewish group tours or pilgrimage groups and private visitors (Jewish or non-Jewish) visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. Jewish individuals within country did re-erection of stones and fixed gate. Occasionally, authorities clear or clean. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing graves and a constant problem, disturbing both graves and stones. Water drainage at the cemetery is a seasonal problem. Serious threat: vegetation and existing nearby development.
Gelston Iosif of 290049, Lvov, Antonicha St. 32, apt. 6. [Phone (0322) 227490] visited site on 5/15/94. No interviews was conducted for this survey. He completed survey on 05/20/1994.

LVOV V:     US Commission No. UA13010502
The MASS GRAVE is in west part of the town, near the road.

• Town officials: Mayor of the town-Kuybida of 1, Rynok pl. [Phone (0322) 721533]. Regional State Department.
  
• Town officials: Prison #30 from Department of L'vovskaya Oblast Ministry of Internal Affairs. The mass burial is a dog pound of MIA with restricted access. Caretaker with key: The caretaker of the nursery.
• Others: Gel'ston Iosif Isaakovich.
  

The earliest known Jewish community was in 1356. The Jewish population in Aug. 1941 was 150000. Effecting Jewish Community was 1600-1609 trial with Jesuits for the possession of synagogue ""Gold, Rose". Living in Jewish community were R. David Beleyvi, Maer Balaban and R. Shlomo Buber. The last known Hasidic burial was Nov. 1943. The isolated unlandmarked urban, bottom of ravine has signs or plaques in local language, signs or plaques in Hebrew and Jewish symbols on gate or wall. The marker mentions Jews and the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is entirely closed. A continuous fence with gate that locks surrounds the mass grave. 1 to 20 common tombstones, none in original location, date from 1993. The site contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns site. The mass grave property is used for industrial or commercial use, waste dumping and look p.13 [sic]. Adjacent properties are recreational, commercial-industrial, and prison. The mass grave boundaries are larger now than 1939. Organized individual tours and private visitors (Jewish or non-Jewish) visited occasionally. The mass grave was not vandalized in the last ten years. Jewish individuals within country and abroad did re-erection of stones in the memorial sign built in 1993. Now, occasionally individuals clean or clear. The mass burial is between the prison and industrial zone, exposed to pollution and erosion. The overgrown ravine has trees and bushes. The prison and the industry , in all probability, will be expanded. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem preventing access and a constant problem disturbing graves. Water drainage at the mass grave is a constant problem. Within the limits of the mass grave are industrial buildings. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion.
Gelston Iosif Isaakovich of a/p 10569, L'vov visited on 26/09/96. Interviewed were Zaydel' Edmund Iosifovich of L'vov and Layner Zigmunt Samsonovich. Gelston completed survey on 12/10/96.

L'VOV VI:     US Commission No. UA13010501
The MASS GRAVE is located at road to Vinniki, at the east

• Town officials: Mayor of town-Kuybida of 1, Rynok pl. [Phone (0322) 721533]. Town State Department.
  
• Others: State Archives of L'vovskaya Oblast
  
• Jewish Community at 3, Ugol'naya Street [Phone (0322) 596929].
  

For history see L'vov I. The unlandmarked Hasidic mass grave was dug and used 20-21 Nov.1943. The suburb, part of a municipal cemetery, has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. No stones are visible. No stones were removed. The present owners of the mass grave property are the municipality and a regional or national governmental agency. The mass grave property is now used for industrial or commercial use, storage and waste dump. Adjacent properties are commercial or industrial. The mass grave boundaries are larger now than 1939. The mass grave is visited rarely by private visitors or local residents. The mass grave has been vandalized frequently in the last ten years. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of the mass grave the industrial building. The mass grave was the sandpit after WW II, which adds to the erosion. Now the dump is overgrown by trees and bushes. Near the site, an asphalt works' production is removed by railway. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access (), weather erosion. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing graves. Water drainage at the mass grave is a constant problem.
Gel'ston I.I. visited on 26/09/96. Interviewed were not listed. He completed survey on 11/10/96.
UPDATE: http://www.arutzsheva.com/news.php3?id=112109 has an article about a mass burial site of 1,800 Jews, who were killed and buried at a site discovered in September 2006. [September 2006]

[UPDATE] Photos from Lviv [January 2015]
[UPDATE] More photos from Lviv [January 2015]

[UPDATE] Lviv Ghetto Memorial Vandalized in Anti-Semitic Attack [June 2016]

[UPDATE] The End of Silence [December 2017]