Where it all started

Teatralna, 10 - philharmonic From here you can see the panorama of the Uzh embankment. In the spring of 1944 the Jews of Transcarpathia survived a demographic catastrophe, after which their the pre-war population, settlement and social structures in the region are not recovered About 85,000 Transcarpathian victims of the Holocaust are mentioned on the memorial plaque on the side of the entrance to the former Philharmonic of the main synagogue of Uzhgorod. Uzhhorod Jewsdeported to "Auschwitz" May 17-31, 1944. 9,500 Jews lived in the city. About a hundred people returned home. In Uzhgorod, the Jewish cemetery dates back to the 16th century. To The 50th anniversary of the Holocaust at the cemetery and memorials were installed on the building of the philharmonic hall (former synagogue). boards On October 9, 2016, a monument to the victims of the Holocaust was opened between the Philharmonic Hall and the embankment - metal stele, at the base of which star of david It consists of several hundred stars forged manually. This is the work of sculptor Mykhailo Kolodko and blacksmith Vasyl Kryvanicha Since November 1944, thousands of "Soviet Jews" began to arrive in Transcarpathia, mostly hid their identity. A split immediately arose among Transcarpathian Jews - opposition of "local" and "eastern". Unlike the aliens (often communists), autochthons followed the traditions of their ancestors, went to the synagogue. In December 1945, the Jewish community of Uzhgorod held a founding meeting (190 people attended). She renewed the right to the architectural pearl of the neo-Moorish style - the main (choral) synagogue - on the then Nikita Khrushchev Square (now Teatralna). But in July 1948, the city council transferred it free of charge to the concert hall of the regional philharmonic. Instead, Rabbi Aaron Falberman's private prayer hall was offered for use. This one the prayer house was built in 1931 on the street Mukachivska, and her owner died