(Rohatyn, 01:05:10 to 02:05:10) Rohatyn, a small city in western Ukraine , is the product of the place from which my ancestors. Through the cruel fate that they suffered during the Holocaust, I have in my Rohatyn Blog reported. At the request of 80 members strong Rohatyn Group , I have photographed about 500 homes in Rohatyn, these are just four of them:
Whether my relatives may have lived in one of these homes? I'll probably never know, for the extermination of the Jews of Rohatyn was systematic and almost completely, only one has survived a hundred of these people, the others were brutally murdered on the spot or in the extermination camp Belzec . Rosette Faust Halpern, one of the few survivors, schrieb am 01.05.10, am gleichen Tag, als ich in Rohatyn war, folgende Zeilen:
"I was deeply touched with the welcome messages expressed in the internet. Humbly, it was I who likes to welcome all of you. The second and third generation, the longtime born in Rohatyn, and the spouses that take interest in preserving the memory of the victims. Sunday Dec 9, 1962, a meeting was held at the Hotel Diplomat in New York. The first book was printed requesting every survivor to recount their ordeal of survival. Unfortunately, some of the survivors were facing recent tragedies and could not contribute to the book. 'Stand up and be a witness!', shouted my brother Jack. I stood up at the meeting and this is what I said.
It is a great privilege for me to witness and partake in a Yiskor meeting for the Rohatyn ghetto. I was in the ghetto all of the time from the beginning until the end. Twenty years ago, I wouldn't dare to believe that I, one of the most hunted and hated of human beings, was still alive. Surrounded by ruthless murderers helped by local enemies, imprisoned in a crowded closed up ghetto, degradation and humiliation, plagued by hunger and epidemics, life without hope.. These were the conditions of our miserable existence. What could one wish in these conditions? After three actions March 20, 1942, Yom Kippur 1942, and December 8, 1942, the last most unhumane massacre occurred on June 6, 1943 with the liquidation of the ghetto in Rohatyn. Scattered mass graves, this is what was left of ones life in beautiful Rohatyn. Only one wish and last prayer was common to all these victims, that one day their names and silent struggle will be remembered. Their last message was DO NOT FORGET! It is evident that their last wish was granted by the formation of this group. We have not forgotten. "
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