The road to Horodenka headed east from Kolomyja.

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To the west of Horodenka.

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To the west of Horodenka.

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My mother and I. This was my mother's first visit to her father's hometown.

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Photo taken at sunrise.

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My mother and I with Horodenka Mayor Stepan Yavorskyy (center).

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Horodenka Mayor Stepan Yavorskyy (right) and me.

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Mass grave marker at Horodenka Jewish Cemetery.

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There are two train stations in Horodenka. This station is the one closest to town; however, I believe the other station close to the sugar factory was used to load the remaining Horodenka Jews onto trains bound for the Belzecs Death Camp in September 1942. (See 2010 Photos for an image of the other train station.)

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Chunkriki Street in Horodenka, the former Szczleska Street. Szczleska was once populated by Jews and served as the main street of the Jewish ghetto during the war. (See 2010 Photos for more images.)

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Jews were gathered here in December 1941 before being herded into the nearby synagogue and then murdered in the forest between the villages of Semakivtsi and Mykhal'che.

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Jews were gathered here in December 1941 before being herded into the nearby synagogue and then murdered in the forest between the villages of Semakivtsi and Mykhal'che.

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Mass grave of 2,500 Jews, primarily from Horodenka, who were murdered here in December 1941. They'd been held at the Horodenka synagogue before being transported by trucks from the sugar factory.

The mass grave is located on the grounds of a Soviet era summer camp between the villages of Semakivtsi and Mykhal'che.

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Located near the mass grave site at Semakivtsi. During the war, Horodenka Jews were forced to work on the rebuilding of the bridge. Many Jews drowned in the process.

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Located near the mass grave site at Semakivtsi. During the war, Horodenka Jews were forced to work on the rebuilding of the bridge. Many Jews drowned in the process.

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