TATARIV/TATAROW
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My mother and me. My paternal grandfather, Louis (Abraham, also known as Leilli) Schaffer was born in Tatarow in 1909 and emigrated with his family to the United States in 1920 when he was 11. Family lore has it that his father, Moses (born in 1870), was the mayor of Tatarow. 2017
It is also a mass grave site of non-local Jews. The local elementary school is in the background. 2017
It is also a mass grave site of non-local Jews. The local elementary school is in the background. 2017
It is also a mass grave site of non-local Jews. The Prut River is just below. 2017
It is also a mass grave site of non-local Jews. The Prut River is just below. 2017
It is also a mass grave site of non-local Jews. The Prut River is just below. 2017
It is also a mass grave site of non-local Jews. The Prut River is just below. 2017
It is also a mass grave site of non-local Jews. 2017
Mykhailo Vasylovich Stefaniuk, a local Ukrainian born in 1926 who served in the Wermacht before deserting to join the Banderas. His house is located on the spot where the krechma (tavern) of Yosef Schaffer, a likely ancestor, once stood. Please see the video interview in the video section. 2017
Mykhailo Vasylovich Stefaniuk, a local Ukrainian born in 1926 who served in the Wermacht before deserting to join the Banderas. His house is located on the spot where the krechma (tavern) of Yosef Schaffer, a likely ancestor, once stood. Please see the video interview in the video section. 2017
Home of Mykhailo Vasylovich Stefaniuk, a local Ukrainian born in 1926 who served in the Wermacht before deserting to join the Banderas. His house is located on the spot where the krechma (tavern) of Yosef Schaffer, a likely ancestor, once stood. 2017
Backyard of the home of Mykhailo Vasylovich Stefaniuk, a local Ukrainian born in 1926 who served in the Wermacht before deserting to join the Banderas. His house is located on the spot where the krechma (tavern) of Yosef Schaffer, a likely ancestor, once stood. 2017
Looking south into town. 2017
Looking south into town. 2017
Likely mass grave site of Tatariv/Tatarow Jews (in the woods behind the house). 2017
An unidentified mass grave site is nearby in the woods behind the house (off camera, to the right). 2017
Some Jews from Tatariv/Tatarow were also murdered here. A 9-year old boy named Maks Privler survived the shootings on March 18, 1942 after his father covered him before falling into the mass grave. Maks later fought with the partisans and eventually emigrated to Israel. A local Ukrainian woman came by to check on us and let us know that she watched over the site. 2017
Some Jews from Tatariv/Tatarow were also murdered here. A 9-year old boy named Maks Privler survived the shootings on March 18, 1942 after his father covered him before falling into the mass grave. Maks later fought with the partisans and eventually emigrated to Israel. A local Ukrainian woman came by to check on us and let us know that she watched over the site. 2017