{"product_id":"9781939561268","title":"Memorial Book of the Community of Turka on the Stryj and Vicinity (Turka, Ukraine) - Translation of Sefer Zikaron le-Kehilat Turka al nehar Stryj ve-ha-Seviva","description":"Turka is a Ukrainian town situated on the left bank of the river Stryi. Jews first came to Turka in the 1800s. The first synagogue, Jewish cemetery and the Jewish old age home were built in 1730. \u003cbr\u003eIn 1903, Turka began to flourish when a railway line connected the city with Lwow and with Budapest, and the Austrian government authorized the founding of an official Jewish community. Business expanded, especially the lumber business. Jews owned the sawmills, had licenses to sell liquor. Others worked at various trades - tailoring, shoemaking, barbering, clock making, and lock smithing. Many of the physicians and lawyers in Turka were Jews. Yiddish theatre came to Turka and interest was sparked in cultural events, sports events, and political events. Some Jews were Zionists, some were Hassids, some were socialists, and some were assimilationists. After the Great War, Galicia reverted to Poland, the city had been plundered by the Russian army; many Jews had left, and all Jewish property had been destroyed. There were Ukrainian revolts and Jewish pogroms. Nevertheless, after the War, there were approximately 6,000 inhabitants in Turka, 41% of whom were Jewish. Another 7,000 Jews lived in the surrounding villages. The Jewish population managed to rebuild. Just prior to World War II, 10,000 people lived in Turka; half were Jewish. The catastrophe began when the Germans turned against the Soviet Union in June 1941 and Turka was captured by the Wehrmacht. The Jews of Turka were massacred, or starved to death, or sent to the Sambir ghetto and, hence, to the crematoria.\u003cbr\u003eThere are no Jews left in Turka today. \u003cp\u003eThis book serves as a memorial to the Jewish community of Turka.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt should be if interest to researchers and descendants of the town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTurka, Ukraine is located at: 49°09' North Latitude and 23°02' East Longitude\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlternate names for the town are: Turka [Polish, Ukrainian], Turka al nehar Stry [Hebrew], Turka and Stryjem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNearby Jewish Communities: \u003cbr\u003eMelnychne 2 miles S,\u003cbr\u003eNyzhnya Yablun'ka 4 miles SW Borynya 6 miles SSW,\u003cbr\u003eSokoliki, Poland 8 miles WSW Yabluniv 8 miles SSE,\u003cbr\u003eSianky 11 miles SSW,\u003cbr\u003eDźwiniacz Górny, Poland 11 miles W,\u003cbr\u003eTarnawa Niżna, Poland 11 miles W, \u003cbr\u003eLimna 11 miles NW,\u003cbr\u003eStrelki 13 miles N,\u003cbr\u003eBitlya 13 miles SSW,\u003cbr\u003eUzhok 14 miles SSW,\u003cbr\u003eDovhe 14 miles E,\u003cbr\u003eVolosyanka 15 miles SW, \u003cbr\u003eSkhidnitsya 15 miles ENE,\u003cbr\u003ePodbuzh 16 miles NE,\u003cbr\u003eLutowiska, Poland 17 miles WNW, \u003cbr\u003eTykhyy 18 miles SSW,\u003cbr\u003eSmozhe 19 miles SSE,\u003cbr\u003eStavnoye 19 miles WSW, \u003cbr\u003eBoryslav 20 miles ENE, \u003cbr\u003eStaryy Sambor 20 miles N,\u003cbr\u003eBukovets 20 miles SSW,\u003cbr\u003eLyuta 21 miles SW,\u003cbr\u003eOrov 23 miles E,\u003cbr\u003eTruskavets 23 miles ENE,\u003cbr\u003eStara Sil' 23 miles N,\u003cbr\u003eSkole 23 miles ESE,\u003cbr\u003eVerkhneye Sinevidnoye 25 miles E, \u003cbr\u003eDrohobych 25 miles ENE,\u003cbr\u003eStebnik 26 miles ENE,\u003cbr\u003eSambir 26 miles NNE,\u003cbr\u003eSkelevka 27 miles N,\u003cbr\u003eNyzhni Vorota 27 miles S,\u003cbr\u003eSil' 27 miles WSW,\u003cbr\u003eKrościenko, Poland 27 miles NW, \u003cbr\u003eLavochnoye 28 miles SSE, \u003cbr\u003eKhyriv 28 miles NNW,\u003cbr\u003eVerkhni Vorota 28 miles S, \u003cbr\u003eChornoholova 28 miles SW,\u003cbr\u003eUstrzyki Dolne, Poland 28 miles NW, \u003cbr\u003eUličské Krivé, Slovakia 29 miles WSW, \u003cbr\u003eUlič, Slovakia 30 miles WSW,\u003cbr\u003eHusne Wyzne 7 miles SSW,\u003cbr\u003eHusne Nizne 7 miles SSW\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JewishGen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49990051791088,"sku":"9781939561268","price":55.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781939561268","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}