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Lviv, #Ukraine is a beautiful and welcoming city that I have spent a good deal of time in. These are a few of the places at risk.*

*Of course, human suffering is most important, but after that so is the loss of important cultural space.

bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…
Many of these are part of a recent emergence of interest/concern for Jewish and Holocaust history in Ukraine. They are likely particularly vulnerable if the Russians get to/attack Lviv.

This memory work will be massively set back by this war already sadly.
Monument and Jewish tombstones in what was the former Jewish cemetery. ImageImage
Remains of the magnificent Golden Rose Synagogue, Lviv. ImageImage
Memorial to the #Holocaust at the site of the Golden Rose Synagogue. ImageImage
Memorial on the site of the Lviv reform synagogue. Image
Memorial to Soviet victims during occupation 1939-1941. This will most certainly be destroyed if the Russians get here. Image
The Kleparow train station near the #Janowska concentration camp that witnessed the deportation of the Jews of Galicia to the gas chambers. ImageImage
The site of the #Janowska concentration camp where as many as 80,000 Jews were murdered. ImageImageImageImage
The former #Janowska camp headquarters building. ImageImage
Museum on the "Territory of Terror" dedicated to both the Nazi and Soviet period.

museumterror.com/en/home-2/ ImageImageImageImage
Memorial on the site of the Jewish ghetto in Lviv. ImageImage
The archives in Lviv. Image
Plaque commemorating Raphael Lemkin, a Lviv resident who cointed the term "genocide" and was instrumental in making it a part of international law. Image
Potocki Palace, Lviv.

Now home to the Lviv Art Museum. ImageImageImageImage
The wonderful Lviv Opera House Image
Shevchenko Museum of Folk Life and Architecture

lvivskansen.org ImageImageImageImage
15th century Bernardine Monastery and Church Image
Armenian Cathedral Image
And, the Lviv Center for Urban History which does some really amazing work in the heritage sector and in advancing the history of Lviv. Image
If you are interested in ways to support Ukraine, here is some information from the amazing Lviv Center for Urban History.

lvivcenter.org/en/updates/how…

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