Voices. A Mosaic of Ukrainian-Jewish Life. Soviet Union

“Because I fully experienced what it means to be a Jewess”, Sofia Taubina

Jewish Museum Augsburg Swabia

After the Second World War, the Soviet Union reinforced its efforts to establish an industrialized and socialist society. While officially antisemitism was not existent, Jews and Jewesses experienced discrimination in matters of language, education, and religion.

Due to the suppression of Jewish life, Jewish religion and culture was practiced in secret. Remembrance culture was also a private affair: The socialist ideals left no room to remember the specific persecution of Jews and Jewesses during the Shoah.

Roald Hoffmann

… was born in 1937 in Zolochiv (then Poland).
He survived the Shoa (Holocaust) in Zolochiv,
In 1949, he migrated to the USA, where he became Professor at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
He is a Nobel laureate in Chemistry (1981).

Interview from July 5, 2023

Jewish population in the UkRSR (1959) by elfgenpick gmbh & co. kg Andrii ShestaliukJewish Museum Augsburg Swabia

Jewish population in the UkRSR (1959)

Mykhailo Vainshelboim

… was born in the city of Berdychiv (Zhytomyr Region) in 1928.
His family was killed in Berdychiv.
He was saved by a Ukrainian family.

Interview from August 5, 2021, Berdychiv

Mykhailo Vainshelboim next to his family story by NGO "After Silence"Jewish Museum Augsburg Swabia

Mykhailo Vainshelboim next to his family story

Sofia Taubina

… was born in the city of Kherson in 1947.
She worked as a nurse.
In 1999, she emigrated to Germany, Augsburg.

Interview from June 26, 2022, Augsburg

Sofia Taubina's father, Zinovy Borisovich, Sofia Taubina's private archive, From the collection of: Jewish Museum Augsburg Swabia

Sofia Taubina's grandfather, a rabbi, Sofia Taubina's private archive, From the collection of: Jewish Museum Augsburg Swabia

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Yehor Patrikieiev

... was born in Vinnytsia in 1976.
He works as a Programmer in the IT company Opal Future Technologies.
He currently resides in Ashkelon, Israel.

Interview from January 30, 2023

Yehor Patrikeiev and his wife Iryna by From the family archive of Yehor and Iryna PatrikeievJewish Museum Augsburg Swabia

Yehor Patrikieiev and his wife Iryna

plant their first tree during the holiday of Tu BiShvat

Yehor Patrikeiev next to the Suspended Orange Tree in Jaffa by From the family archive of Yehor and Iryna PatrikeievJewish Museum Augsburg Swabia

Yehor Patrikieiev next to the Suspended Orange Tree in Jaffa

Jewish population in the UkRSR (1989) (2022) by elfgenpick gmbh & co. kg Andrii ShestaliukJewish Museum Augsburg Swabia

Jewish population in the UkRSR (1989)

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