ZHIDACHOV

ZHIDACHOV
ZHIDACHOV (Pol. Żydaczów) city in Drogobych district, Ukraine (formerly in eastern Galicia). Jewish settlement in Zhidachov began in a comparatively early period, as the existence of an ancient cemetery and wooden synagogue indicates, although no definite date is known. Records show 199 Jews living in Zhidachov in 1765, some 900 in 1910 (about a quarter of the total population), and 823 in 1931. Zhidachov was known for its dynasty of ḥasidic rabbis (admorim), descendants of Ẓevi Hirsch Eichenstein of Zhidachov. -Holocaust Period At the outbreak of World War II there were about 1,000 Jews in Zhidachov, On Sept. 5, 1942, some of the Jews were deported to the belzec death camp. On Sept. 30, 1942, a number of them were expelled to Stry and shared the fate of that community. The remaining Jews were imprisoned in a forced-labor camp in Zhidachov until its liquidation in August 1943. After the war, the Jewish community of Zhidachov was not reconstituted.

Encyclopedia Judaica. 1971.

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