Historical Footage of Prewar Jewish Life in Ukraine

[@rdds7038]

I am smiling and crying at the same time while watching this footage. I am smiling because Jewish life still exists all over the world and I am crying because unfortunately also antisemitism.. It is sad what many of those people have suffered after a few years.... May The God of Israel bless them and all jews all over the world. Kiss from an Italian Goj

[@eoscarz]

what an amazing footage. It breaks my heart to know what happened to all these poor people after this.

[@ericmikal4642]

+Hold Ud they went to the camps . 😔😖😞

[@Davidmp]

Eric Mikäl More to the point, they were deported to the camps by the Germans.

[@arslanakhtar3435]

Normally we should celebrate such footages, but you can't but think about how many of them suffered in the next few years... :'( May they all remain in peace.

[@haravhagoyonhmasmidmenache9020]

thank you may g-d bless u

[@Colgate64]

Not just all those who suffered. The approximately 1 million Russian Jews who were massacred by the Einsatzgruppen during the occupation. Most of those smiling faces in the film never lived past 1941.

[@manorosenstein5271]

At 2.40, you can see the gate of the Dohány street synagouge which is in Budapest, Hungary. Plus the name plates of the shops are also in Hungarian. The footage was recorded in Hungary, not in Ukraine.

[@davidobrien8932]

Mano Rosenstein Not the Ukraine

[@rectorman1]

My Good Jewish Hungarian friend is from here and he is 96.

[@kreznreich]

+rectorman1 God bless him!!!

[@adismell]

Yup, this is Hungary. Apart from the Hungarian signs everywhere, I recognise the synagogue in Budapest - it still looks the same today. Virtually all the Jews outside of Budapest were murdered (around 450,000 of them), but around 150,000 in Budapest survived, including my wife's parents (but not their parents - they were deported and didn't survive).

[@teekey1754]

One can see Hungarian soldiers too.

[@kvd1027]

It's located in Carpathian Ruthenia which was given to Czechoslovakia after WW1. In 1938, when Czechoslovakia was partitioned, the region was given to Hungary. After WW2, the region was taken by the USSR as part of the Ukrainian SSR. So, basically, the footage is from what is now Ukraine.

[@superisraelichick]

its so rare to see such amazing footage of what jewish life was back then. Thank you!!

[@David-lu4gq]

So many died, and for what? A war which just weakened those who started it. Shame

[@EdgeonVideo]

This footage was shot in and around Uzhgorod, which is now in Ukraine. Since Ukrainian Jews might be searching for pre-war footage, that is why it is titles as such.

[@ruthupright8002]

2:50 Nice little orchestra :) Wish we could hear them play.

[@mlr4524]

So much Living and Every Day Joy here.....truly precious footage. Love the young boys learning to play violin! To the Eternal Now....

[@ChristianHagenRaknarokk]

Tim Shweaty Thank you for supporting the national socialist cause and call out the genocide of the German people by the All-Lies.

[@ChristianHagenRaknarokk]

***** Because history is written by the victors, and the truth fears no investigation: tgsnt.tv

[@tiborvivi]

+Atti Cana Just one word: IDIOT!

[@kreznreich]

Sorry to disappoint everybody BUT THIS IS NOT IN UKRAINE!!!! All the window shop texts are in HUNGARIAN! So this is HUNGARY!

[@kreznreich]

+Seno I think we can conclude then that the film was shot in Hungary before 1944, but after the WWII the area of Karpatukraine was really taken from Hungary and given to Sowietunion/Russia and later (in cca. 1990) became part of the newborn country, Ukraine. So at the time of filming this was definately Hungary, now this area is the most western part of Ukraine.

[@MARC12890]

+Frigyes Kreznerich The synagogue is definitely in Uzhgorod in Ukraine, on the border with Slovakia. Lot of people speak hungarian there. There are even churches with services in Hungarian.

[@kreznreich]

+Jemima Aaron exactly. also this supports my solution. thank you.

[@kreznreich]

+Barholomew Cubbins sure. beyond doubt.

[@jerrysalem7383]

This part of Ukraine at the time was part of Czechoslovakia, which it became part of after WW1. After WW2 Stalin grabbed it and made it part of Ukraine.

[@andrew4patrick]

Shelby, thanks for your reply, enjoy the rest of your evening!

[@alexleibovici4834]

It is Hungary. For example: minute 3:29 - signboard „Triumf bútor” - “Furniture Triumf” -

[@computermech]

Hungary or Ukraine. The Jews here are minding their own business. Not harming anyone.

[@andrew4patrick]

Sad but true, is that nearly every man, woman and child seen here, would be murdered!

[@Snoopy16mh]

+Convicted Drunk Driver The Jews are NOT Israelites! They are of their father the Devil!

[@speedanchor2781]

+Atti Cana Most of the Gulag leaders under Stalin were Jewish.

[@matthewkurtz5129]

Thanks for sharing this.

[@TheOutoftheunknown]

To watch these scenes in the knowledge of what was to befall these people is extremely poignant and disturbing.

[@Pilgrim07]

A sharp eye can also see that it is western Ukraine by the folk cloths peasants wear... Thanx for uploading!

[@cooperwoolffilmstudio1948]

Man on 1:07 looks like Mark Zuckerberg himself :p

[@Sundaytea]

"in Ukraine", well, just for preciseness, based on the (Hungarian) signs and (most probably Hungarian) uniforms, some (or most?) of it was filmed on locations that before the war did not ever belong to Ukraine - they belonged to historical Hungary and then to Czechoslovakia and then again to Hungary, and only after the war to the Zakarpatska oblast' (Transcarpathian region) of Ukraine.

[@СолопійЧеревичок]

These lands were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. But this ethnic lands of Ukraine.

[@PaulLovesVarvara]

відлуння невідомого The city is Ungvar, now known as Uzhgorod. You can tell by the synagogue. These are obviously and historically Hungarian ethnic lands which were stolen by the Soviets and added to the Ukraine by Stalin. They have suffered years of forced Russianization and now Ukrainianzation. According to the 1910 census, the city had 16,919 inhabitants, of which 13,590 (80.3%) were Magyars, 1,219 (7.2%) Slovaks, 1,151 (6.8%) Germans, 641 (3.8%) Rusyns and 1.6% Czechs.[2] Ukrainians proper had no presence.

[@СолопійЧеревичок]

PaulLovesVarvara I will not argue. Perhaps Uzhgorod founded Ugric Knyaz but there was a border between Galicia-Volhynia (Kievan Rus) and Hungary. Uzhgorod was the cause of fights between the two nations. Now it is Ukraine and arguing no sense

[@PaulLovesVarvara]

відлуння невідомого Sigh. Uzhgorod was never the cause of fights between Hungary, and Ukraine. Ukrainians never formed any significant part of the population there. Ukrainians had other, more pressing, enemies (like Russians and Poles and Tatars); as did Hungarians. And the Carpathian mountains formed a nice natural barrier between the two people. Throughout all of its history until modern times, Uzhgorod has not been Ukrainian. It was only after WWII, when the Soviets annexed it that it became part of Ukraine for the first time. It was then forcibly populated with Russians and Ukrainians. Yes, Stalin ordered Ukrainians to move into the area, as he did with many other peoples. The only reason that it is part of Ukraine now is because of Stalin. I lived and worked in the Ukraine, in Rovno and surrounding areas, although I never made it to Uzhgorod. My wife is Ukrainian. But, I can still see the truth that these are non-Ukrainian lands stolen by Stalin. So, whenever Ukrainians complain that they had land stolen from them, they should then realize that they have lands stolen from others. Stalin was an asshole.

[@PaulLovesVarvara]

Tea Sunday The city is Ungvar, now known as Uzhgorod. You can tell by the synagogue. And, at the time of the filming, it was Hungarian.

[@KienyejiChicken]

Fascinating. People going about their normal lives in a typical Eastern European city. None of them would have predicted the scale of madness coming their way from the west.

[@haroldgoodman130]

Of course, none of this footage is from Ukraine. It is from Hungary for the most part. This is evident from the names of the synagogue as well as from the store signs. So much for informed labeling of videos.

[@EdgeonVideo]

Researchers at the United States Holocaust Memorial museum verified this footage was shot within the boundaries of Ukraine prior to 1941.

[@RappyMcRapperson]

And did they mention city? Latin text store signs, architecture, ext. This looks like Sub Carpasia, previously Hungary/Czechoslovakia.

[@detook]

This is Ukrainian Uzhhorod, former Hungarian Ungvar. Here is how this synagogue looks now en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzhhorod#/media/File:%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0_10_(1).jpg

[@gregrak9389]

a very interesting piece, thanks for uploading!!

[@FanFilms101]

MY ANCESTORS.

[@RappyMcRapperson]

me too :D Khust, Czechoslovakia. now Khust, Ukraine. The stars like dust :D

[@tinderbox1203]

Daniel, we are interested in using a clip of this footage in a film. Do you own it or know if it's public domain or who does? With thanks, Gillian

[@Lagolop]

Many good ppl have died in one war or another. There were Jews that have helped Christians and Christians that have helped Jews. It is well documented.

[@julbombning4204]

0:25 name of synagogue?

[@ionluv]

This title is a lie. This is not Ukraine. Looks like Hungary maybe even Poland.

[@Dan70193]

100%, not Ukraine

[@tzarinavictoria3531]

Kaddish should be prayed by every Jew for these people

[@anatoliykerzhner5761]

Dear Daniel Reynolds! Can you tell, where is this film from, who removed him and what is depicted (apparently, it is Ungvar - now Uzhgorod in Ukraine)? Thank you!

[@nomad9338]

What year is this please?

[@gideontokatly6899]

Hi, do you have any details about this archive?

[@Dmitri300]

Poor people. Their only 'crime' was that they were born into a particular ethnic/religious group. Very frightening to see people, even here on youtube, trying to justify the crimes that were committed against the innocent people in the video.

[@Dmitri300]

Roman Read any 'holy' book. If your argument was valid, then that would be a justification for the genocide of all Christians, Muslims and Jews.

[@bluestarfractal5434]

Jerry, typical Nazi apologist!

[@cripppton]

Everything right what you say. But i think religious Jews just dont fit in Europe just like Muslims

[@sarapuza7167]

is this public domain footage? Any usage restrictions?

[@alexandrahorowitz3846]

Daniel, is there a contact for whoever owns the rights to this footage? Thanks.

[@lastcommodore9651]

How many of these people shown were still living 10 years later? Certainly not most.

[@lilaschnaider4938]

Hi Daniel Reynolds, I'd like to use these images in a documentary, how can I contact you? I emailed you details on 2016-04-06, but still haven't heard from you... I have a deadline for online editing approaching and really need to know if I can count on this footage. Thank you very much for your attention, Lila Schnaider

[@TN-jz1et]

Hey, I am on my other user right now, you can go ahead with them :)

[@radardreamer1]

Jews are people too so let them live

[@Colgate64]

From the language and alphabet used on the store signs I believe this to be Poland, not Ukraine.

[@Mikpo]

Daniel Reynolds: is that really Ukraine, not Poland? All the stores are open, the signs are in Latin script, and there are no Soviet uniforms, etc.

[@martinledermann1862]

+Mikpo There was no state called "Ukraine" back then, so obviously the footage must be from either Russia/USSR or Poland. The uploader probably meant that nowadays these areas lie in Ukraine, hence the title.

[@kreznreich]

+Mikpo All the texts in the shop windows are in Hungarian language.

[@alekshukhevych2644]

There was a state called Ukraine fool. It was Soviet Ukraine..idiot.

[@PhiloAmericana]

Beautiful video. Love to the Jews from Arkansas, USA.

[@SAMARKINO]

Hold Ud ты на себя посмотри.У тебя ни имени ни фотографии нет.Ты пустое место.

[@TheSealOfTheRose]

Is this all one reel or a collection of different ones?

[@matuskorpa759]

this is not Ukraina, is Czechoslovakia, town Mukachevo or Uzgorod...

[@wiwojciech]

I do not know why you're writing it's Ukraine. That is not at 100% (judging by the inscriptions and the clothes people). Ukraine had not existed as a country. Was founded in 1991. I think it looks partly in Poland and part of Czechoslovakia.

[@robertbayer574]

Beautiful and sad.

[@vivekrbs]

Wonder how many of these people survived.

[@Lagolop]

PS I'm sure I have at least some Jewish genetics in me. I'm hoping I do and have been tested and waiting on result. My ancestors were from Austria and Ukraine.Both sides immigrated to Canada in 1800. There is a likely probability :)

[@coolcat1813]

this is NOT ukraine! edit: or maybe it is. seems like to be somewhere in lvov (lemberg). this is before ww1, right? until than, lvov belonged to austria.

[@EdgeonVideo]

cool cat The city is Uzgorod in what is now Ukraine.

[@coolcat1813]

thanks for the information. u are absolutely right, the synoagoge @0:25 can be found in a wikipedia article on uzgorod. the city is now located at the border to hungary. makes sense, until ww1 austria-hungary had control over these areas. for instance, a shop name in german @1:36. so could you include the city name in the title of the video?

[@lastingsong]

1:19　アヒル？　A bird being held, a man on the coat.

[@cipndale]

I find it hard to believe that this is Ukraine. Maybe it is in Poland.

[@86DaF]

This is Poland, not Ukraine. Ukrainians was nazi police man, Germans, Ukrainians and Russians kill Polish, Ormian-Armenian, Jewish and Gypsy People. Watch this, this is animated history WWII , film have english lector and many subtitles in other languages: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXyQe4WDiqqhlZY

[@JewelRocks123]

Wow, is that Woody Allen?

[@Lagolop]

PS Is there anything else you'd like to blame the Jews for? Ingrown toenails, stale beer, flat tires, migraines .... perhaps.

[@SAMARKINO]

там нет ни одной вывески на украинском языке.Это явно не территория СССР

[@miluioco]

hey!what is the name of the city?thanks for the answer

[@mologhetz]

Uzhgorod

[@secallen]

mologhetz The store at 1:30 might be in Mukacheve. Certainly an Adolf Mermelstein lived in that town.

[@elizabethcortell2778]

That would explain why the inscriptions are in Hungarian.

[@heathcliffearnshaw1403]

Shtetl = small town. Small is beautiful. Let’s see more of them!

[@douglaskent390]

This is Hungary not Ukraine!

[@christianterraes8334]

Quand je vois le si gentil jeune homme du début ça me fait triste car il a du y passé...

[@wiwojciech]

Speichel. it's nice that you started to ask. a little bit of normalcy. finally.

[@wiwojciech]

You're not serious.

[@אליהלל-מ3ק]

what year??

[@tibro876]

About +1939

[@rfritz]

1:08 This guy looks like Mark Zuckerberg.

[@MrA2145]

Because it is zuckerberg

[@lydialydie2682]

Very nice video ! Ostalgy

[@Dan70193]

Not Ukraine

[@canonbarst8716]

May Allah bless them all,el fatiha!.

[@costernocht]

Bútoráruház = Furniture store in Hungarian.

[@sriddle3569]

Rare, fascinating

[@Вождь-и5у]

*паниковский с гусем* 1:20

[@rileyfox4001]

It is Ukraine now. Then it was Hungary.

[@markmeyer3787]

Обожаю евреев ❤️🇮🇱

[@Lagolop]

Being Jewish is not about race; just look at all the variety in phenotypes seen in Jews; blond, blue eyed, fair skinned Ashkenazi to brown Ethiopians and all in between. Go to Israel; it's like a candy store :) As for religion, many Jews practice Judaism, many are secular, some are atheists and some believe in Jesus Christ as the Messiah. Trying to single out Jews is impossible. And ya, I am hoping :)

[@canonbarst8716]

what cud thies people ever had done rongh?.still cant grab it.

[@Robespierre1758X]

Pre being turned into lamp shades and soap bars

[@onjegin6984]

Ukraine didnt egzist then. It was USSR, Poland, Czeckoslovakia or Romania.

[@sbakst]

Russian empire or USSR, depends on how old the footage is

[@sbh770]

Annie looking Videos or Pictures from Latvia Riga all the years until 1942 and I am willing to pay for it

[@avi10000]

Don't see anybody wearing glasses. For some reason, now most charedim wear glasses.

[@mitzavor8468]

It would be inaccurate to classify these people as Haredim.

[@semsemeini7905]

Sad.

[@slifslafslifslaf]

I hope somebody make pictures Of todays Israël Zo we van zee hoe it was later.....

[@davidobrien8932]

slifslafslifslaf In twenty years Israel will be just a video or a picture in a book.

[@slifslafslifslaf]

David OBrien in 3 years David, in 3 years...

[@anderasiniestas5800]

poor people, they killed by germans?

[@PutDownTheBunny]

Sadly, yes. It is known as the Holocaust. Have you ever heard of it?

[@sbakst]

Some were killed by Germans, some were killed by Ukrainians, sadly. :(

[@alessia5782]

😔🕯🕎

[@herselino]

@ Kat Yu Shame on you.

[@Lagolop]

Good gracious you seem rather angry with me. I was just trying to be nice but I forgot that you muslims are not into "nice". LOL :) Yes, I am :) LOL, LOL.

[@SuperPeterpig]

Those faces don't look human !

[@PutDownTheBunny]

...said the subhuman