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NEPOLOKIVTSI
Nepolokowitz / Nepolokautz / Nepolocăuţi / Grigore Ghica Voda /
( Hebrew) נפולקוביץ / (Yiddish) נעפלאקאוויצ, נעאפולאקוביץ |
This website is dedicated to the study of Jewish family history in the town of Nepolokivtsi, Ukraine,
formarly Nepolokauts / Nepolocauti / Grigore Ghica Voda, Bukovina, Austria / Romania
אתר זה הוקם ומוקדש לחקר והנצחת הקהילה היהודית בנפולקיבצי, אוקראינה, לשעבר נפולוקאוטי, רומניה/ נפולוקוביץ', אוסטריה
Nepolokivtsi is a village / small
town in the district Cozmeni Chernivtsi region, today in Ukraine,
before WW2 in North Bukowina, Romania.
The town is situated at an altitude of 194 meters on the Prut River.
It is located at a distance of 30 km north west from Chernovtsy, in Northern Bukowina.
It used to be the last train station in Bukowina
before crossing the border to Galizia and Poland.
There were two Jewish communities in Nepolokivtsi pre WW2: Most of the Jews lived in the village itself.
A small community lived in the train station neighbourhood of Nepolokivtsi, which during the Romanian period was called "Grigore Ghica Voda".
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Copyright © בית לוחמי הגטאות Ghetto Fighters House Archives
Members of the He - Chaluts movement
from the pioneering training commune (kibbutz hachshara) in Nepolokovtsy (Nepolcauti).
The members in the photo, shown here at the lumber mill where they were employed,
belonged to the Po'alei Zion movement.
These members in the photo appear to be sportsmen. Photographed on May 25, 1934.
When applicable, please click on the blue underlined link in order to view the relevant website / paragraph / document .
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1425:
Founded.The town is situated at an altitude of 194 meters on the Prut River.
It is located at a distance of 30 km north west from Chernovtsy, in Northern Bukowina.
It used to be the last train station in Bukowina
before crossing the border to Galizia and Poland.
There were two Jewish communities in Nepolokivtsi pre WW2: Most of the Jews lived in the village itself.
A small community lived in the train station neighbourhood of Nepolokivtsi, which during the Romanian period was called "Grigore Ghica Voda".
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Copyright © בית לוחמי הגטאות Ghetto Fighters House Archives
Members of the He - Chaluts movement
from the pioneering training commune (kibbutz hachshara) in Nepolokovtsy (Nepolcauti).
The members in the photo, shown here at the lumber mill where they were employed,
belonged to the Po'alei Zion movement.
These members in the photo appear to be sportsmen. Photographed on May 25, 1934.
When applicable, please click on the blue underlined link in order to view the relevant website / paragraph / document .
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Until
1774:
Belonged to the prince
of Moldovia;
1775-1918:
Nepolokowitz / Nepolokautz
/ Nepolokouc,
Kotzmann,
Bukowina, 
Austria;
1918- 28 June 1940:
Nepolocăuţi,
Cernăuţi, Bukovina, Romania; Austria;
1940-1941 Nepolokovtsy - First Russian occupation;
1941-1944: Romanian again;
1944-1991: Неполоковцы, USSR;
1991
till today:
Nepolokivtsi ,
Неполоківці,
Cozmeni Rayon (district)
Chernivtsi Oblast (region)
Ukraine 
Chernivtsi Oblast (region)
Ukraine 
Also known during
Romanian time between
WW1 and WW2, as: Grigore
Ghica (Gika) Voda (Vode)
Location:
48°23'
N 25°38' E
7.7 miles
(9.6 km) SW of Cozmeni, 24 miles (30 km) WNW to Czernowitz.
1933 map, Grigore Ghica Voda village (Niepolokowce) and train station
1933 map, Grigore Ghica Voda village (Niepolokowce) and train station
The
Czernowitz-Lemberg and the Nepolocauti-Wiznitz train lines joined in
"St.
Grigore Ghica Voda"
Copyright
© oldmaps.org.ua
Inhabitants:
1776: 56 families
1880:
1,210 inhabitants
1900:
1,294 inhabitants
1930: 1,885 inhabitants, 316 Jews; others:
Romanian, Germans, Ruthenians (According
to the Romanian 1930 Census).
1989:
2,781 inhabitants,
no Jews.
2007: 2,450 inhabitants, 99% Ukrainians
(Ruthenians), 1% Romanian Moldovan, no Jews.
Until 1968 it was a village; since 1968 it is a town
In this website:
(To view - Click on the highlighted underlined subjects)
| History of Nepolokivtsi and the Jewish Community. |
| Holocaust in Nepolokivtsi;
Names and Lists; Testimonies |
| Families
and Stories FRANKEL family; MUNSTER family; |
| 1929 Business Directory |
| Postcards and Photos |
| Maps |
| Credits |
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* JewishGen Communities Database:
http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~shtetm~-1047527
* JewishGen Family Finder: http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/
A. click on "Search The Database";
B. enter "Nepolokivtsi" in "town - is exactly" and "Ukraine" in "Country";
C. log in to JewishGen (or register in: https://www.jewishgen.org/CURE/jgidadd.asp?OK=Y);
As of 1st of March 2011, there were 3 researchers for 6 surnames.
* JewishGen Family Finder: http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/
A. click on "Search The Database";
B. enter "Nepolokivtsi" in "town - is exactly" and "Ukraine" in "Country";
C. log in to JewishGen (or register in: https://www.jewishgen.org/CURE/jgidadd.asp?OK=Y);
As of 1st of March 2011, there were 3 researchers for 6 surnames.
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Nepolokivtsi train station area from Google Earth, 2006.
The Hebrew writing indicate the position of the MÜNSTER family's two destroyed houses (can be seen in the above 1933 Map).
Copyright © Google Earth / Shalom Rosenblatt 2010
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Nepolokoutz Train Station pre WW1
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Yohanan Loeffler, December 2010
Last Updated 10th of July 2011
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Last Updated 10th of July 2011