Before 1945, the Drohobycz Administrative District was the home for many Jewish families whose communities had been there for centuries. After 1945, most of the tiny number that had survived left to find new homes. The writers, filmmakers, professors, and journalists who would have recorded the histories of those vibrant communities, sing their songs, and tell their stories, had been turned to ashes. To revive the lost communities and memories of the families, descendants and survivors have contributed their photographs, their memoirs, and whatever they can remember of their families' stories to remind the world of what was lost.

For more family histories and photographs, see also the Israeli website commemorating

the Drohobycz, Borysław, and Vicinity.

Home Page:  http://www.drohobycz-boryslaw.org/en/

Family Stories: http://www.drohobycz-boryslaw.org/en/families

A list of the family names in this website is added below.