Snapshot
Town names, location, population, and changing borders.
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Khotyn through the centuries, from the fortress town to independent Ukraine.
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Stories of families, schools, work, worship, and community life.
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Links to family records, archives, and searchable databases.
Explore →Cemeteries
The Jewish cemetery in Khotyn and hometown burial plots abroad.
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Maps of the town, river, and surrounding districts.
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Family portraits, historic streets, Jewish sites, and Anna Royzner’s 2013 photographs.
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Sources for Khotyn at a glance
- JewishGen Bessarabia Research Division. “Khotin” town page: projects, documents, cemetery data, alternate names, and indexed collections. Read source
- Yad Vashem. “Khotin.” Pinkas Hakehillot: Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities, Romania, vol. II (Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 1980), pp. 353–357; linked through the JewishGen Yizkor Book Project. Read translation
- Shlomo Shitnovitzer, ed., Sefer Kehilat Khotin (Bessarabia) (Tel Aviv: Khotin (Bessarabia) Society, 1974). JewishGen Yizkor Book Project
- Encyclopedia of Ukraine. “Khotyn.” Read source
See the Sources & Bibliography for publication details, original-language titles, and image credits.