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Ruzhany - Pictures of the town from
the time of World War I
The following pictures of Ruzhany are
from the records of Dora Vegotsky Pitkowsky, mother of Sarah
Platt,
aunt of Edith Vegotsky Taylor, Co-coordinator of the
Ruzhany Yizkor Project.
View from afar |
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Michael Pitkowsky, uncle
of Edith Taylor, made a visit back to Ruzhany
in 1913. He took an extra $100 with him
in order to hire a
photographer to take the photos below.
They were found in the archives of his
late wife, Dora Vegotsky Pitkowsky.
His granddaughter, Jane Platt, sorted
them out and sent them to Edith to
forward to Jewishgen. |
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A Market Day
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The Horse Market of
a market day
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The market place, Rozana;
Courthouse and the village church with steeple.
The building on the far
right is a second synagogue, not the
main one. |
The celebration of Polish National Holiday, May 3rd |
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Milner Street near the
Marketplace; note pigs on the street
behind man at right |
Schloss Street, corner
building is owned by "Yankel,"
apparently someone Edith'a aunt knew,
next to it is the slaughter house, and
next to that is a house owned by
Velvel Shereshevsky.
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The bridge on Milner's
Street and the river; lumber was
transported on this river |
Half of Milner Street
from Sarah-Ana's building (which became
a police building). The third building, Chvoinik's,
became the
Rozana Bank, including the second story. The street ends at
Bliznoyer Street. |
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Section of Schloss
Street with bridge. There is a fire brigade
building and opposite the houses is a big canal
toward Isaac
the butcher's son's house. |
Kilbaner Street, Ruzhany |
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Ruzhany Theatre |
Hospital, Ruzhany |
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Pharmacy |
Church |
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Talmud Torah (Hebrew School) in Rozana |
The Postal Building, also
used for community offices.
It has a clock on the tower. |
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A burned factory destroyed during World War I
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Ruins of a blanket
factory destroyed in 1915 bt German shrapnel |
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Updated by RAF Dec 2009 |
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