Mel Werbach at the entrance to the town, 2007

The following images of buildings in the old section of Shumsk were taken in 2007 by Mel Werbach:

The former synagogue above is now an evangelical church.

The following images of buildings in the old section of Shumsk were taken in May 2009 by Ann Roman (for more of her pictures, go to shumsk.shutterfly.com):

Both sides of a former flour mill, built in 1914.

Both sides of the above building (with Magen David) can be seen below:





The above house has been decorated recently with traditional Ukrainian patterns.


















The above building, once a Jewish bakery, now houses Shumsk's museum of town history. There is little mention of Shumsk's Jewish heritage in the museum's exhibit.





The area above was once the old market square.

The Sosna Flour Mill (photo courtesy of Mel Werbach)

Horse-drawn carts are still a common sight on the streets of Shumsk in the 21st century. (photo courtesy of Mel Werbach)

Mel and Gail Werbach with Albert Shafir, 2007.  Mr. Shafir's late father, having survived the Holocaust by joining the Soviet Army prior to the Nazi occupation of the town, was the sole Jew to settle permanently in Shumsk after World War II.  Mr. Shafir, born in 1946, still resides there. (photo courtesy of Mel Werbach)

The following photographs were taken by Arkadyy Boyarskyy, a very talented photographer who lives in Shumsk. We are grateful to him for giving permission to use his photographs. You can see many more of his photos by following this link.

These following images are of typical older houses and streets that remain in the old Jewish district of Shumsk as taken by Howard Freedman in 1999:

Click here for images of buildings in Shumsk today from the National Library of Israel

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