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	WELCOME TO THE JEWISHGEN KEHILALINK SITE FOR ROHATYN, UKRAINE Alternate Spellings: Yiddish - רוהאטין; Ukrainian - Рогатин; Polish - Rohatyn Location: 49º25´N 24º37´E

ROHATYN GENEALOGICAL RECORDS

The following was sourced from Rohatyn Business Directories, Rohatyn Tax Rolls, JRI-Poland, Private Researchers, LDS microfilms, and Miriam Weiner’s database
(details below the table):

Archive Information and Notes

1. Our Surname Listing contains over 1200 surnames including an alphabetical listing of Surnames from

   • Ancestry manifests from Rohatyn
   • N.Y. 1942 Draft Cards
   • the 1891 Galician Business Directory, the 1923 Rohatyn Business Directory,
   • the 1870 Tax Rolls, and
   • Results of Privately hired researchers. ( at http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/rohatyn/RohatynNamesCD.htm#SURNAME)
2. Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation Great database of vital records in the Ukrainian Archives (http://www.Rtrfoundation.org)
3. Poviat refers to the area around Rohatyn
4. Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Lviv Soborna Pl., 3-a; Lviv, 79008 Ukraine; Tel: 380/322/72-30-63; Fax: 380/322-72-35-08 E-mail: archives@cl.lv.ukrtel.net
5. AGAD (Archives of Ancient Acts) ul. Dluga 6, skr. poczt. 1005; Warszawa 00-950, Poland Tel: 48/22/831-5491; Fax: 48/22/831-1608 e-mail: archagad@poczta.onet.pl http://www.archiwa.gov.pl/index.eng.html
6. Jewish Historical Institute ul. Tlomackie 3/5;Warszawa 00-090, Poland; Tel: 48/22/827-92-21; Fax: 48/22/827-8372 e-mail: secretary@jewishinstitute.org.pl http://www.jewishinstitute.org.pl Urzad Stanu Cywilnego w m. st. Warszawie Archiwum ul. Smyczkowa 14; Warszawa 02-678 Poland Tel: 48/22/847-4821; Fax: 48/22/847-6062
7. State Archives of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast [Derzhavnyi arkhiv Ivano-Frankivskoi oblasti] 42a Sahaidachnoho, 76006 Ivano-Frankivsk Tel/Fax: (03422) 4-90-77; 6-38-16 E-mail: daifo@il.if.ua
8. Jewish Records Indexing-Poland A wonderful collection of vital record indexes available from the AGAD archives in Warsaw; online at https://www.JewishGen.org/JRI-PL/jriplweb.htm

Rohatyn Vital Records, Business Directories, and other record resources

• RDRG Records and Data Collection
• Search our Index of Vital Records with over 1200 listings from the 1800s! 10/08
• Rohatyn Vital Records on the Jewish Records Indexing- Poland website include thousands of Rohatyn Records from 1859-1942...and the Index is available on the Internet! Just key in your surname and Rohatyn! 
• The 1891 Business Directory
• War Refugees From the Area 1914 from Logan Kleinwak's Business Directories, compiled by Nancy Siegel
• The 1923 Business Directory
• School Records from 1926.
• List of Businesses around the Marketplace before WWII.
• World War II Draft Records The 1942 "Old Mens Draft" included hundreds of Rohatyners born 1877-1897. Oct 2011

The Kahal Office in 1938 by Howard Steinmetz z"l

These are photographs of the Kahal Office in Rohatyn in 1938. There are two persons that seem to appear in both photos of the Kahal office. Can you find them? One is the man with the cigarette in his right hand in the first photo and standing on the ladder in the second.

It is interesting to note the seemingly large number of record books (with labels identifying the contents) appearing on the shelves in the cabinets behind the people.

The Second photo appears to be the older of the two photos. And, do note two the small padlocks on the upper doors.

My grandfather, Wolf Steinmetz mentions in a letter of September 1939 that there were two individuals who were involved in packing up the Jewish Court records in preparation to evacuate the records to Sansk (I'm not sure what Sansk means). He named a Mr. Stein and Seligen. Seligen was the person traveling by rail accompanying the records, on the way to Chadrow (which i believe means Chodorow, the next larger train station going west). However, it is unclear of what became of the records. Seligen was trying to get the records via the circuitous rail route, which was under bombardment, to safety in Stanislau. He made it to Stryj, and then beyond Bolechow. The train had to back up to Bolechaw where the Polish authorities freed Seligen and permitted him to go back to Stryj; at the time my grandfather's letter was written he was with the Poles in Stryj. I have no indication at all of what eventually happened to the vital historical records of the Rohatyn Jewish Community!

FindMyPast: Britain, Enemy Aliens and Internees, World Wars

• First name(s)- Last name - Birth year - Birth place - Document details - Year range
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• Rachela Aufrichtig 1884 Rohatyn Internees at Liberty in the UK, As-Bae 1939-1942
• Karl Bloch 1913 Rohatyn Internees at Liberty in the UK, Bin-Blo 1939-1942
• Leib Brodbar 1881 Rohatyn German Internees Released in UK, Bohrman-Bud 1939-1942
• Golda Fischer 1913 Rohatyn Internees at Liberty in the UK, Fel-Fisch 1939-1942
• Samuel Gelbard 1910 Rohatyn Internees at Liberty in the UK, Ga-Gez 1939-1942
• Israel Koretz 1880 Rohatyn Internees at Liberty in the UK, Kohne-Koz 1939-1942
• Marjam Plagmann 1878 Rohatyn Dead Index - Wives of Germans, Nicht-Plunn 1941-1947
• Perl Pollak 1880 Rohatyn Internees at Liberty in the UK, Poll-Pra 1939-1942
• Gisela Rohatyn 1906 Lemberg Internees at Liberty in the UK, Reu-Rop 1939-1942
• Moses Rohatyn 1878 Lemberg Internees at Liberty in the UK, Reu-Rop 1939-1942
• Sigmund Rohatyn 1905 Lemberg German Internees Released in UK, Rei-Rose 1939-1942
• Sigmund Rohatyn 1905 — Germans Interned in the UK, Ro-Ry 1939
• Philipp Andreas Rosenberg 1904 Rohatyn Internees at Liberty in the UK, Rosa-Rosenf 1939-1942
• Breine Scheiner 1913 Rohatyn Internees at Liberty in the UK, Sap-Schei 1939-1942
• Samuel Scheiner 1910 Rohatyn German Internees Released in UK, San-Schmic 1939-1942
• Marks Shapiro 1883 Rohatyn Internees at Liberty in the UK, Se-Sie 1939-1942
• Regina Silber 1898 Rohatyn Internees at Liberty in the UK, Sig-Sixt 1939-1942
• Perl Vogelfanger 1872 Rohatyn Internees at Liberty in the UK, V-Vz 1939-1942

1939 German Minority Census: Folks born in Rohatyn and environs

Most of the German 1939 minority census has been indexed and you can research surnames **and towns**. I put in my ancestral Polish and Austrian towns and was able to search Jewish people living in Germany in 1939 who were born in that specific Polish or Austrian town, getting their birth date, maiden name and location in 1939. Of course you can search by surname too.

The description is at https://tracingthepast.org/minority-census/census-database. It reads: "Currently, the searchable data includes persons who can be proven to have perished in the Holocaust, those who were born prior to 1903 (+110 years ago), and others who deceased prior to 1984 (+30 years ago). Of the approximately 410,000 original entries, about 275,000 (or around 67%) of the "Minority Census" are available here online... Tracing the Past is honored to have the opportunity to share this research tool online. " and the index can be searched here:

List of People sent to Siberia from Rohatyn during WW1

Phyllis received a copy of this list which was sent from Herman Bernstein, President of the American Hebrew, a newspaper published in New York City, to the Joint Distribution Committee. The letter is dated 1916 and says:

Dear Mr. Strauss: I am sending you herewith the list of names of those who were taken away by the Russian troops from the Galician town of Rohatyn to Siberia. Opposite each name the number of the members of the family left behind is indicated. I understand that nothing has as yet been done for this community of women and children who remained in a state of horrow and dire distress. As i told you, the entire male population, from the age of twelve to the age of seventy, was thus dragged away to the remotest regions of Siberia. It seemed a part of Russia's policy of vengance against the Jews. I think that Dr. Benno Straucher, the member of the Austrian Parliament, one of the best Jews in Austria, and Dr Stricker, a well-known Austrian Zionist, could be relied upon to help in the proper distribution of aid to this community of starving women and children.
Here, it seems to me, is something concrete and definitely worthy of immediate atteniton. I am sending you the list in accordance with your suggestion. With kindest regards ...Herman Bernstein

Notes: (1) This table was prepared on a typewriter with many overstrikes; there may be incorrect information;
(2) German translations: frau (wife), kind/kinder (child/children), ohne (without), und (and); mutter (mother)

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Compiled by Phyllis Kramer z"l (1999-2019) and Alexander Feller (2026-)
Last Update: June 1, 2026
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