Zhovkva (Zolkiew), Ukraine
Alternate names: Ukrainian: Жовква / Нестеров. Yiddish: זשאלקווע.
Russian: Жолква. Hebrew: ז'ולקייב. Also called Nesterov [Russian, 1951-1992] or Żółkiew [Polish].
50°04’ N , 23°58’ E
History
- "Żółkiew" - Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, Volume II: Translation of "Zhovka" chapter from Pinkas Hakehillot Polin, Published by Yad Vashem, Jerusalem (pp 206-216).
- Taffet, Gershom. The Holocaust of the Jews of Zolkiew (1946). Includes list of 74 Holocaust survivors from Zolkiew (p. 68).
- Zhovkva in My Shtetl: History from 1600s to the end of WWII, with many photos by Eugene Shnaider.
- Holocaust Historical Society (UK).
- Petrovsky-Shtern, Yohanan. A Tale of Two Towns [Zolkiew and Brody], about his 2014 trip to Lviv and Zhovkva.
- The synagogue in Zhovkva: history and architectural development by Boyko O., Ukr. J. Phys. Opt. 2011, V12, Suppl. 2 Sc. Horiz.
- Zhovkva (Żółkiew) in Western Ukraine – an example of urban complex of the Renaissance "ideal town" by Mykola Bevz, Budownictwo i Architektura 17(4) (2018) 87–102, DOI: 10.24358/Bud-Arch_18_174_09.