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Brovary

Community
Brovary
Ukraine (USSR)
Jews started to settle in Brovary in the 17th century. The local Jewish community was totally destroyed during the uprising of Bogdan Chmielnitsky (1648-1649). The Jews did not return to Brovary until the mid-19th century. A ban on the settlement of Jews in Kiev forced many Jews to settle instead in nearby Brovary. In 1897 888 Jews lived in the town, where they comprised 23.3 percent of the total population. Most Brovary Jews were small-scale merchants or artisans.

The prominent Zionist leader Leo Motzkin was born in Brovary in 1867.

In April 1881 a pogrom was perpetrated during which Jewish houses were destroyed and Jewish property plundered.

Brovary Jews suffered greatly from the violence of the revolutionary years and civil war in Russia. In 1918-1920 pogroms were carried out by various warring parties and Jewish property was looted or severely damaged. At this time many Jews left Brovary for Kiev in search of security. Jewish migration from Brovary continued during the early Soviet period, when many young Jews left the town for Kiev and other larger towns and cities in search of educational and vocational opportunities.

In 1939 the town's 485 Jews comprised 5.5 percent of the total population.

German troops occupied Brovary on September 19, 1941. Later in the fall of that year all the Jews still living in Brovary were deported to Kiev and murdered at Babi Yar, together with the Jews of Kiev. Also in the fall of 1941 several thousand Jewish inmates from the camp for Soviet POWs in Brovary were shot to death on the outskirts of the town.

The Red Army liberated Brovary on September 25, 1943.

Brovary
Brovary District
Kiev Region
Ukraine (USSR) (today Brovary
Ukraine)
50.509;30.802
Last Name First Name Year of Birth Place of Residence Fate
Adamskaya Fruma 1887 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Adamskaya Sonya 1923 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Adamski Aron 1926 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Adamski Iosif 1877 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Ageyev Vladimir 1939 Brovari, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Ageyeva Anya Khana 1907 Brovari, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Avrutzki Nakhman 1865 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Ayzenberg Mariya 1909 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Bavskaya Mariya 1905 Brovari, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Bazarova Blina 1931 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Bazarova Maria 1906 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Berkovich Abram 1909 Brovari, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Fabrikant Avraam 1900 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) killed in military service
Fabrikant Liza 1900 Brovari, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Fabrikant Moisei 1865 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Fainitzki Bentzion 1897 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) killed in military service
Falkovskaya Nina Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Falkovskaya Svetlana 1940 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Falkovskaya Valentina 1931 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Faynitzkaya Anna 1901 Brovari, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Faynitzkiy Aron 1890 Brovari, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Feldman Isaak Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Freydina Fruma 1900 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Freydina Yevdokiya 1911 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Gardon Basya 1878 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Gardon Khaim 1874 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Gelbshtein Grigori 1920 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) killed in military service
Glozman Girshl Grigori 1902 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) killed in military service
Goldshtein Grigori 1922 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) killed in military service
Goldvasser Zina Ginda 1910 Brovari, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Golvaser Goldvaser Asya 1929 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Golvaser Goldvaser Fira 1914 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Golvaser Goldvaser Isaak 1866 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Golvaser Goldvaser Keynona 1885 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Golvaser Goldvaser Mara 1938 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Golvaser Goldvaser Shlema 1895 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Golvaser Goldvaser Yevgeniya 1905 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Gorskaya Aida 1928 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Gorskaya Maria 1906 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Gozenpud Elka 1886 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Gozenpud First name unknown Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Gozenpud Movsha 1884 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Gozenpud Sima Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Kartman Mina 1924 Brovari, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Kartman Yelizaveta 1900 Brovari, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Khurgin Nakhim 1895 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Klyashtornaya Yeva 1898 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Korostyshevski Motl Motel 1912 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Korostyshevski Raia 1936 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Korostyshevski Sonia 1914 Brovary, Ukraine (USSR) murdered