Photos of Steven Gershman's Trip to Ukraine, Summer 2005 (continued)

42). Cousins Mary Zafran from Israel, Cynthia Mock from Canada, and Steven Gerhsman from USA along with Fania Helman Wedro of Clagary, Alberta, a Holocaust survivor from Koretz, standing on the porch of the house built by Yehoshua Zinman, father of Israel ZInman, in 1932.

43). Israel Zinman standing in front of the house, “ohel” in Hebrew or “stibel” in Yiddish, containing the remains of the famous Hasisdic Rabbi Dov Be’er, known as the “Meziricher Maggid”, in the cemetery in Anapoli. Rabbi Dov Be’er was known for his knowledge of Jewish law and taught in Mezerich for a number of years in the mid-1700s. Zinman is holding the Mezericher memorial book compiled after the war that comments on the influence of the Maggid.

44). Zinman at the Maggid’s grave reciting memorial prayers.

45). A close-up of the inscription at the Maggid’s grave.

46). The inscription of another rabbi buried in the same area, Rabbi Yehuda Leib Hakohan from Anapoli.

47). The inscription of another rabbi buried in the same area, the famous Hasidic rabbi, Meshulum Zusel.

48). One of the few monuments that remain standing in the cemetery in Anapoli.

49). In preparation for the rededication of the mass gravesite where the Jews of Mezirich were killed in valley of Nevirkov, the mayor of Mezirich with other townspeople dressed in their traditional garb meet the group headed by Israel Zinman and Fania Wedro .