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

1). Israel Zinman, President of the Meziricher Organization and a Holocaust survivor, and Dina Kurtz-Yanai, (nee Pressman) also a Holocuast survivor from Mezirich, unveil a monument at the dedication of a woodland in the Mishmar Ha-Emek Forest in Park Menashe in Israel in memory of the Holocaust victims from the towns of Mezirich (birthplace of Riva Baker) and Ludwipol (birthplace of Erwin Baker)

2). Meziricher descendants holding up a scroll with the names of the 3,000 Jews from Mezirich killed in the Holocaust.

3). Mary Zafran, cousin of Steven Gershman, and Aryeh Cheterman, Meziricher descendants, unveil a monument at the dedication of a woodland in the Mishmar Ha-Emek Forest in Park Menashe in Israel in memory of Erwin and Riva Baker and their respective families killed in the Holocaust.

4). A close-up of the inscription of the monument in memory of Erwin and Riva Baker, the Bebczuk family, and the Burko family.

5). A statue of the famous Yiddish writer Shalom Aleichem in Kiev.

6). The Brodsky Street Synagogue in Kiev built approximately 100 years ago.

7). The Holy Ark in the Brodsky Street Synagogue.

8). A Ukrainian Orthodox church in Kiev.