This book is the translation of the Yizkor (Memorial) Book ( in
Hebrew: Ayara be-lehavot; Pinkas Yampola, Pelekh Volyn- A City in
Flames) of the destroyed Jewish Community of Yampol, Ukraine,
written by the former residents who survived the Holocaust (Shoah)
or emigrated before the war. It contains the history of the
community in addition to descriptions of the institutions
(synagogues, prayer houses), cultural activities, personalities
(Rabbis, leaders, prominent people, characters) and other aspects
of the town. It also describes the events of the Shoah in the town
and lists the victims. All information is either first-hand
accounts or based upon first-hand accounts and therefore serves as
a primary resource for either research and to individuals seeking
information about the town from which their parents, grandparents
or great-grandparents had immigrated; this is their history The
book was originally written in Hebrew and Yiddish in 1963,
translated into English by volunteers in the Yizkor Book Project of
JewishGen, Inc. and then published by the Yizkor-Books-In-Print
Project. The town is also known as: Yampol Russian], Yampil
Ukrainian], Yampola Yiddish], Jampol Pololish], Yambol, Yampol
(Wolyn), Iampol, Jampil Yampol, Ukraine, in the District of Volhyn.
49 58' N 26 15' E, 191 mi West of Kyyiv Not to be confused with a
larger Yampol, in Podolia, at 48 15' 28 17'].
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