Lviv has so many stories to offer but the main scars of the Russian invasion here are the tearing apart of families both at the transport hubs, and in the Field of Mars at Lychakiv cemetery. It's incredibly easy to become hardened to what's occurring here every day that it can sometimes take some motivation to return to the same locations only a day or so after a previous visit. However, as I've tried to keep reminding myself, this exact moment, today, here, now, is the one that this family or couple will remember for years to come. Just because I saw a different family live their worst day yesterday, it doesn't mean that I can look away today.
Starting at a coach station, Olexandr Shpak was bidding farewell to his fiancée, Valeria Karpova, reaching up to the glass as they spoke on the phone, only a few metres apart but already beginning the new reality of their relationship; through a device. Beside a different bus, Ksenia Lytvyn clung to Nazarii Sliusar as the passengers slowly took their seats. Due to the invasion, men aged between 18 and 60 must remain within the country, with very few exceptions.
In the afternoon, Olexandr Moisenko was buried in a joint funeral with Sergiy Turpetko in the Field of Mars at Lychakiv cemetery, after a service at the Garrison church in the centre of Lviv. As the coffin had arrived for the service, Olexandr's mother rushed forward to press her face against the wood, in need of one last scrap of contact. Senior Sergeant Olexandr Moisenko served as a combat medic and died in the Luhansk region of Ukraine. His wife Vira Moisenko attended in her own military uniform, receiving the flag from her husband's coffin and returning the salute to the honour guard. The invasion continues.
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In amongst the garlands and floral tributes at Lychakiv cemetery, glimpses of the person inside the uniform can be seen on some of the graves of those killed fighting against the Russian invasion.
The church services at Peter and Paul Garrison Church mark the military service and valour of those killed, but the families and loved ones leave clues to the lives cut short. Some, such as the traditional Easter cakes, can be a nod to the recent religious holiday but others reveal a little more. On the grave of Yuri Dadak, a lone coffee cup last week has now been joined by another. Victor Dorozhko’s stern military portrait is countered by the gaming console controller resting among the flowers and candles. Chocolates and sweet treats are a common sight, with a kingsize “Lion” bar tucked away behind the flowers for Olexandr Malevsky, and a cherry-filled croissant for Kyrylo Moroz. In the section for soldiers who were killed in the earliest phases of the invasion, Pablo Kostiuk’s grave displays both a croissant and a small packet of cat food.
With the colours of Ukraine visible in ribbons, flags and bouquets throughout the cemetery, it’s important to remember the person behind the symbols of the fallen soldier.
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Today began with a very positive refugee story from the Lviv region. As people have surged from the Eastern and Southern regions of Ukraine, the tide of refugees has also seen a handful of bears in their midst. The Bear Sanctuary Domazhyr took in seven bears from the White Rock Bear Shelter near Kyiv which is run by the Four Paws partner organisation "Save Wild Fund", in an emergency transfer. Three of the bears have since been moved on to bear sanctuaries in Germany but four remain. Walking through the 20 hectare site between the large woodland enclosures, it’s enormously satisfying to know that these animals have gone from being abused as hotel and restaurant entertainment, or used as training for hunting dogs, to being evacuated from a war zone, to now be living in a woodland oasis of absolute calm.
Back in Lviv, three soldiers were buried simultaneously in the Field of Mars. The mother of one soldier clutched his beret in her hand with such tenderness after receiving it from the honour guard. Through the whole burial, the bride of one of the soldiers simply stared, near-motionless, at the framed photograph of her dead husband. While others around her wept, the absolute stillness she held was incredibly moving. An elderly mother of another soldier held onto his grave marker for support as her family helped her to stand. I can only hope that such an unreal situation of grieving together in this way brings support for them all.
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I've attended more funerals since arriving in Lviv than during the rest of my life combined. This morning, Igor Malets, aged 59, was buried in the Field of Mars, the new area reserved for military funeral art Lychakiv cemetery after the previous section reached capacity.
In the afternoon, a lecture was held for a group of people, mainly refugees who had fled the East and South of Ukraine, on recognising stray munitions and explosives. With deactivated and dummy items on hand to allow children to spot and avoid lethal items such as butterfly mines and mortar shells, it was a sobering experience. The families present all hope to return to their homes soon, but knowing that they're taking their families back into a region awash with deadly military debris must be an unbelievably hard decision to make.
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Colorful scenes from Hosh al-Basha (also known as Madafin al-Familia/مدافن الفاميليا), the funerary complex hosting tombs of the various members of the Mohamed Ali family. Establishment of the complex started shortly after Mohamed Ali came to power, in 1808, in the (sacred) vicinity of the Mausoleum of al-Imam al-Shafei and over the years it continued to grow and expand by his successors well into the twentieth century #tombs#cemetery#burialground#القرافة#الامام_الشافعي#حوش_الباشا#heritage#urbanheritage#funerary_complex#cairoegypt#cairo
Location: مقابر الاسرة المالكة اسرة محمد علي باشا-حوش الباشا
Ieud (in Hungarian Jód, in Yiddish יועד, alternatively Yoed, Yoid) is the village in Maramureș County, Transylvania, Romania.
Until the end of World War I, it was part of the Hungarian kingdom, in the Austria-Hungarian empire. Maramures county was annexed to Hungary during the years 1940-1945, and returned to Romanian control at the end of World War II.
The first Jewish settlement in the place is not documented, the reason being that Jewish immigrants from Galicia began to settle there in the 18th century.
Demograpy
First jew stettled in the begginig of 18. century.
In 1838 it had a population of 2,000 Greek Catholics, 160 Jews and 35 Roman Catholics. In 1910 of the 2,774 inhabitants, 2,330 were Romanian, 410 yiddish and 33 Hungarian native speakers, and 2,340 were Greek Catholic and 410 Jewish by denomination. After the first world war the community decreased to 286 soul around 1930.
Holocaust
Leud, along with all of northern Transylvania, was annexed by Hungary in August, 1940. In Persecution of Jews began during the time of Hungarian control. In 1942, all Jewish men aged 20 - 42 were forcefully conscripted into the Hungarian regiments of forced laborers. They were sent to areas conquered by German and Hungarian forces in the Soviet Ukraine, where most of them perished.
After Germany took control of Hungary, in the spring of 1944, all of the Jews of Leud were concentrated in a ghetto set up. The Jews of Leud were sent to the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.
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