Real photo postcard showing a group of older Jews in Kamień koszyrski, Ukraine. Photographed by German soldiers during World War I. Wissen Berlin Press. Sent by mail in 1917.
At the outbreak of World War I, the town's men were recruited into the Russian army. Kamin-Kushirsky was filled with refugees, some who fled South Wohlin in the border with Austria. The Austrian army entered the town, transferring power to the German Imperial Army, which ruled the area until the February 1917 Revolution and the German occupation of Ukraine. It was the Jews who rebuilt the town, under forced labor. In 1918, due to the shortage and difficult conditions, the Jews suffered from various epidemics, including typhus. By the end of 1918, the Poles had conquered Lvov, and on May 1919 all eastern Galicia was already in Polish hands.
Very good condition.
