# Boryslav <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Hebrew</td><td dir="rtl">בוריסלב</td></tr> <tr><td>Yiddish</td><td dir="rtl">באריסלאוו</td></tr> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Борислав (Ukrainian), Borysław (Polish)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Lviv Oblast, Drohobych Raion, Ukraine</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>49.28917 23.41889</td></tr> </table> <table class="place-meta place-eras"> <tr><th>Era</th><th>Town name</th><th>Country / jurisdiction</th></tr> <tr><td>to 1772</td><td>Borysław</td><td>Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth</td></tr> <tr><td>1772–1918</td><td>Borysław</td><td>Austria-Hungary — Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria</td></tr> <tr><td>1918–1939</td><td>Borysław</td><td>Second Polish Republic</td></tr> <tr><td>1939–1991</td><td>Борислав</td><td>USSR — Ukrainian SSR</td></tr> <tr><td>present</td><td>Борислав (Boryslav)</td><td>Ukraine — Lviv Oblast, Drohobych Raion</td></tr> </table> ## Overview Boryslav, 12 km south of Drohobych, was the center of the Borysław oil and ozokerite basin — the 'Polish Baku' — producing most of interwar Poland's petroleum. About 13,000 Jews lived there at the start of WWII. After the Germans took the town on 1 July 1941 a pogrom killed over 300 Jews; thousands were later deported to Bełżec or sent to the Janowska camp, and only ~200 survivors remained when the Soviets returned in August 1944. <small>Sources: Wikipedia — Boryslav, JewishGen Pinkas Poland</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Chancie Goldfischer (b.1877)]] | Born 1877 | | [[Itte Goldfischer (b.1880)]] | Born 1880 | | [[Hendel Goldfischer (b.1882)]] | Born 1882 | | [[Mincia Dimand (b.1883)]] | Born 1883 | | [[Rosa Goldfischer (b.1886)]] | Born 1886, Died 1894 | | [[Gitel Goldfischer (b.1888)]] | Born 1888, Died 1910 | | [[Elka Goldfischer (b.1889)]] | Born 1889, Died 1908 | | [[Shlomo Goldfischer (b.1891)]] | Born 06/01/1891 | | [[Devorah Freidel Dym (b.1893)]] | Born 1893 | | [[Mathilda Goldfischer (b.1894)]] | Born 08/07/1894 | | [[Wolf Hausler (b.1901)]] | Born 1901 | | [[Leon Hausler (b.1903)]] | Born 1903 | | [[Jente Mirel Goldfischer (b.1906)]] | Born 1906 | | [[Róża Goldfischer (b.1910)]] | Born 1910 | | [[Emanuel Goldfischer (b.1914)]] | Born 04/15/1914 | | [[Genia Goldfischer (b.1915)]] | Born 1915 | | [[Morris Goldfischer (b.1920)]] | Born 10/24/1920 | | [[Giselle Goldfischer]] | Born | | [[Lucy Goldfischer]] | Born |