# Rohatyn <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Rohatyn (Ukrainian), Rohatyn (Polish)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>49.41667 24.61667</td></tr> </table> <table class="place-meta place-eras"> <tr><th>Era</th><th>Town name</th><th>Country / jurisdiction</th></tr> <tr><td>1184–1349</td><td>Rohatyn</td><td>Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia (Rus')</td></tr> <tr><td>1349–1772</td><td>Rohatyn</td><td>Kingdom of Poland / Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Magdeburg rights 1415)</td></tr> <tr><td>1772–1918</td><td>Rohatyn</td><td>Austrian Empire / Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria</td></tr> <tr><td>1918–1939</td><td>Rohatyn</td><td>Second Polish Republic</td></tr> <tr><td>1939–1941</td><td>Rohatyn</td><td>Soviet Union (Ukrainian SSR)</td></tr> <tr><td>1941–1944</td><td>Rohatyn</td><td>Nazi Germany (Distrikt Galizien, General Government)</td></tr> <tr><td>1944–1991</td><td>Rohatyn</td><td>Soviet Union (Ukrainian SSR)</td></tr> <tr><td>1991–present</td><td>Rohatyn</td><td>Ukraine</td></tr> </table> ## Overview Jews are documented in Rohatyn by the early 18th century — a 1710 census recorded 272 Jewish adults (about 27% of the town) — and the community grew under Austrian Galician rule to a peak of about 3,410 Jews in 1890, roughly 61% of the town. Under German occupation a ghetto was established; on 20 March 1942 the SS shot more than 3,000 Jews at a brickyard southeast of town, with further aktions on 21 September and 8 December 1942 combining shootings with deportations to the Bełżec death camp. The ghetto was liquidated in June 1943 and the community destroyed entirely. <small>Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohatyn, https://rohatynjewishheritage.org/en/history/jewish-population/, https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/rohatyn/rohatyn.htm</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Devorah Goldfischer (b.1865)]] | Born 1865 | | [[Pearl Goldfischer (b.1868)]] | Born 1868 | | [[Esther Goldfischer (b.1869)]] | Born 1869 | | [[Hersh Goldfischer (b.1876)]] | Born 1876, Died 1877 | | [[Golda Goldfischer (b.1884)]] | Died 1886 |