# Svalyava <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Yiddish</td><td dir="rtl">סוואליאווע</td></tr> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Свалява (Ukrainian), Szolyva (Hungarian)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Zakarpattia Oblast, Mukachevo Raion, Ukraine</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>48.5472 22.9861</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 1919</td><td>Szolyva</td><td>Kingdom of Hungary (Bereg county)</td></tr> <tr><td>1919–1938</td><td>Svalyava</td><td>Czechoslovakia (Subcarpathian Rus')</td></tr> <tr><td>1938/39–1944</td><td>Szolyva</td><td>Kingdom of Hungary (re-annexed)</td></tr> <tr><td>1945–1991</td><td>Свалява</td><td>USSR — Ukrainian SSR (Zakarpattia)</td></tr> <tr><td>present</td><td>Свалява (Svalyava)</td><td>Ukraine — Zakarpattia Oblast, Mukachevo Raion</td></tr> </table> ## Overview Svalyava, on the Latorytsia River (formerly Szolyva in Bereg county), had Jews from probably the first half of the 18th century; the community grew to 319 (1880) and ~1,099 (1921). In August 1941 Jewish families unable to prove Hungarian citizenship were expelled to Kamenets-Podolski and murdered. On 22 May 1944 the ghetto was liquidated and over 1,000 Jews deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. <small>Sources: Wikipedia — Svaliava, 45aid.org, JewishGen Sub-Carpathia SIG</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Yisachar Berish Weisser (b.1760)]] | Born 1760 | | [[Majer Gross (b.1847)]] | Born 03/06/1847 | | [[Hinda Weiss (b.1860)]] | Born ~1860 | | [[Abraham Stern (b.1870)]] | Born 10/18/1870 | | [[Sam Greenberger (b.1875)]] | Born 07/15/1875 | | [[Shmuel Steinberg (b.1882)]] | Born 08/04/1882 | | [[Faiga Steinberg (b.1883) (2)]] | Born 11/15/1883 | | [[Malka Steinberg (b.1884)]] | Born 12/13/1884 | | [[Ides Gross (d.1886)]] | Died 11/27/1886 | | [[Jecheved Rotfeld (b.1887)]] | Born 12/12/1887 | | [[Mordechai Steinberg (b.1889)]] | Born 10/12/1889 | | [[Aron Hers Stern (b.1890)]] | Born 06/17/1890 | | [[Szure Rotfeld (b.1891)]] | Born 03/06/1891 | | [[Julesz Stern (b.1891)]] | Born 07/25/1891 | | [[Miriam Steinberg (b.1892)]] | Born 05/20/1892 | | [[Ester Deborah Newman (b.1894)]] | Born 04/29/1894 | | [[Leah Steinberg (b.1894)]] | Born 05/30/1894 | | [[Fishel Steinberg (b.1895)]] | Born 05/11/1895 | | [[Menachem Mendel Neumann (b.1899)]] | Born 03/01/1899 | | [[Salamon Stern (b.1901)]] | Born 05/08/1901 | | [[Mari Stern (b.1905)]] | Born 01/12/1905, Died 01/12/1905 | | [[David Yehudah Leib Perlmutter (b.1862)]] | Died 03/01/1905 | | [[Feige Blime Stern (b.1906)]] | Born 02/20/1906 | | [[Louis Greenberger (b.1907)]] | Born 04/06/1907 | | [[Esther A Greenberger (b.1909)]] | Born 02/22/1909 | | [[Icek Majer Stern (d.1915)]] | Died 08/07/1915 | | [[Faiga Stern (d.1882)]] | Born , Died 1882 |