# Verkhni Vorota <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Verkhni Vorota (Ukrainian), Felsőverecke (Hungarian)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Zakarpattia Oblast, Volovets Raion, Ukraine</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>48.7467 23.1472</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 1918</td><td>Felsőverecke</td><td>Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary — Bereg county</td></tr> <tr><td>1919–1938</td><td>Verkhni Veretsky</td><td>Czechoslovakia (Subcarpathian Rus')</td></tr> <tr><td>1938–1944</td><td>Felsőverecke</td><td>Kingdom of Hungary (re-annexed)</td></tr> <tr><td>1945–1991</td><td>Verkhni Veretsky</td><td>Soviet Union — Ukrainian SSR (Zakarpattia)</td></tr> <tr><td>present</td><td>Verkhni Vorota</td><td>Ukraine — Zakarpattia Oblast, Volovets Raion</td></tr> </table> ## Overview A Rusyn mountain village (~489 m) in the Veretsky Pass area of former Bereg county, the upper counterpart to nearby Nyzhni Vorota (Alsóverecke), on the historic Carpathian crossing route between the Hungarian plain and Galicia. No specific Jewish-community figures were confirmed in the consulted sources. <small>Sources: Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Dobris Roth (b.1827)]] | Born ~1827 | | [[Hinda Roth (b.1855)]] | Born 01/27/1855 | | [[Csarne Roth (b.1875)]] | Born 03/16/1875 | | [[Sarah Rivka Roth (b.1880)]] | Born 01/02/1880 | | [[Devorah Bernstein (b.1834)]] | Died 01/14/1882 | | [[Smily Rotfeld (b.1882)]] | Born 04/07/1882 | | [[Seindel Roth (b.1882)]] | Born 06/04/1882 | | [[Malke Roth (b.1885)]] | Born 04/06/1885 | | [[Mendel Roth (b.1886)]] | Born 11/06/1886 | | [[Abraham Roth (b.1887)]] | Born 08/04/1887 | | [[Liba Roth (b.1831)]] | Died 01/27/1888 | | [[Chaje Roth (b.1888)]] | Born 08/29/1888 | | [[Blima Roth (b.1890)]] | Born 08/04/1890 | | [[Daniel Steinberg (b.1891)]] | Born 03/20/1891 | | [[Szure Chane Steinberg (b.1892)]] | Born 02/04/1892, Died 06/26/1892 | | [[Shaja Rotfeld (b.1887)]] | Died 05/14/1892 | | [[Rijza Steinberg (b.1890)]] | Died 07/10/1892 | | [[Tauba Rotfeld (b.1885)]] | Died 02/04/1893 | | [[Malje Rotfeld (b.1893)]] | Born 05/03/1893 | | [[Chane Jitte Roth (b.1893)]] | Born 06/15/1893 | | [[Scheindel Steinberg (b.1893)]] | Born 10/19/1893 | | [[Szime Ruchel Roth (b.1894)]] | Born 06/29/1894 | | [[Malka Roth (b.1884)]] | Died 12/17/1894 | | [[Chajem Leib Roth (b.1895)]] | Born 02/04/1895, Died 05/14/1925 | | [[Lazar Majlech Roth (b.1896)]] | Born 01/23/1896 | | [[Fani Friedman (b.1896)]] | Born 04/02/1896 | | [[Roza Roth (b.1896)]] | Born 10/19/1896 | | [[Malka Rotfeld (b.1896)]] | Born 10/21/1896 | | [[Herman Roth (b.1897)]] | Born 02/02/1897 | | [[Malka Roth (b.1898)]] | Born 02/25/1898 | | [[Mozes Abraham Roth (b.1898)]] | Born 07/15/1898 | | [[Eszter Brana Roth (b.1899)]] | Born 12/07/1899 | | [[Izak Roth (b.1900)]] | Born 08/04/1900 | | [[Hani Steinberg (b.1901)]] | Born 01/1901, Died 02/06/1901 | | [[Dora Steinberg (b.1902)]] | Born 01/09/1902 | | [[Rezi Roth (b.1902)]] | Born 07/05/1902, Died 11/12/1902 | | [[Herman Bernat Roth (b.1904)]] | Born 07/10/1904 | | [[Scheindel Roth (b.1906)]] | Born 05/10/1906 | | [[Hani Steinberg (b.1906)]] | Born 11/23/1906 | | [[Rivka Rotfeld (b.1908)]] | Born 05/14/1908 | | [[Hinda Steinberg (b.1909)]] | Born 06/18/1909 | | [[David Roth (b.1872)]] | Died 12/06/1943 |