Story Summary:
The Satanover Benevolent Society was founded in 1903 (chartered in 1904) by immigrants hailing from Satanov (Sataniv, Satanow), Ukraine. The society provided aid to landslayt during WWI and after WWII through the Satanover Relief Committee. Initial Jewish presence in Satanov dates to the 16th century. The Jews of Satanov were lawyers, doctors, craftsmen, and merchants. The community faced many hardships as a result of the Cossack-Polish War, and the anti-jewish pogroms of the 20th century. The Jewish community of Satanov mostly perished in the Holocaust. Those who did return eventually migrated overseas. Their memories live on. ~Blog by Olivia Scanlon
Satanover Benevolent Society Blog
The Satanover Benevolent Society was founded in 1903 (chartered in 1904) by immigrants hailing from Satanov (Sataniv, Satanów), Ukraine. The society provided aid to landslayt during WWI and after WWII through the Satanover Relief Committee.
Initial Jewish presence in Satanov dates to the 16th century, with there being a total of nine Jewish households in 1565. The Jews of Satanov made their livings mostly as lawyers, doctors, merchants, and craftsmen. During the Cossack-Polish War, the Jews of Satanov and the town itself suffered greatly. By 1765, there were about 1300 Jews inhabiting Satanov. Census detail shows there being about 1500 Jewish males in 1789, over 2800 Jewish males in 1897, and about 2300 Jewish males in 1926 (explanation for census count narrowing in on Jewish males may be for military reasons).
Throughout the 18th century, Satanovs’ Jewish population became the leading community of Podolic. During the early 20th century, the Jewish community maintained a Talmud Torah, a small girls school, and the Synagogue. Between 1919-1921, the community suffered from the pogroms. About eleven Jews were killed and many were robbed. A self-defense unit was eventually established, consisting of twenty-five Jews and five Christians. In 1921, Satanov became part of the Soviet Union. Harsh suppression of the community occurred during this time.
On July 6th of 1941, German forces entered Satanov. About 600 Jews are recorded to have been killed before the towns’ liberation on March 25 1944. Only a few dozen returned to the town, however, and by 1995, there was only one Jew recorded to be residing in the town. The Jewish community of Satanov is kept alive by archival research, the Jewish cemetery, and the Synagogue.
http://www.yivoarchives.org/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=33165
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Sataniv/History.html#:~:text=Before%20World%20War%20II%2C%20Satanov,the%20town%20and%20killed%20there.
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Sataniv/
https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2021/08/17/ukraine-sataniv/
https://cja.huji.ac.il/browser.php?mode=set&id=10743
Satanover Benevolent Society Blog
The Satanover Benevolent Society was founded in 1903 (chartered in 1904) by immigrants hailing from Satanov (Sataniv, Satanów), Ukraine. The society provided aid to landslayt during WWI and after WWII through the Satanover Relief Committee.
Initial Jewish presence in Satanov dates to the 16th century, with there being a total of nine Jewish households in 1565. The Jews of Satanov made their livings mostly as lawyers, doctors, merchants, and craftsmen. During the Cossack-Polish War, the Jews of Satanov and the town itself suffered greatly. By 1765, there were about 1300 Jews inhabiting Satanov. Census detail shows there being about 1500 Jewish males in 1789, over 2800 Jewish males in 1897, and about 2300 Jewish males in 1926 (explanation for census count narrowing in on Jewish males may be for military reasons).
Throughout the 18th century, Satanovs’ Jewish population became the leading community of Podolic. During the early 20th century, the Jewish community maintained a Talmud Torah, a small girls school, and the Synagogue. Between 1919-1921, the community suffered from the pogroms. About eleven Jews were killed and many were robbed. A self-defense unit was eventually established, consisting of twenty-five Jews and five Christians. In 1921, Satanov became part of the Soviet Union. Harsh suppression of the community occurred during this time.
On July 6th of 1941, German forces entered Satanov. About 600 Jews are recorded to have been killed before the towns’ liberation on March 25 1944. Only a few dozen returned to the town, however, and by 1995, there was only one Jew recorded to be residing in the town. The Jewish community of Satanov is kept alive by archival research, the Jewish cemetery, and the Synagogue.
http://www.yivoarchives.org/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=33165
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Sataniv/History.html#:~:text=Before%20World%20War%20II%2C%20Satanov,the%20town%20and%20killed%20there.
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Sataniv/
https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2021/08/17/ukraine-sataniv/
https://cja.huji.ac.il/browser.php?mode=set&id=10743
~Blog by Olivia Scanlon
