Tag #143269 - Interview #92684 (Semyon Ghendler)

In 1850 Ovruch became the Hasidic [1] center. There was a Hasidic synagogue and a private Jewish school in Ovruch. In the early 20th century Ovruch became the center of Zionist activities. During the Civil War [2] the power in town switched 15 times and there were pogroms [3]. The most blood shedding pogrom was arranged by Petliura groups [4] in late 1918 – within 17 days they exterminated about one hundred Jews. Soviet authorities closed the synagogue during the period of struggle against religion [5] in the middle of the 1930s.