Together with the Hesed Menachem Foundation, the Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine”, as part of the joint project “Open Lecture Theatre”, continues to reveal interesting and unusual pages of the Jewish past.
This time it was about recreating the history of the Yevbaz in Kyiv – a place where Kyiv residents, residents of Katerynoslav, Odesa, other cities and towns made purchases at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.
The winners of the International Contest “Lessons of War and Holocaust – Lessons of Tolerance” Natalia Kvasha and Yevheniya Hryshchenko presented their interesting works on the topic. The conversation was moderated by the Museum’s educational program coordinator Iryna Piskareva.
The participants learned a lot of interesting and new things from the presentation.
Oh, what was there in Evbaza! They traded in everything that could be sold. In the western part of the bazaar there were granaries for grain and flour. Nearby they traded in fish, meat, furs and dishes. Here you could also buy barrels, spinning wheels, and canvas, and between the rows in clean embroidered dresses walked water vendors and milkmaids. Kyivans bought vegetables and old and new clothes here, traded, swore, stole what was not fitting well, and shelled seeds.
As for the Jews, the meat trade was concentrated in their hands. There was also a special place where poultry was slaughtered. The Jewish butchers worked separately, performing their work ritually for the Jewish buyers.
Jewish heritage is unique and multifaceted. Let's continue to learn interesting things together!