Les Juifs de Sébastopol

Sevastopol, a port city and naval base in Crimea founded in the late eighteenth century, saw the establishment of a Jewish community, predominantly Ashkenaze, after the city was opened to civilian residence during the nineteenth century. Its members, merchants and craftsmen, participated in the life of a major military port of the Russian Empire. The community had religious life and institutions. During the German occupation of Crimea in 1941–1942, the Jews of Sevastopol were massacred by Nazi forces, and the community was almost entirely destroyed.

Sources & resources

• The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe ↗
• Encyclopaedia Judaica — 2e éd., Keter/Macmillan