We left the Jewish Cemetery via a rough side road. We travelled south along the length of the graveyard and ended up at the main road by the school.
We saw a Border Control Tower in the distance but our driver would not let us take a photo.
We turned left and left again and proceeded back to the Volchin Town Council Office, where we said our goodbyes to Nadia. After studying Shmuel’s map of 1930’s Volchin, marking Jewish Family Homes, we were sure we had located the site where one of the Zelcer family homes once stood. Today on the site stands a new building: the town shop.
It was still raining and we managed to take a few more photos, winding down the car window. Our driver was keen to head back to Brest so that was the finish of our 2 hour visit to Volchin.
We would have liked to explore down by the river Pulva and take the side road to the river Bug where Ann had spoken about the ferry crossing to Janow Podlaski. Ann had also spoken of Napoleon, who had stopped just outside Volchin on the road to Vysokoye after fighting the Russian Army. A small monument marks this spot with candles and flowers inside it. We missed also a visit to the towns of Vysokoye and Kamenets, as time did not allow.
It had been an emotional day. We were the first Zelcers to return to the “Old Country” and visit Grandpa’s Shtetl!
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Building in town centre, Volchin
(An adminstrative center for services such as dry-cleaning.) |
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| Main street and bus stop, Volchin |
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| House on the main street, Volchin |
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| Old wooden house,Volchin |
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| House showing apple trees, Volchin |
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| Vegetable garden outside a house,Volchin |
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| Old farm buildings and cart, Volchin |
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| House, Apple trees, and garden |
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Possible site of Zelcer home, now replaced,
town center, main street |
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| Vegetable garden and old house |
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