Below is a collection of photographs that depict daily life in the Galician countryside in the 1920s. The photographs were found on eBay by German collector Wolfgang Wiggers, who subsequently published them on his Flickr page.
At the time the photographs were taken, Galicia was part of interwar Poland. All the images were taken in the area around Rohatyn and Koniushky (Polish: Koniuszki), today located in the Ivano-Frankivsk oblast of Ukraine.
A couple of the photographs are signed by a “Hoetz”; the rest were taken an unidentified photographer. Many of them have a description written in German on the reverse side.
All the captions and descriptions below are from Wiggers’ page.
Galician Women
Rusyns
Working
Farmhouses
Near the Church
Soldiers at Rest
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Priceless photos, thank you!
My great grandparents came from Galicia. I never knew where this was until recently, your pictures & writings have helped tremendously to understand were a part of me came from. Thank you.
My fathers family came from galicia around 1889 I do not know much about the country family name was spelled Esyk Essik Essick and my dad joseph used Esseck Father was Framcis Mother was Mary Marshak
Thank you Joan for family story
Zdravím ,krásné fotky z dob minulých ,otec pocházel z Tylawy/Polsko/v roce 1941 byl odvlečen s polu s ostatními chlapci na nucené práce do rajchu ,když se vrátil ale už do Čech a hledal svou rodinu ,tak ta už byla odsunuta na Ukrajinu , Tarnopolská obl. a jeden bratr žil v Haliči ,kde jsem také jednou byl na návštěvě někdy v roce 72 ,bohužel už žije jen jedna tátova sestra v Ladičíně a děti otcových sourozenců ,rodina z Haliče žije v USA v Rochesteru
My father arrived to America in 1925 from Kyrnica . Thank you for the photos.
My Grandfather Thomas Elchynski came from Galicia .thank you for all the information, as we have none. He never spoke of his homevtown
Thank you for these pictures. My grandparents came from Sanok, Galicia. My grandfather was born in 1888 and my grandmother in 1891. They came to the United States in the early 1900’s. Their parents were farmers so I enjoyed seeing the pictures of the farms and the farmlands and can picture my great grandparents being there.
Mis bisabuelos vinieron a la Argentina a principios de siglo 20. Dejando parte de sus familiares en Ucrania , galitzia como decían ellos. También en pueblos como humnyska, hrusca y tlumach . Mucho esfuerzo, valores humanos y mucha dedicación a sus familias. Gracias a ellos por tener mis raíces y sus tradiciones.
Moi dziadkowie nazwisko Michal i Maria Swiazek pochodzili ze wsi Lukowiec Wisniowiecki. Powiat Rohatyn. Moja mama i jej siotra tam sie urodzily.
Dziekuje za zdjecia. Po 2giej wojnie swiatowej dziadkowie wraz z corkami zostali osiedleni w Polsce na Dolnym Sladku w okolicach miasteczka Wolow.
Moja mama miala na imie Sabina po mezu Brzezinska.
Jej siotra Cecylia po mezu Nowosielska.
Dziekuje za zdjecia.
Chcialabym tam kiedys pojechac, w okolice Rohatyn.