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This project seek to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Tlumach, Ukraine, also known as Tlumacz (Polish); Tlomats (Yiddish).
In 1880, 1795 Jews inhabitated Tłumacz, this amounted to 48,8% of the total number of citizens.
In 1939, Tłumacz was inhabited by 2350 Jews (this was 40% of the total number of Jews), until 1941 their number grew to approximately 2800 citizens. The Hungarian forces invaded Tłumacz on 7th July 1941, the Hungarian occupation lasted till September. The Hungarian ordered the Jews to form a Judenrat (Jewish council) and implemented the obligation for Jews to wear bandanas with the Star of Dawid on them, they also resettled a group of Hungarian Jews to Tłumacz. The Hungarian government thwarted a genocide attempted by Ukrainian nationalists.
In September of 1941 urban authorities were taken over by the German civil occupation government. A German criminal police, gendarmerie and the headquarters of the auxiliary Ukrainian police post were located in the city. Anti-Jewish happenings were led by the security police unit from Stanisławowo. While under the German occupation, the life standard of Jews at once, most of their property was taken into custody, they were ordered to compulsory labour work. During 5th-6th April 1942 approximately 1000 Jews were resettled from Tłumacz to Stanisławowo. Then resettlement of Jews from nearby provinces to Tłumacz began, because of that the number of Jews in the city grew to approximately 3500 ctizens. In May 1942 160 Jews were shot (according to other sources 198), and I June – another 78 citizens. The next genocide happened on the Jewish cemetery on 4th of June 1942, officials from Stanisławowo and local German police officers shot 497 Jews, 15 Poles and 4 Ukrainian [refr:|http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/about/institute/killing_sites_catal... [access 22.11.2012].. The remaining Jews were locked inside a ghetto. Successive genocides on the Jewish cemetery happened in September 1942 (83 people) and in November 1942 (58 people); approximately 280 citizens died in the ghetto due to hunger and illness.
On the 27th November 1942 the ghetto was closed down, approximately 2000 Jews were transported to the Nazi genocide camp in Bełżc [1.2].