Was there a Jewish community in Uman?

Answer 1

A large Jewish community lived in Uman in the 18th and 19th centuries. During

the Second World War, in 1941, the Battle of Uman took place in the vicinity of

the town, where the German army encircled Soviet positions. The Germans

deported the entire Jewish community, murdering some 17,000 Jews, and

completely destroyed the Jewish cemetery, burial place of the martyrs of the

1768 Massacre of Uman as well as Rebbe Nachman of Breslov. (After the war,

a Breslov Hasid managed to locate the Rebbe's grave and preserved it when

the Soviets turned the entire area into a housing project.)

Since the mid of the 90's there is a small, but growing, Jewish population in Uman,

concentrated around Rebbe Nachman of Breslov tomb in Pushkina street. The local

Jews are mostly involved in Pilgrimage of Jewish tourists that arrive to the town.