Members of the Boys were born in Budzanów, Poland, now Budaniv, Ukraine.
The Boys were teenage and child-Holocaust survivors, who were brought to the UK after the war for rest and rehabilitation.
Members of the Boys were held in Nazi labour and concentration camps and used as slave labourers. They had also survived World War II in hiding or as lone children.
Getting there The closest railway station is in Ternopil.
Note that the UK Foreign Office advises against travel to Ukraine because of the ongoing Russian invasion.
What to see
Synagogue (4 Mickiewicz St) An imposing, now abandoned building.
Old Jewish Cemetery Located near the Budaniv castle, it was largely destroyed and only a few upright tombstones remain.
New Jewish Cemetery Established by the 19th century, it contains approximately 30 gravestones and was recently fenced by the ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative to prevent further degradation.
Stepan Derevianko Monument A unique memorial to a local Ukrainian police chief who was killed by the Nazis for attempting to protect the town’s Jewish community in 1941.
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