Photos from Mr. Wolfgang Wiggers' album were taken around 1920. All were made in Rohatyna and Kuniuszki (today Koniuszki in the Rohatyn region), as well as in their surroundings. These areas belong to Ukraine today.
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Most photographs are signed manually. The entries are in German and are on the image reverses. We print all the photos courtesy of Mr Wolfgang Wiggers, who has been collecting them for years. The following photograph was signed: "Polish peasant household while eating bread".
Galicia in 1920.photo. Photos from Wolfgang Wiggers' collection
Galicia is the common name of the region of the Republic under the Austrian occupation. The areas on which the photos were taken belonged to east Galicia. Since 1918, the name has slow begun to depart. These regions were named east Małopolska. Ukrainians utilized the word Western Ukraine.
Galicia in 1920.photo. Photos from Wolfgang Wiggers' collection
The villages belonging to east Galicia were mainly inhabited by Ukrainian population, while the cities were dominated by Poles and Jews. The following photograph was taken in the village of Kuniuszko. present this village is on maps called Koniuszki. The fact that the photograph was taken right there confirms the manual note on its back. We besides learn from it that the photograph depicts the local population participating in the procession.
Galicia in 1920.photo. Photos from Wolfgang Wiggers' collection
The word "Galicia" has 2 definitions. 1 concerns the erstwhile Republic of Austria under the Austrian occupation. The second historical land lying in northwestern Spain. These terms are frequently confused. The following photograph was signed: "Rusini in festive outfits".
Galicia in 1920.photo. Photos from Wolfgang Wiggers' collection
Austrian partition lands, which before the partitions belonged to the Republic of Poland, returned to the Polish state after planet War I. It was a region underdeveloped industrially. This was due to the fact that most of the population there lived in villages - so agriculture was involved. The following photograph is not signed. However, Wolfgang Wiggers points out that the author may be individual named Hoetz.
Galicia in 1920.photo. Photos from Wolfgang Wiggers' collection
Another photograph was handwritten with the signature "Rusini". This word was initially utilized as a word for the inhabitants of Rusi. However, in Polish and Russian he most frequently referred to Ukrainians.
Galicia in 1920.photo. Photos from Wolfgang Wiggers' collection
Galicia was an agricultural region. Most of the families surviving in those areas were dependent on farming and livestock farming. The photograph below shows women who do laundry on the riverbank. The younger girls are watching their working mothers and grandmothers from the shore. The author of the photograph is not known.
Galicia in 1920.photo. Photos from Wolfgang Wiggers' collection
According to Wolfgang Wiggers' findings, the following photograph was taken in 1920 in the vicinity of Rohatyn and Kuniuszki. The image depicts the farm of that time.
Galicia in 1920.photo. Photos from Wolfgang Wiggers' collection
The protagonist of the photograph released below is young Rusinka. From the signature of the photograph, we can conclude that the photographer who took her image pointed to her extraordinary beauty. The photograph was signed with: "Rusinka in her coat. I like her melancholy look. He has something majestic about him."
Galicia in 1920.photo. Photos from Wolfgang Wiggers' collection
Another photograph besides depicts a young woman. This time there is simply a signature on it: "The most beautiful Polish female in Galicia".
Galicia in 1920.photo. Photos from Wolfgang Wiggers' collection
The last photograph was titled by Wolfgang Wiggers as "Family". It is known that it was taken in the Western Ukraine, which then belonged to Poland.
Galicia in 1920.photo. Photos from Wolfgang Wiggers' collection
