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The Romanis of Drohobych in a Photo Story

The Romanis of Drohobych in a Photo Story

July 27, 2023

Before the 20th century, Drohobych used to be provisionally divided into three equal parts: Ukrainian, Polish, and Jewish. Marian Hemar, a Polish satiricist, devised a ‘formula’ of ‘Drohobych as a City and a Half’: half of it Polish, half of it Jewish, and another half of it Ukrainian. There was, however, another important element herein: the Romani one.